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 HVAC Cleaning Across Memphis
HVAC cleaning in Memphis isn’t a luxury service. It’s a respiratory intervention in a city the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has repeatedly ranked among the worst “Allergy Capitals” in the country. The Mississippi River Delta’s pollen load, combined with humidity that sits between 70% and 85% all summer, means your ductwork rarely dries out. What accumulates inside it doesn’t stay inert. It colonizes. We’ve been documenting exactly what Memphis ducts are hiding since 2013. If you’re in Midtown, East Memphis, or anywhere across the metro and your system hasn’t been opened and photographed in years, call (806) 606-6902. We’ll write you a price before a single panel comes off.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Memphis’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
The answer comes down to what we hand you when the job is done: a written price agreed before work starts, and a photo record of every duct run, before and after. That’s not a marketing promise. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1 and Clause 5, and we’ve delivered it on every job since our first in 2013. More than 52,000 homes later, Memphis homeowners call us because a neighbor showed them the photos we took of their ducts. Word spreads differently here than in other markets. Memphis is a city of older homes, and homeowners talk about what was actually found inside their systems.
Our techs are background-checked and uniformed under Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. They know which Midtown bungalows have pier-and-beam foundations with damp crawl spaces, which South Memphis homes are running original sheet-metal ductwork from the 1960s, and which East Memphis systems have never had a proper evaporator coil pulled and photographed. That local knowledge matters when you’re deciding whether a cleaning will hold or turn into a recurring problem.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Memphis
We clean the entire path air travels: return registers, duct runs, plenum, coil, blower, and supply registers. In Memphis, doing half the job means the pollen comes right back. Here’s what each part of the system needs.
Evaporator Coil Cleaning in Memphis
The evaporator coil sits above your furnace or inside your air handler, and in Memphis it’s almost always wet. High Delta humidity means condensation never fully evaporates between cycles. That wet coil surface traps oak, grass, and ragweed pollen that bypasses a dirty filter, and over time it becomes a biological film that reduces heat transfer and pushes musty air through every supply register. We pull the coil, photograph the before condition, clean it with professional coil cleaner, and document the after state. A typical evaporator coil cleaning in Memphis runs $180 to $320 depending on access and buildup severity.
Blower Cleaning in Memphis
The blower wheel is the part most companies skip because it takes time to remove. In Memphis, it’s also where the fine particulate settles: delta pollen, dust from decomposed hardwood floors in older homes, sometimes construction debris from renovations. A fouled blower wheel moves 15% to 25% less air, which means longer run times and higher summer bills. We remove the blower assembly, clean each blade, check motor amp draw, and photograph the result. Blower cleaning runs $120 to $220 in the Memphis market. If your system sounds louder than it used to, the blower wheel is likely coated and out of balance.
Condenser Cleaning in Memphis
The outdoor condenser unit fights a losing battle in Memphis summers. Cottonwood seed from the Wolf River bottoms, grass clippings from neighborhoods like Germantown and Collierville, and plain delta dust coat the coil fins and choke airflow. When the condenser can’t reject heat, head pressure climbs, the compressor runs hotter, and efficiency drops. We clean the condenser coil with a low-pressure wash, straighten bent fins where feasible, and check refrigerant levels. Condenser cleaning in Memphis typically runs $110 to $190. It’s a short job that pays for itself in one summer of utility bills.
Air Handler Cleaning in Memphis
On pier-and-beam homes in Midtown and South Memphis, the air handler often sits in a closet or a crawl-space-adjacent utility space. It pulls air from the same humid environment your ducts live in. The cabinet interior, blower housing, and coil compartment collect what the filter missed. We clean the full air handler interior down to the drain pan, clear condensate lines, and apply a coil treatment where needed. Expect $200 to $350 for a complete air handler cleaning in Memphis. This is the service that stops the “clean ducts, still smells” complaint we hear from homeowners who’d previously hired shop-vac companies that never opened the air handler at all.
We also offer HVAC Cleaning as a complete system package. Doing the full job once is usually cheaper than piecemeal cleanings, and you get a single documented photo record covering the entire air path. Evaporator coil treatment is included with full-system cleaning, and we use Guardsman coil treatment products when we apply it. A full HVAC cleaning plus coil and blower in Memphis runs $450 to $700 for an average 2,000-square-foot home, depending on system configuration and the level of contamination.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Memphis
We work on all major HVAC equipment brands found in Memphis homes: Trane, Carrier, Lennox, Rheem, Goodman, York, and American Standard. Because we clean the components rather than selling replacements, brand compatibility rarely matters. What matters is the equipment we bring on site: Rotobrush negative-pressure extraction systems, Nikro HEPA-filtered vacuums, and Guardsman antimicrobial coil treatments. We don’t use shop vacs, and we don’t use bait-and-switch coupons. We stock common coil cleaning chemicals, access panels, and mastic sealant so crews can finish the job in one visit without waiting on parts shipped from Nashville.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Memphis Homes
- Crushed and disconnected runs under pier-and-beam homes. Clay-heavy Memphis soil expands and contracts with seasonal moisture, and foundations move. That movement crushes flex duct and pulls sheet-metal joints apart. Air you pay to condition ends up blowing into the crawl space. We find this in a significant share of Midtown and South Memphis jobs.
- Mold biofilm on wet duct surfaces. Crawl-space moisture wicks through unsealed seams, and with humidity this high, duct interiors stay damp for weeks. If we clean without sealing accessible joints, the biofilm comes back. We tell you this before we start, because Haven Standard Clause 1 means the written scope includes what will actually fix the problem, not just what’s quick.
- Rodent nesting and pest debris. Neighbors near Overton Park and Audubon Park regularly report rodents. Those same rodents access duct runs under pier-and-beam homes through gaps at the register boots. We’ve pulled nests, droppings, and food caches out of supply runs in Binghampton and North Memphis. Source removal with HEPA filtration is the only real fix.
- A neglected blower and coil undoing a duct cleaning. If the ducts are clean but the blower wheel is carrying years of delta pollen, the first cooling cycle sends it right back into the air. That’s why we never sell duct cleaning as a standalone miracle. The coil and blower have to be part of the scope in Memphis.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Memphis, TN
We don’t do per-vent pricing, because that’s how the $79 coupon turns into an $800 surprise. We price per system, in writing, before work starts. A typical full HVAC cleaning for a Memphis home runs $450 to $700. That includes the evaporator coil, blower, air handler interior, all accessible duct runs, register cleaning, and the full photo record. Evaporator coil cleaning alone runs $180 to $320. Blower cleaning is $120 to $220. Condenser cleaning is $110 to $190. Coil treatment with Guardsman products adds $60 to $90. If you have a crawl-space foundation and we find crushed or disconnected runs during the cleaning, the sealing and repair scope is quoted separately, in writing, before we touch it. Bring us any competitor’s written estimate and we’ll put our number next to it. Free second opinion, no charge, no pressure.
We Also Serve Cities Near Memphis
CleanRun’s crews work throughout the Memphis metro, including Germantown, Collierville, Spring Hill, and Franklin. Whether you’re in a 1950s Midtown bungalow or a newer build in Collierville, the process is the same: written price first, photo record last. For homeowners outside Memphis proper, our scheduling is coordinated from the Memphis office. If you’re searching for HVAC Cleaning in Memphis, know that we dispatch locally and cover the full metro.
Serving Memphis, TN - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Memphis 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 - HVAC Cleaning in Memphis
Because those neighborhoods have the highest concentration of pier-and-beam homes with crawl spaces, and crawl-space moisture in Memphis doesn’t dry out. Combined with the Delta’s 70% to 85% summer humidity, the air inside those duct runs stays damp for weeks at a time. Mold biofilm forms on dust and pollen that would stay dry and inert in a slab-on-grade home. The fix is source removal plus sealing accessible joints, not just vacuuming.
What specific contaminants do you find in Memphis ducts that aren’t common in newer housing?
Collapsed fiberglass insulation from deteriorating flex duct, rodent nesting material, standing-water staining inside sheet-metal runs, and thick layers of delta pollen cemented to the duct walls by humidity. In newer slab-on-grade homes, you mostly see construction debris and light dust. In Memphis’s older housing stock, we routinely open access panels to find contamination that no DIY vent vacuuming will ever touch. That’s what the photos show you before we clean it.
Does duct cleaning in Memphis help with the city’s allergy problems?
Yes, when it includes the coil and blower. Memphis pollen loads are among the highest in the country, and your HVAC system is constantly circulating that air through your home. If the ducts are clean but the blower wheel and evaporator coil are coated with old pollen, every cooling cycle re-aerosolizes it. Full-system cleaning removes the reservoir. For allergy-sensitive households, we recommend the coil treatment add-on. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written scope.
If my crawl space floods, do I need duct sealing after cleaning or just cleaning?
You need both, in that order. A flood saturates the crawl space, and moisture wicks through every unsealed seam in your under-floor ductwork. If we clean but don’t seal the accessible joints, the contamination returns within weeks. Haven Standard Clause 1 means we’ll quote the sealing scope in writing alongside the cleaning scope, and you approve both before any work starts. The photo record documents both.
What should I look for to know if my Memphis home’s ducts are disconnected or crushed?
Uneven room temperatures where one room never cools, visible dust blowing from certain registers, higher summer bills than neighbors with similar homes, and a crawl space that feels damp or smells musty. Crushed flex or separated sheet-metal joints mean supply air is dumping into the crawl space rather than the rooms. We identify it with a camera before we quote, and we show you the image. Then the written price comes. No guessing, no upsell.
Get Your Written Price Before Work Starts
If you’re in Memphis and your HVAC system hasn’t been documented, cleaned, and sealed where needed, now is the time. We’ll open the access panels, show you exactly what’s inside your ducts with the camera, and hand you a written price for cleaning, coil treatment, and any sealing required. You approve the scope before we touch anything. The photo record is yours to keep. One flat price per system, no per-vent math, no surprises. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule your estimate or ask for a free second opinion on any written quote you’ve already received.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Memphis since 2013.
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