Whole-system duct and dryer vent check with before-and-after photos - you see exactly what came out of your vents
That "$99 whole-house special" is a bait ad - the real number appears once they are in your hallway, or the "clean" is a shop-vac at the register. We photograph the inside of your ducts before and after instead.
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AfterFast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Newton
Air duct cleaning in Newton, MA typically runs $450-$850 for a full system on a single-family home, with larger pre-WWII houses in villages like Waban or Chestnut Hill landing at the higher end of that range. The work usually takes 4-8 hours depending on access. Most Newton homes need it for one reason above all: decades-old retrofitted ductwork that was never designed to be cleaned. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before any work starts.
CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning has worked throughout Newton’s 13 villages long enough to know what’s behind the walls of a 1920s Colonial differs completely from what’s behind the walls of a 1980s split-level. That local knowledge changes how we approach every job. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Boston office; crews serve Newton locally, so a technician who knows the difference between a Waban trunk line and a Newton Centre plenum is the one who shows up at your door.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Newton’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
The 365-Day Done Right Promise is what separates us from the $79-coupon crowd in Newton. If the work isn’t right, we make it right, and that promise is in writing on every job. Not stated in a marketing brochure. Written on the scope of work you sign before we touch a single panel.
We also hand you a Documented Photo Record when the crew leaves: the inside of every duct run, before and after, delivered as part of the standard job record. You see what the camera saw at the first elbow of your return trunk. You see the debris that came out. You don’t take our word for it. Haven Standard Clause 4: documented proof on every visit. We’ve held that practice since our first job in 2013, and we hold it on every one of the 52,000+ homes served since.
Tomas Reyes leads our crews. He’s been doing this work long enough to know that a Newton homeowner who just paid top dollar for a 1910 Tudor has every right to see exactly what was inside the ducts before and after. That’s the job. Show the evidence, do the work, stand behind it for a full year.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Newton
We offer the full Air Duct Cleaning range for Newton homes, from individual duct runs to full system cleaning with video inspection. The four services below cover the majority of what Newton homeowners call us for. Every one includes a written price before work starts, a Documented Photo Record when we finish, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise behind it all.
Residential Duct Cleaning
Newton’s housing stock is overwhelmingly pre-WWII: large Victorians, Colonials, and Tudor Revivals concentrated in villages like Waban, Newton Centre, and Chestnut Hill. Those homes were steam-heated originally. Forced air came later, grafted into walls and floors that were never framed for it. Residential duct cleaning here means working with 50-70-year-old galvanized steel, irregular runs, and plaster-and-lath cavities with no factory access points. A typical full-home residential cleaning in Newton runs $450-$750 for homes under 3,000 square feet.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Newton’s commercial buildings along Needham Street and Washington Street run the same history: older construction, retrofit HVAC, and duct systems that accumulate decades of debris. We clean offices, clinics, retail spaces, and multi-unit buildings. Commercial pricing depends on square footage and access, but a two-story office building in Newton typically runs $1,200-$2,800 for a complete system cleaning with before-and-after photo documentation.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts are the runs that move conditioned air from your furnace or air handler to the registers in each room. In Newton’s older homes, supply runs are often original galvanized steel from a 1960s retrofit, spliced into flex duct during later renovations. That’s the Waban Colonial scenario: 60-year-old trunk line meeting 30-year-old flex. Supply duct cleaning alone in Newton typically runs $250-$450, and it’s the right call when the rest of your system is in good shape but specific rooms are getting heavy dust at the registers.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the system, and in Newton they’re often the dirtier half. The reason: many older Newton homes have unprotected return intakes in hallways or floor cavities that pull in everything the Garden City’s tree canopy drops, spring pollen, fall leaf debris, and a winter’s worth of continuous heating-system circulation. Return duct cleaning alone in Newton typically runs $200-$400, and we’ll show you the before-and-after footage so you can see exactly what was sitting in that return plenum.
Full System Cleaning
Full system cleaning means supply and return ducts, plenums, registers, and the air handler cabinet. In Newton, we strongly recommend including video inspection with full system work because retrofitted systems hide dead ends, disconnected joints, and fiberglass liner deterioration that standard cleaning won’t reveal. Full system cleaning with video inspection in Newton typically runs $600-$1,100 for a single-family home depending on size and access difficulty.
Video Inspection
We run a camera through the ductwork before we start and again when we finish. You see the same footage we see. In Newton’s older homes, video inspection routinely finds what no one expected: a collapsed flex run behind a kitchen soffit, a return duct pulling from an unsealed wall cavity, fiberglass liner shedding into the airstream. Video inspection as a standalone service in Newton runs $150-$300. It’s included as a standard deliverable with full system cleaning.
What happens when you call
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We run professional-grade equipment from manufacturers you can look up independently. Our crews use Rotobrush agitation and negative-pressure extraction systems, Nikro HEPA filtration, and Abatement Technologies containment equipment when a Newton home requires it. We also service and maintain HVAC components from Honeywell and Aprilaire when we encounter them in Newton’s retrofit systems. If you want to verify what’s being used before agreeing to a price, ask us. The equipment list is printed on the written scope, not buried in a footer.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Newton Homes
- Plaster-and-lath walls with no clean-out access. Newton technicians regularly need to cut and frame custom access panels just to reach trunk lines. Crews that skip this step clean only the first few feet of accessible ductwork and leave the rest untouched. We cut the panel, document what we find, and close it neatly.
- Deteriorating fiberglass liner inside original galvanized ducts. Homes retrofitted in the 1950s-70s often have internal fiberglass liner that breaks down over time and sheds particulates into living spaces. Cleaning these aggressively without negative pressure makes it worse. We contain the airstream before we agitate anything.
- Spliced trunk lines from multiple renovation eras. An original 1960s galvanized trunk line spliced into 1990s flex duct during a kitchen or addition renovation accumulates debris at every transition point. Those seams are where dust, pet hair, and construction debris collect for decades.
- Shared dryer vent stacks in multi-unit buildings. Newton’s condo and multi-family buildings often share dryer vent stacks. When one unit’s lint backs up, it pushes into neighboring apartments. We clean the shared stack and the individual unit runs, and we document the whole thing.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Newton, MA
Newton pricing runs above the regional average because the housing stock is older and access is harder. A full system cleaning on a single-family home in Newton typically runs $450-$850. Larger pre-WWII homes in Waban or Chestnut Hill with multiple zones and retrofitted ductwork land at $700-$1,100. Standalone supply or return duct cleaning runs $200-$450. Video inspection runs $150-$300 standalone, and it’s included with full system work. Every quote is a written price per system, delivered before any work starts. Haven Standard Clause 1. No per-vent pricing, no bait-and-switch, no surprise add-ons when the van is in your driveway. Call (806) 606-6902 for an exact written quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Newton
We serve Newton and the surrounding metro, including Watertown, Belmont, Brookline, and Cambridge. If you’re in one of those areas, the same written-pricing standard and Documented Photo Record apply. Our full local coverage is detailed on the Air Duct Cleaning in Newton page.
Serving Newton, MA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Newton area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Air Duct Cleaning in Newton
We cut and frame custom access panels in the plaster-and-lath walls or ceilings where the trunk line runs. Most Newton Victorians have no factory access because the ductwork was retrofitted into cavities never designed for it. Without cutting access, only the first few feet of duct near the register can be reached. We use a camera to locate the trunk, cut a neat access panel at the right point, perform the cleaning with agitation and negative-pressure extraction, then close and document the panel. You see photos of the access point before and after. Call (806) 606-6902 to have a crew assess your home’s access needs.
Yes. Shared dryer vent stacks in Newton condos and multi-unit buildings are one of the most overlooked fire hazards we encounter. We clean the full stack and the individual unit runs, removing lint that has backed up from other apartments or accumulated over years. The work is documented with before-and-after photos, and we flag any blockage or improper venting we find. If your building is in Newton Centre or along Needham Street, we’ve likely already worked in a building similar to yours. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule a shared-stack cleaning with the building manager or HOA.
Negative pressure is what keeps loosened debris from escaping into your living spaces during cleaning. In older Newton homes with deteriorating fiberglass liner or decades of accumulated dust, aggressive agitation without containment releases more particulates than it removes. We use Rotobrush and Nikro negative-pressure systems to pull air and debris out of the duct while we agitate, so the particulates go into the HEPA filtration unit, not into your dining room. This matters more in Newton than in newer construction because the debris load is higher and the materials are more fragile. Call (806) 606-6902 and ask about our equipment list before you book.
Yes. We clean supply and return ducts separately because they carry different debris loads and often have different materials. Newton’s older homes frequently have return ducts pulling from unprotected floor or wall cavities that collect far more debris than the supply side. Cleaning only one side leaves the other contaminating the air you breathe. Each duct run is photographed before and after, so you can verify both sides were done. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written quote that includes both supply and return ducts.
Every 4-6 years for most Newton homes. The city’s dense tree canopy means heavy spring pollen and fall leaf debris enter unprotected return intakes, while the cold winters push forced-air systems to run continuously for five or more months, driving sustained dust and mold-spore loading through aging duct systems. Homes with pets, recent renovations, or occupants with allergies should lean toward the 4-year mark. The only way to know your system’s actual condition is a video inspection, which we can provide. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule one with a written price.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Newton, MA since 2013.