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 Columbus
Air duct cleaning in Columbus typically costs $385 to $720 for a full system on a standard single-family home. Our crews work in every neighborhood from German Village to Worthington, and we schedule most Columbus jobs within 3 to 5 business days. The work takes 3 to 6 hours depending on home size and how much has accumulated in the trunk lines over the years. Call (806) 606-6902 and a live person answers, every time. We’ll walk you through what to expect, in plain terms, before you commit to anything.
We know Columbus housing the way a contractor who actually lives here does. Ranch homes in Reynoldsburg have different duct problems than century-old bungalows in Clintonville or brand-new builds in Powell. That local knowledge changes what we look for and what we recommend. More on that below.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Columbus’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We started in 2013 and have cleaned ducts in more than 52,000 homes since. In Columbus, that means crews who know what a 1980s split-level off Refugee Road sounds like when the blower kicks on, and what drywall dust in a New Albany new build looks like on camera. Same crew approach, same written price, every time.
Every Columbus job gets a Documented Photo Record. Before we start, we run a camera through your supply and return runs and photograph the inside of each duct. After we finish, we photograph every one again. You see exactly what was there and exactly what we removed. No one has to take our word for it.
Haven Standard Clause 1 is simple: a written price before any work starts. No per-vent upsells, no bait-and-switch coupon math. You approve the number, then the panels come off. We also publish our license number on the page and our techs are background-checked, uniformed, and identify themselves by name before they walk in your door. Every job is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not right, we make it right.
Tomas Reyes, our owner, set the rule on day one: document everything. That’s why we hand you photos of your own duct runs, not just an invoice. It’s also why Columbus homeowners looking for Air Duct Cleaning who have been burned by a $79 coupon from a flyer tend to stay with us after the first visit.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Columbus
Residential Duct Cleaning
Most Columbus homes we clean are ranches and split-levels built between 1970 and 1995. These systems usually have original sheet-metal trunk lines through full basements and flex branches to the second floor or back bedrooms. We clean the entire system: supply runs, return runs, trunk lines, plenums, and registers. A standard single-family home in Hilliard or Grove City runs $385 to $650 depending on square footage and number of duct runs.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Offices, retail spaces, dental practices, and small warehouses around downtown Columbus, Easton, and Polaris call us for scheduled system cleaning. Commercial jobs are scoped by duct run count and accessibility, not by square footage alone. We provide a written proposal with a per-system price, not a per-vent price. Expect $700 to $1,400 for a small commercial space, and we’ll confirm the exact figure after a walkthrough and camera scope.
Supply Duct Cleaning
The supply side is where we find the worst of it in Columbus. Supply ducts carry conditioned air from your furnace out to every room, which means everything that collects there gets blown into the air you breathe. In older ranches off West Broad or Main Street, we routinely find 30 to 40 years of compacted dust, pet hair, and sometimes construction material from renovations done decades ago. Cleaning the supply side thoroughly requires negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration, not just a shop vac at the register.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the furnace. In Columbus homes with full basements, return trunk lines often run at or below grade, which means they’re more likely to show moisture staining, dust caked into corners, and in some homes near the Scioto or Olentangy, visible mold or biofilm. A standard return-side clean for a Columbus ranch runs $150 to $280 as part of a full system job. We always camera the returns before and after.
Full System Cleaning
This is what most Columbus homeowners need: supply side, return side, trunk lines, plenums, and registers all done in one visit. Full system cleaning for a typical 1,800 to 2,500 square foot Columbus home lands between $385 and $720. That’s the honest range. If someone quotes you $79 for the whole house, what they’re quoting is the price to get a van in your driveway, not the price to clean your ducts well.
Video Inspection
Every clean includes a camera inspection of the inside of your duct runs. That’s non-negotiable with us. In Columbus, camera work matters more than in most markets because of what this city’s housing stock hides: disconnected flex runs in finished basement ceilings, crushed ducts behind walls, and plenums that were never properly sealed to begin with. The camera tells us what we’re actually dealing with before we touch anything.
What happens when you call
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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.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Columbus
We service every major residential and commercial HVAC setup in Columbus, from older Lennox and Carrier systems in 1970s ranches to newer Trane and Rheem units in Dublin and Westerville builds. Our equipment is professional-grade and verifiable: we run Rotobrush and Nikro negative-pressure systems with HEPA filtration, and use Abatement Technologies HEPA units where the job calls for containment. You can look up any of those brands before we arrive. We’d want you to.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Columbus Homes
Here’s what we actually find when we open panels in this city:
- Disconnected or crushed flex runs in 1970s-1990s ranches. Finished basements hide a lot. A flex run crushed flat during a water heater replacement means a bedroom gets almost no airflow no matter how much you clean. Cleaning alone won’t fix that branch.
- Drywall dust in brand-new New Albany and Powell builds. Builders don’t always seal vents during construction. That dust settles in the supply runs, then gets blown into the house and coated onto the blower motor for the first year of occupancy.
- Moisture and mold in basement trunk lines near the Scioto and Olentangy corridors. Ground-level trunks in full basements take on moisture in Columbus’s humid continental climate. A standard negative-pressure pass won’t kill mold that’s attached to the duct lining. It needs source removal and antimicrobial treatment, which we document before and after.
- Compacted decades-old debris in original sheet-metal trunks. A 1985 ranch in Reynoldsburg with original ducts has been collecting for 40 years. That debris compacts into the corners of trunk lines and needs multiple passes with HEPA-filtered negative pressure to fully release it.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Columbus, OH
Here are the numbers we quote in Columbus, in writing, before any work starts:
| Service | Typical Columbus Price Range |
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| Full system cleaning (single-family home) | $385 - $720 |
| Residential supply-side only | $220 - $380 |
| Residential return-side only | $150 - $280 |
| Commercial duct cleaning (small space) | $700 - $1,400 |
| Video inspection (standalone) | $90 - $180 |
| Post-construction clean (new build) | $450 - $800 |
What changes the price: number of duct runs, accessibility of the trunk line, severity of build-up, whether the system has never been cleaned, and whether we find disconnected or crushed runs that need repair. You get a written price before anything comes off the wall. No per-vent pricing, no “additional charges” after we find something. If we find a disconnected run that needs sealing, we show you the camera footage and give you a separate written repair price. You decide.
Call (806) 606-6902 for a free estimate conversation. We’ll ask about your home’s age, square footage, and what you’re noticing, then give you a realistic range before we ever schedule a visit.
We Also Serve Cities Near Columbus
Beyond Columbus proper, our crews regularly work in Westerville, Dublin, Hilliard, and Delaware. Each of those suburbs has its own housing profile, from 1990s colonials in Hilliard to newer planned communities in Delaware. If you’re searching for Air Duct Cleaning in Columbus but live just outside city limits, we still cover you. Same written pricing, same photo record, same standard.
Serving Columbus, OH - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Columbus 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 Columbus
Post-construction duct cleaning is common in New Albany and Powell because many builders do not seal registers during drywall and trim work, which means fine drywall dust settles inside the supply runs before the first family moves in. The job involves camera scoping every run to confirm what’s in there, then running HEPA-filtered negative pressure to extract the dust. We also inspect the plenum and coil if accessible. In a brand-new 2,400 square foot home, expect $450 to $800 for a full post-construction clean. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll give you a written price before scheduling.
Original ductwork in a 1970s ranch should be camera-inspected every 3 to 5 years, even if you don’t clean that often. What we find in Reynoldsburg and Grove City ranches is disconnected flex runs, crushed branches, and compacted debris in trunk lines that no one has ever looked at since the house was built. A camera inspection runs $90 to $180 and takes about an hour. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule one. You see the footage yourself.
Yes. Columbus sits on clay-heavy glacial soil that holds moisture against foundation walls, and that moisture migrates into full basements. Trunk lines running at ground level pick up that humidity. Over years, the inside of those ducts can develop mold or biofilm, especially near the Scioto and Olentangy corridors where groundwater is higher. We see it most in 1970s-1990s ranches with original trunk lines. If moisture is present, we document it on camera and recommend source removal plus antimicrobial treatment. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll explain what we’d look for in your specific home.
February through April is our busiest stretch because Central Ohio’s tree pollen and agricultural dust surge in early spring, and allergy sufferers start noticing their systems recirculating whatever has been sitting in the ducts all winter. Columbus sits in a bowl of deciduous woodlands and active farmland, so the pollen load is high and predictable. If you’re waking up congested every spring and your furnace filter is coated after 30 days, that’s the connection. Book a full system clean in January or February before the rush. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written estimate.
A 1920s Clintonville bungalow usually had central air retrofitted decades after the house was built, which means irregular plenums, flex runs snaked through walls, and disconnected branches hidden behind finished surfaces. The work takes longer because the access is awkward and the debris is often 40 to 60 years old and compacted. We do more camera work and more hand-scoping in those homes than we do in a 1990s ranch. A full clean in a Clintonville bungalow typically runs $450 to $800 depending on what the camera reveals. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll walk you through what to expect for your specific house.
What Columbus Homeowners Should Know Before Buying Duct Cleaning
Here is the single biggest thing we tell people in Columbus: in this city, duct cleaning often reveals a bigger issue. A 1980s split-level off East Main Street in Whitehall looked like a standard cleaning job until our techs opened a basement ceiling access panel and found the original flex supply run to the master bedroom crushed flat, disconnected from the trunk entirely. The previous owner’s water heater replacement had wedged it shut. We mapped the run with a camera, removed years of compacted dust from the trunk with HEPA-filtered negative pressure, reconnected the flex with a proper plenum collar, and sealed the branch with mastic. Airflow to that bedroom more than doubled, measured at the register before and after. Cleaning alone would have done nothing for that room.
That’s the difference between a company that vacuums and a company that documents. We show you the before photo first. Then we tell you what we recommend and what it costs, in writing. Then you decide. That’s the entire job, every time.
Call (806) 606-6902 to talk through your home in Columbus. We’ll ask about the age of the house, whether it has a basement, and what you’re noticing with airflow or dust. Then we’ll give you honest numbers and tell you whether cleaning is even the right first step. Estimates are free, written, and don’t come with a sales pitch.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Columbus, OH since 2013.
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