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 Pontiac
Air duct cleaning in Pontiac for a typical 1,200-1,800 sq ft home runs $390-$680 for a full system clean, and the work is usually completed in 4-6 hours. If you bought a rehabbed bungalow near the old Pontiac Assembly corridor, or you’re reoccupying a house that sat vacant through the post-2008 foreclosure years, expect to pay toward the upper end of that range because of what’s actually inside the ducts. That’s not a scare tactic. It’s what our cameras show us on a weekly basis. CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning serves Pontiac homeowners with documented evidence of what we find and what we do about it. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before any work starts.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Pontiac’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We opened our doors in 2013, and since then we’ve cleaned duct systems in more than 52,000 homes across southeast Michigan. Pontiac shows up in our job log differently than Troy or Waterford does. The housing stock tells the story. Homes on streets like Baldwin, Kennett, and Joslyn are mostly 1940s to early 1960s bungalows, cape cods, and ranches built for Pontiac Assembly and Fisher Body workers. Many still have their original sheet-metal trunk-and-branch ductwork. We know what that means before we pull a single register cover off: rust scale on the interior, joint gaps that have been inhaling attic air for six decades, and returns that may not have been opened since the Carter administration.
Tomas Reyes leads our crew in Pontiac. He’s the one who walks you through the camera feed when we find a return trunk packed with drywall dust from a 2019 flip, or a flex run collapsed under rodent nesting in a house that sat empty for five years after a foreclosure. We don’t ask you to take our word on any of it. Haven Standard Clause 2 is a documented photo record of every duct run, before and after, delivered as part of the standard job file. You see what we saw.
We answer our phones with a live person, not a menu tree. Every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they step onto your property. And every job carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work isn’t right, we make it right. Not subject to a manager’s mood. Written down, on your job record, before the truck leaves.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Pontiac
Our crews handle every part of the system, from the return boots in the floor to the registers in the ceiling. Here’s how that breaks down for the homes we see in Pontiac. And if you want to see the broader scope of what we offer, our Air Duct Cleaning team covers the full service list.
Residential Duct Cleaning
Most single-family homes in Pontiac run 2-3 ton forced-air systems with 8-14 duct runs. We clean the full system from supply plenum to register face using negative-pressure extraction paired with mechanical agitation, not a shop vac on a flex hose. In older bungalows with original sheet-metal runs, we pay special attention to joint gaps and rust scale. A superficial clean that skips agitation just knocks the rust flakes loose and sends them into your living room over the next three heating cycles. We agitate, extract, and then seal what’s leaking.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Pontiac has older commercial buildings along Woodward, Huron, and the downtown core, many of which were repurposed multiple times over the last two decades. We clean commercial duct systems in offices, medical suites, and storefronts, including flexible duct replacement when the existing flex has degraded. A camera inspection usually reveals what needs replacing before we quote the job. That means the written price you see is the price you approve, not a starting point.
Supply Duct Cleaning
The supply side is where we find the most rust scale in Pontiac’s original sheet-metal systems. These ducts carry heated air from the furnace to the registers, and after 60-plus Michigan winters, the interior surfaces are typically coated in a fine rust particulate that enters the airstream on every cycle. We clean supply runs with HEPA-filtered negative air machines so that what we remove doesn’t get redistributed through the house.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts are the most commonly blocked runs in Pontiac homes, especially in properties that sat vacant or went through a fast investor rehab. The return system pulls air back to the furnace under negative pressure, which means it has been pulling from every unsealed opening in the floor, wall, and attic for decades. We regularly find collapsed flex returns packed solid with drywall dust and rodent nesting in homes near the old assembly corridor. On those jobs, return cleaning includes camera verification that the run is clear from boot to plenum, not just a visual check at the register.
Full System Cleaning
A full system clean in Pontiac means supply and return runs, trunk lines, plenums, the blower compartment, and the register faces. We quote it as a single line item with a written price before work starts. No per-vent pricing. No add-ons discovered after the van is parked in your driveway. One price, agreed in writing, per system.
Video Inspection
We run a camera through the ductwork before we clean and again after. The before footage shows you exactly what we found: the rust, the debris build-up, the collapsed flex, the mouse nest. The after footage shows you what changed. This is standard on every CleanRun job in Pontiac, not a premium add-on. If a duct is torn, disconnected, or collapsed, the camera tells us before we waste your money cleaning a run that needs repair instead.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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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 Rotobrush and Nikro for agitation and extraction, and we use HEPA filtration systems from Abatement Technologies on every Pontiac job. If a job calls for sanitizing or air quality improvement, we specify products from manufacturers you can research yourself before agreeing to the work. We don’t hide behind proprietary blends or mystery chemicals. You’ll see the brand name on the equipment sheet attached to your written quote.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Pontiac Homes
- Rodent nesting and insulation debris in long-vacant homes. Pontiac’s post-2008 foreclosure wave left thousands of 1940s to 1960s auto-worker homes empty for years. When those properties are rehabbed or reoccupied, the ductwork routinely contains nesting material, shredded insulation, and droppings from mice and squirrels that moved in while nobody was watching.
- Collapsed flex ducts packed with drywall dust from investor flips. We see this constantly in homes near the old Pontiac Assembly corridor on the north side. Contractors doing gut rehabs don’t seal the duct openings before drywall work, so the flex runs become dust collection bags. A cleaning alone won’t fix a collapsed run. It needs to be replaced, and our camera shows you why before we quote it.
- Rust scale inside original sheet-metal trunk lines. Homes built in the 1940s through early 1960s often still have their original ducts. Six decades of Michigan humidity cycles leave the interior coated in rust that releases fine particles every time the furnace kicks on. Agitation during cleaning is the only way to break that scale loose. A shallow vacuum pass won’t touch it.
- Mold inside flexible return ducts in unconditioned homes. Pontiac summers push indoor humidity high enough in vacant houses to feed mold growth in flex returns and boot connections. We see this in homes that sat unoccupied through July and August. Cleaning the flex when mold is present doesn’t fix the problem. The affected run needs replacement or professional sanitizing, and we’ll show you the camera image that proves it before you spend a dollar.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Pontiac, MI
A straightforward full-system residential cleaning in Pontiac typically runs $390-$680 for a single furnace system. Older homes with original sheet-metal ductwork and a lot of debris build-up land closer to the top of that range. If we find collapsed flex runs or mold that requires replacement, that work is quoted separately in writing before anything else happens. Commercial systems depend on square footage and duct complexity, usually falling between $800 and $2,400 for the buildings we service downtown and along Woodward.
What pushes a Pontiac job higher is what the camera shows before we start: heavy rust scale, packed returns, collapsed flex, rodent contamination. A 900 sq ft bungalow with clean 1990s flex ducts will land at the low end. A 1953 ranch with original sheet metal that sat empty for three years will land higher. Either way, you get one flat written price per system under Haven Standard Clause 1, agreed before a single panel comes off. No bait pricing. No per-vent surprises. Bring us any competitor’s written estimate and we’ll put our own number next to it for free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Pontiac
Our Pontiac crews regularly work in Pontiac neighborhoods along Baldwin, Kennett, and Joslyn, and we take jobs throughout the broader Oakland County belt. That includes Troy, Waterford, Sterling Heights, and Southfield. If you’re unsure whether your house falls in our service area, call and ask. A live person answers.
Serving Pontiac, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Pontiac 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 Pontiac
Because Pontiac’s post-2008 foreclosure wave left thousands of homes vacant for years at a stretch, and during that time the ductwork became a haven for rodents, insulation debris, and mold. Investor rehabs rarely address the ducts, and drywall dust from renovation work gets pulled into the system through open duct openings. We clean a lot of pre-occupancy systems in Pontiac, and the camera inspection typically shows a collapse or an obstruction that needs to be resolved before the system should run at all. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written quote before you close on the house or move in.
Most of the original sheet-metal systems in Pontiac homes can still function well if cleaned correctly and sealed at the joints. The rust scale we see on the interior is surface-level in most cases, and agitation during extraction removes it. What makes the bigger difference is sealing the joint gaps where the trunk sections meet, because that’s where attic air and insulation debris enter. Some runs are beyond cleaning, and we’ll tell you that plainly with camera footage to back it up rather than spending your money on a run that needs to go.
We see rodent nesting, dead insects, shredded insulation, rust scale, collapsed flex sections, and drywall dust packed into returns. In one 1953 bungalow near the old Pontiac Assembly corridor, the return trunk was so full of drywall dust and collapsed flex that the system was effectively pulling from the wall cavity instead of the rooms. Our crew ran the camera first, used negative pressure with HEPA filtration for source removal, and then sealed the joint gaps that were pulling attic debris into the supply runs. That’s the difference between cleaning a duct and actually fixing a system.
Southeast Michigan’s furnace season runs roughly October through April, meaning forced-air systems in Pontiac cycle continuously for six plus months a year. That accelerates particulate buildup in aging ductwork, especially in original sheet-metal systems with rust scale. Most Pontiac homes benefit from a cleaning every 3-5 years if the system is sealed properly after the first visit. Homes with pets, recent renovations, or a history of vacancy may need attention sooner. We’ll tell you what we saw and what the timeline should be based on evidence, not a marketing calendar.
No. Mold inside flexible return ducts doesn’t just wash out with agitation and extraction. The flex liner is porous enough that mold spores embed, and the affected run typically needs to be replaced or professionally sanitized before the system should be running again. Pontiac’s summer humidity feeds mold growth in unconditioned vacant homes, so we see this frequently. Our camera shows you the affected run before we quote replacement, so you’re deciding based on an image, not a sales pitch. Call (806) 606-6902 for an honest assessment.
Talk to CleanRun in Pontiac
If you live in Pontiac and you want to know what’s actually inside your ductwork, we’ll show you. Written price first. Camera inspection before and after. A documented record of the work. That’s the job. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll schedule a time to look, quote it in writing, and clean it right.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Pontiac and surrounding Oakland County communities since 2013.
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