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 Troy
Air duct cleaning in Troy, OH typically costs between $385 and $690 for a full residential system, and most jobs are completed in four to six hours. We work in Troy every week and know the housing stock: big colonials and split-levels off Wattles Road, Square Lake Road, and the established subdivision streets where mature oaks drop pollen every spring. If your ducts have never been cleaned, or you bought a house and inherited someone else’s dust, call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before any work starts.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Troy’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We have built our reputation in Troy on one practice that most duct cleaning companies won’t do: we photograph the inside of every duct run before and after the work. Homeowners in Troy who research before they call tend to ask the same question: how do I know the work was actually done? Our Documented Photo Record answers that. It’s been a standard deliverable since our first job in 2013, and it’s part of every visit, not an add-on.
Troy homeowners also get a written price before a single panel comes off. Haven Standard Clause 1 is the non-negotiable part of our process: the number you sign off on is the number you pay. No per-vent pricing games, no coupon that turns into an invoice. Tomas Reyes, who runs CleanRun, built the company around evidence-first work, and that includes putting credentials where you can see them. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they walk in. We do not send subcontractors.
For Troy specifically, our work covers every major subdivision from the Wattles corridor north to the Square Lake area and across the residential core around Livernois and Crooks. We know what those 1965-1995 forced-air systems look like inside. That local knowledge means we arrive with the right agitation heads and negative-pressure equipment for long sheet-metal trunk lines paired with flex-duct branch runs, the configuration that defines most original systems in this area.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Troy
We clean residential systems, commercial ductwork, and both supply and return sides of the system. In Troy, the work usually falls into one of these categories.
Full System Cleaning
This is the service most Troy homeowners need. We clean the entire forced-air network: supply trunk, return trunk, every branch run, the plenum, and each register. Full system cleaning in a typical 2,500-4,000 sq ft colonial in Troy runs $425-$625. The price is written before we start and it does not change.
Video Inspection
Before we clean, we run a camera through the main trunk and representative branch runs. In Troy homes built between 1965 and 1995, this matters because original sheet-metal trunk lines often have debris traps at the first elbow where the trunk turns toward the second floor. A video inspection shows what is actually in there: construction debris, pet hair packed into the corners, or microbial growth fed by an unserviced bypass humidifier. The camera footage becomes part of your job record.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts carry conditioned air from the furnace to the rooms. In Troy, supply runs are frequently long, multi-branch, and tapped off original metal trunks. We use rotating agitation tools from Rotobrush configured for long runs, then pull the loosened debris out under HEPA-filtered negative pressure with a Nikro air handler. Supply-only cleaning in Troy typically runs $240-$350, depending on access and run count.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the furnace, and in Troy homes with full finished basements, the return side often includes panned floor joists or flex runs added during basement finishing. These are the duct runs that collect construction sawdust, drywall dust, and whatever fell through the return grates over 40 years. Return-only cleaning in Troy runs $180-$280. If both supply and return are being done, the combined full-system price is more economical than doing them separately.
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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 that Troy homeowners actually have: Aprilaire bypass humidifiers, Honeywell controls, and forced-air furnaces paired with sheet-metal and flex-duct distribution. When a humidifier saddle valve has scaled over and the bypass duct needs replacement, we stock the common parts locally so we are not making a second trip. Our equipment list includes Rotobrush agitation tools, Nikro negative-air machines, and Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration units. These are professional-grade tools you can look up independently before you sign a work order, and we name them on every job scope so you know what is being used in your home.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Troy Homes
- Construction dust and drywall debris in new and recently finished homes. Builders in Troy rarely clean ductwork before handover. We regularly pull sawdust, drywall mud scrapings, and insulation bits out of ducts in homes that are less than five years old. If you bought new construction or finished a basement, the debris is almost certainly still in the runs.
- Original 1965-1995 sheet-metal trunks paired with flex branches create debris traps. The elbow where a metal trunk turns upward toward a second floor is a natural collection point. Standard vacuum-only equipment leaves that debris in place. Our agitation process is configured to reach those traps.
- Microbial growth from unserviced 1980s bypass humidifiers. This is the failure pattern we see most often in Troy, and it is specific to the Wattles Road and Square Lake Road corridors. The saddle valve scales over, the bypass duct develops mineral deposits, and the contamination feeds into the main supply trunk all winter.
- Spring pollen layers inside return ducts and around the blower housing. Troy’s dense canopy of mature oaks and maples along established subdivision streets produces a heavy April-May pollen load. That pollen accumulates inside the return side of the duct system and recirculates every time the blower runs.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Troy, OH
Here are the written price ranges we quote in Troy, no per-vent additions and no same-day upsells:
- Full residential system cleaning: $385-$625
- Supply duct cleaning only: $240-$350
- Return duct cleaning only: $180-$280
- Video inspection (standalone): $95-$150, credited back if you proceed with full cleaning
- Bypass humidifier inspection and cleaning: $75-$125
What affects the price: the number of duct runs, access to the basement or crawlspace, whether flex-duct branches are present, and whether a bypass humidifier requires cleaning. Your written quote includes every line item before work begins. Call (806) 606-6902 for a free estimate on your Troy home. We also provide a Free Second Opinion: bring a competitor’s written estimate and we will put our own number next to it in writing.
We Also Serve Cities Near Troy
Our Air Duct Cleaning crews cover Troy and the surrounding Miami County area. If you are in Fairborn, Dayton, Springfield, or Xenia, we run the same written-price and photo-documentation process there. This page is written for Troy, but the standard does not change across the service area. Scheduling is coordinated from our Cleveland office, and crews are dispatched locally to Troy.
Serving Troy, OH - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Troy 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 Troy
Newly built homes in Troy need duct cleaning sooner than owners expect because construction dust, drywall debris, and sawdust are left in the duct runs during framing, drywall, and finish work, and most builders do not clean the ducts before handover. We have pulled drywall scrapings and sawdust out of ductwork in homes that were occupied for less than a year. If you bought new construction in Troy or finished a basement, the debris is in the system. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will show you the before-and-after camera footage.
The builder should have sealed off duct openings during construction and performed a full system cleaning after drywall and finish work were complete and before occupancy. Most do not. In Troy, where estate homes and executive colonials are built on schedule, the duct cleaning step is often skipped to save time. That leaves the homeowner with a system that blows construction dust into every room for the first heating and cooling season. If yours was handed over without documentation of a post-construction clean, the debris is still there.
Original 1980s bypass humidifiers affect duct cleaning because the saddle valve and bypass duct develop mineral scale and microbial growth after decades of unserviced operation, and that contamination feeds directly into the main supply trunk. In northern Troy subdivisions along Wattles Road and Square Lake Road, this pattern shows up repeatedly. A standard duct clean that skips the humidifier leaves the contamination source in place. Our process includes humidifier inspection and cleaning as part of the job when one is present. We cleaned a 3,400 sq ft colonial off Square Lake Road where the bypass humidifier on a 1987 Aprilaire unit had never been serviced. Our camera inspection showed a scaled bypass duct feeding microbial growth into the main trunk, so we configured our Rotobrush agitation tools for the long sheet-metal runs and finished with HEPA-filtered negative pressure using a Nikro air handler. The homeowner saw immediate relief from persistent winter dust and musty odors after we removed the contamination and replaced the saddle valve.
Yes, video inspection is worth it for Troy homes built between 1965 and 1995 because those systems have original sheet-metal trunk lines with elbows, transitions, and flex-duct branches where debris accumulates in ways visible only on camera. Without inspection, you are paying for a clean based on what the technician says happened. With inspection, you see the before and after. The footage is part of your job record. In our experience working across Troy, the first elbow below a second-floor takeoff is where most of the debris sits, and that is exactly what the camera shows.
A Troy home with forced-air ducts and a bypass humidifier should have the ducts cleaned every three to five years, and annually if anyone in the household has allergies, asthma, or respiratory issues. The bypass humidifier adds moisture and organic material to the system, which accelerates dust buildup and can support microbial growth, especially through the long heating season. Homes with pets or recent renovation work fall on the shorter end. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written recommendation based on your system.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning. Our team serves Troy with documented photo records and written pricing on every job.