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 North Hills
Air duct cleaning in North Hills typically runs $425-$780 for a full single-family system, and a camera inspection should be included in that price so you can see exactly what was removed. If you live in a 1950s or 1960s tract home off Sepulveda or Woodley, the real issue is often not just dust: it’s ductwork that was spliced, patched, or left partially disconnected after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and it has been pulling attic air into your living space for three decades. We’re CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, and we serve North Hills with written pricing before any work begins, a documented photo record of every duct run before and after, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule a full system cleaning or video inspection.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is North Hills’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We have worked in enough North Hills homes to know what we’re going to find before the panels come off. Homes along the Rinaldi corridor, in the flat tract between Lassen and Parthenia, and around Sepulveda Recreation Center share a common history: original sheet-metal trunk lines from the 1960s, flex duct added during post-quake repairs in the mid-1990s, and attics that bake at 140°F from June through October. That’s not a generic duct cleaning job. That’s a specific set of conditions that requires a specific approach.
Our crews arrive with professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush, Nikro, and Guardsman, and every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival. The written price you receive before work starts is the price you pay, under Haven Standard Clause 1. No per-vent upselling, no vague verbal estimates. North Hills homeowners tend to be the kind of people who research before they decide, and the photo record we deliver after every job gives them something concrete to evaluate.
Tomas Reyes, owner of CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, has built the company around a simple idea: document what was actually done. That means every duct run is photographed inside before and after, so you can see the difference between real source removal and vacuum noise. The Air Duct Cleaning team operates the same way on every job, in every home, and has since 2013.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in North Hills
Residential Duct Cleaning
Most North Hills homes fall into two groups: those that have never had their ducts cleaned, and those where a prior cleaning skipped the return side entirely. A proper residential cleaning in North Hills means treating the supply runs, the return runs, the plenums, and the blower cabinet as one interconnected system. In a 1,600-square-foot tract home near Lassen Street, that means roughly four to six hours of work, not a ninety-minute walkthrough.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Small offices and medical suites along Sepulveda Boulevard and Roscoe Boulevard deal with the same Valley-basin particulate load as nearby homes, but with higher occupancy and longer HVAC runtime. We schedule commercial work around your operating hours and deliver the same documented photo record, because facility managers in North Hills want proof of work just as much as homeowners do.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts are the runs carrying conditioned air into your rooms, and in North Hills they are often the worst offenders. When a 1964 sheet-metal trunk line was spliced with 1996 flex duct after the Northridge quake, the supply side became a series of debris shelves. We clean supply runs with negative-pressure extraction and then seal the mismatched transitions with mastic, because cleaning alone won’t fix a leaky connection that keeps re-contaminating the system.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air from your living space back to the blower, and in many North Hills homes the return chase doubles as a cavity wall. That means decades of dust, pet hair, and occasional rodent debris settle inside. A camera inspection of the return side often reveals what cleaning alone can’t address, which is why every CleanRun job includes a before-and-after photo record of the return runs specifically.
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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 work on systems built around every major HVAC brand, and if your equipment uses Honeywell filtration or Aprilaire media cabinets, our technicians service those components during a full system cleaning. The equipment we use on the cleaning side comes from Rotobrush and Nikro, standard professional tools in the trade. For homes in North Hills that need duct sealing after cleaning, we stock mastic and foil tape suitable for the high attic temperatures we see here, not the generic hardware-store variety that fails by August. If you want to verify the equipment being used before you agree to a price, ask us, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s going into your home.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in North Hills Homes
- Crushed or disconnected flex duct from 1994 earthquake spot-repairs. A large share of North Hills homes had ductwork patched or rerouted after the Northridge quake. Three decades later, many of those connections have pulled loose, and the system has been silently pulling 140°F attic air into the supply side ever since.
- Blower motors and evaporator coils caked with fine Valley-basin ash and smog particulates. The San Fernando Valley traps particulates against the mountains, and North Hills sits near wildfire corridors to the west and north. That fine ash works its way through return ducts and onto the coil, reducing airflow and pushing energy bills up.
- Aging sheet-metal seams leaking at every joint. 1950s-1970s tract construction in North Hills used riveted or slip-fit sheet-metal seams. After sixty years, those joints leak, so even a freshly cleaned system re-contaminates within months unless the seams are sealed.
- Mismatched sheet-metal-to-flex transitions acting as debris shelves. On a cul-de-sac off Rinaldi Street, our tech opened a return air chase to find a 1964 sheet-metal trunk line mated to a 1996 flex duct with a loose foil-tape collar, every joint was a debris shelf. We ran negative pressure with a Rotobrush system, pulled out three contractor bags of attic dust and fiberglass lining, then sealed the mismatched transition with mastic to stop the 140°F particulate-laden attic air from feeding the supply side.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in North Hills, CA
A full system cleaning for a typical North Hills single-family home runs $425-$780, depending on square footage, number of returns, and how much sealing work comes out of the inspection. That’s the line-item price you see before we start, in writing, under Haven Standard Clause 1. A video inspection alone runs $95-$150 if you want to understand the condition of your ducts before committing to a full cleaning. Homes with extensive post-quake duct splicing often need additional sealing work, which we scope and price separately, on paper, before any work begins. If you’ve received another written estimate, bring it to us. A Free Second Opinion means we put our number next to theirs in writing, and you decide with both documents on the table. Call (806) 606-6902 for your written quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Hills
Our Air Duct Cleaning in North Hills service area extends into the surrounding Valley communities. If you’re in Northridge, San Fernando, Van Nuys, or Encino, the same crews, the same written-pricing standard, and the same documented photo record apply. North Hills sits at the center of our Valley service corridor, and we schedule work across all five communities without changing the terms of the job.
Serving North Hills, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Hills 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 North Hills
Homes along the Rinaldi corridor have a higher rate of post-1994 earthquake duct splicing than San Fernando or Mission Hills, because North Hills was closer to the Northridge epicenter and sustained more structural disturbance. That means the cleaning job on a Rinaldi-area home almost always includes sealing mismatched sheet-metal-to-flex transitions, which we find during the camera inspection and include in the written scope of work. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll walk you through what that looks like for your specific system.
Yes, if the return side has disconnected or loosely connected runs, and many North Hills homes do. A cleaning that only addresses the supply side leaves the return path pulling unconditioned attic air into the blower, which then redistributes it through the entire house. That’s why we photograph every return run during the inspection and flag any disconnects before cleaning begins.
For most North Hills homes, every 3 to 5 years is appropriate. Homes within a mile of the Chatsworth hills or the Sylmar ridgeline may need more frequent attention after wildfire seasons, because smoke and ash infiltration into duct systems is a near-annual occurrence here. A camera inspection after a significant fire event will tell you whether cleaning is warranted sooner.
North Hills sits higher in the Valley basin and closer to the wildfire corridors to the west and north, while Van Nuys is more centrally located with slightly lower attic temperatures and less direct ash exposure. The difference is measurable: duct interiors in North Hills accumulate the same fine Valley-basin particulate load, but the 140°F attic heat bakes it onto duct walls and flex-lining, making it harder to remove and more likely to re-enter the living space.
You should expect to see every duct run, photographed inside, before and after cleaning. That’s the standard at CleanRun, not an add-on. The inspection will show you whether your runs are connected, where debris is accumulating, and whether any post-quake splicing has left gaps that need sealing. Some companies offer video inspection as a premium upgrade; we include it as part of the job record because you can’t evaluate work you can’t see.
If you live in North Hills and you’re tired of wondering whether your ducts are clean or just vacuumed, call (806) 606-6902. We’ll put a written price in front of you before anything comes off the wall, and we’ll hand you a photo record of every duct run when we leave. Tomas Reyes and the whole CleanRun team stand behind the 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, on every job we do in North Hills.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving North Hills since 2013.