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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HVAC cleaning in Vallejo typically runs $385-$690 for a full system clean on a standard single-family home, with evaporator coil cleaning priced between $175-$320 and blower cleaning at $140-$225. The final written price depends on what our camera inspection actually finds: a 1950s home off Tennessee Street with original fiberglass duct board and crushed runs costs more to clean properly than a 2000s Hiddenbrooke flex-duct system, and that difference shows up honestly in the quote before we touch a panel. We serve every Vallejo neighborhood, from North Vallejo to Glen Cove to Mare Island itself. Call (806) 606-6902 and you’ll get a written price, not a teaser rate.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Vallejo’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We’ve built our Vallejo reputation on one thing: the documented record. When our HVAC Cleaning team arrives at a 1940s worker home near the old Mare Island shipyard gate, we don’t give a speech about what “might” be in the ducts. We run the camera first, show you the image, and write the price next to what we found. That’s why homeowners near Solano College, the Vista de Vallejo hills, and the tighter streets of the Heritage District call us back when they buy their second house.
Tomas Reyes, who leads CleanRun, insists on one standard for every Vallejo job: the H.A.V.E.N. Standard, with its written-price rule as Clause 1. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they walk through your door. And every visit concludes with the Documented Photo Record: inside every duct run, before and after, delivered to you as part of the standard scope. Since 2013, we’ve served over 52,000 homes this way, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing on every Vallejo job. If the work isn’t right, we make it right.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Vallejo
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
Vallejo’s position at the mouth of the Carquinez Strait means moist marine air gets pulled into return ducts almost year-round. That condensation lands on the evaporator coil and mixes with household dust and whatever the return ducts are leaking from the crawlspace. On older North Vallejo homes, we routinely find coils wearing a gray sludge that reduces heat transfer by 20-30%. Evaporator coil cleaning in Vallejo runs $175-$320. We clean with a foaming, non-rinse coil cleaner from the Guardsman line, then photograph the coil afterward so you can see the bare metal.
Blower Cleaning
When ducts are dirty, the blower wheel is dirty. Dust, pet hair, and post-fire soot pack into the blower’s squirrel-cage fins and throw it off balance, which stresses the motor bearings and drags down airflow. Blower cleaning in Vallejo costs $140-$225 and includes pulling the blower assembly, cleaning each fin with a soft brush and compressed air, and inspecting the motor’s amp draw before and after. In our field experience around the Tennessee Street corridor, a heavy blower cleaning often quiets a rattling air handler more than any duct wipe ever could.
Condenser Cleaning
The outdoor condenser under your windows or on a side yard gets coated in Vallejo’s airborne pollen, road dust off I-80, and salt-laden air from the Carquinez Strait. We clean the coil with a low-pressure rinse and a pH-neutral cleaner, clear the drain lines, and inspect the electrical contacts and capacitor. Condenser cleaning runs $125-$210 in Vallejo. If the coil is bent, we’ll note it in the written record and include fin-combing in the quote when it’s needed.
Air Handler Cleaning
Air handler cleaning for Vallejo homes runs $220-$390 depending on access and condition. We remove the cabinet panels, vacuum the interior with a HEPA-filtered negative-pressure machine, clean the blower and coil, and treat microbial growth on the cabinet walls and drain pan with a hospital-grade sanitizer from the Honeywell or Aprilaire line. Many of the 1950s wood-frame homes here have air handlers shoehorned into narrow hallway closets, so access work is slow and careful, and the price reflects that honest reality.
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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 stock and service equipment from the brands Vallejo homeowners actually have installed: Honeywell air cleaners, Aprilaire media filters, and Rotobrush-compatible tools for deeper negative-pressure extraction work. If your system uses a Guardsman coil treatment or you’re wondering whether your existing filter cabinet can be retrofitted, we’ll give you a straight answer same-visit. No need to wait on a parts truck from Sacramento; our crews carry common replacements so the job can be finished on the first appointment.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Vallejo Homes
- Crushed or disconnected duct runs in crawlspaces. Vallejo’s older wood-frame homes have settled pier-and-beam foundations. Steel ducts that once ran straight now dip, sag, and crush, pulling in dirt and moisture and pushing conditioned air into the dirt instead of the rooms above. A camera inspection finds this within minutes, and cleaning alone won’t fix the airflow loss until the run is re-supported or sealed.
- Fiberglass duct board gone spongy from Carquinez moisture. The marine air that funnels through the Carquinez Strait keeps crawlspace humidity high. Original fiberglass duct board from the 1940s and 1950s absorbs that moisture, loses its structural integrity, and sheds fibers behind registers. In these homes, our cleaning often includes a fiberglass-liner inspection and, when needed, removal and replacement of the affected sections.
- Post-fire smoke embedment in unsealed ducts. When the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires burned in the Napa and eastern Solano hills, smoke poured over Vallejo for weeks. In leaky, unsealed runs, that soot worked its way into supply trunks and blower cabinets. Months later, homeowners call us because the air handler still smells like a campfire every time the AC cycles.
- Sagging flex duct in Hiddenbrooke and newer south-end homes. Hiddenbrooke’s 1990s and 2000s homes were built with flex duct, and where support straps have failed, the duct sags and collects debris at the low points. Homeowners there face a completely different failure mode from the mid-century north side, and our cleaning process adjusts accordingly: less duct-board work, more re-strapping and re-supporting.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Vallejo, CA
The honest whole-system range for HVAC cleaning in Vallejo runs from $385 at the low end for a compact single-story home with accessible ducting to $690 for a larger mid-century property with original fiberglass duct board, multiple returns, and evidence of significant debris accumulation. Evaporator coil cleaning adds $175-$320, blower cleaning runs $140-$225, and air handler cleaning ranges from $220-$390 depending on access. Condenser cleaning is $125-$210. We write the full price before we remove a single panel, and that price doesn’t change unless we show you a photo of something the original scope didn’t include and you approve the change in writing first. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it’s how every CleanRun job has started since 2013. Call (806) 606-6902 for a free written estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Vallejo
Our crews work across the Carquinez region: HVAC Cleaning in Vallejo includes nearby calls to Martinez, where refinery-adjacent homes carry their own dust load; Richmond, with its similar WWII worker housing stock; Concord, where summer heat pushes AC units harder; and Berkeley, where the marine layer and older flats create coil fouling patterns much like Vallejo’s. Same written pricing, same photo record, same guarantee.
Serving Vallejo, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Vallejo 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 Vallejo
Homes built in the 1940s through the 1960s to house Mare Island Naval Shipyard workers often still run their original sheet-metal ductwork or early fiberglass duct board, and many of those runs have never been properly inspected, let alone cleaned. In North Vallejo especially, we find crushed runs under settled foundations, disconnected boots at the register, and duct board that has absorbed decades of Carquinez Strait moisture. A basic cleaning that vacuums the trunk line and asks no questions will leave all of that in place. The real fix usually includes sealing and re-supporting the damaged runs. Call (806) 606-6902 to have a camera inspection included in your quote at no extra cost.
We can work safely around asbestos-era duct wrap, but we do not cut, disturb, or remove it ourselves. When our camera inspection identifies suspect wrap on original 1940s-1960s ducting, we document it, mark it clearly, and coordinate with a licensed asbestos abatement contractor to handle the removal before we proceed with cleaning and sealing. Your photo record will include images of the wrap in place, so there’s no guesswork about what was there. For older Vallejo homes, this is one of the most important reasons to use an HVAC cleaner who actually sends a camera in first.
It drips. The Carquinez Strait funnels cold, moisture-heavy marine air into Vallejo, and that air meets the warm coil inside your air handler. The coil’s constant condensation cycle turns it into a wet dust trap. Add the leaky return ducts common in older Vallejo homes, which pull in crawlspace dust and the occasional spider, and the coil gets a muddy coating even in a place where the AC only runs hard during the occasional heat spike. Evaporator coil cleaning in Vallejo runs $175-$320, and we photograph the coil before and after so you can see what was actually there.
Yes, when the cleaning process reaches the right surfaces. Post-fire smoke in Vallejo isn’t just in the ducts; it’s packed around the blower motor, inside the supply trunk, and often saturating the fiberglass liner. We remove the blower assembly and clean it fin by fin, vacuum the trunk and branches with negative-pressure extraction, and sanitize the air handler interior. If the liner has soaked the smoke in permanently, we’ll tell you and include liner replacement in a written quote rather than selling you a cleaning that won’t hold. Call (806) 606-6902 for a smoke-damage inspection and written estimate.
Hiddenbrooke and the newer planned communities on Vallejo’s south end were built with flex duct, not sheet metal. The issues those homes face are different: sagging runs where support straps have failed, debris accumulating at low points, and occasionally pest intrusion where a boot seal has opened. Cleaning a Hiddenbrooke home typically costs on the lower end of our Vallejo range, around $385-$490, because the ductwork is generally tighter and the runs are shorter. What we do find needs fixing is often re-strapping and re-supporting, which we include in the written quote when it’s needed.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Vallejo since 2013.