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 Houston
Air duct cleaning in Houston typically costs between $450 and $1,100 for a full residential system, depending on home size, the number of duct runs, and whether post-flood inspection or mold remediation is required. Most Houston jobs take four to seven hours and include before-and-after photo documentation of every run. We schedule from our Houston office and serve the entire metro. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before any work begins.
We work in Houston neighborhoods the way a local crew should: we know which 1970s Sharpstown ranches have original flex duct, which Meyerland homes took on water during Harvey, and which Energy Corridor townhomes have attic plenums that bake at 150 degrees from June through September. That local knowledge changes how we inspect, quote, and clean. It also changes what we tell you about whether cleaning is enough.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Houston’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
CleanRun has documented every duct run we have touched since 2013, and that record-keeping is the reason Houston homeowners choose us. We do not ask you to trust that the work happened. We hand you before-and-after photos of the inside of every supply and return run, along with a written scope and a written 365-Day Done Right Promise. If it is not right, we make it right, in writing, on every job.
Our Houston crews are background-checked and uniformed under the H.A.V.E.N. Standard, with license numbers published on estimates, not buried in a footer. Every job starts with a written price delivered before a single panel comes off, per Haven Standard Clause 1. That is not a marketing line. It is how we have served 52,000 homes without ever asking a homeowner to accept a number revised after the van pulled up.
Tomas Reyes leads our Houston operations. He has spent more than a decade documenting what Houston’s heat and humidity actually do inside flex duct, and he trains our techs to photograph findings, not describe them vaguely. If you want air duct cleaning in Houston from a company that will show you the evidence, you found it.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Houston
Residential Duct Cleaning
Houston homes run AC nine or more months a year, which means your ducts cycle Gulf Coast air almost continuously. We clean supply and return runs with negative-pressure extraction, using HEPA-filtered equipment from Abatement Technologies and Rotobrush. Every register gets brushed, every plenum gets inspected, and every run gets photographed before and after. For Houston’s slab-on-grade tract homes, we also check flex duct sag and joint seal integrity while we work, because a clean duct with a leaking joint is a mold problem waiting for August.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Houston offices, medical buildings, and retail spaces need the same documented standard we bring to homes, scaled to larger plenums and longer runs. We clean commercial systems after hours or on weekends, and we deliver the same photo record and written warranty to facility managers that we deliver to homeowners. If your Houston commercial property has not had ducts cleaned since it was built, we will document what the camera finds before we clean it.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts in Houston attics are the workhorses of your AC system, and they are also the most likely to collect construction debris, drywall dust from renovations, and condensed moisture at poorly sealed joints. We clean supply runs end to end, from plenum takeoff to register boot, and we photograph the interior at each stage. In Meyerland and other repeatedly flooded neighborhoods, supply runs that sat in water often need more than cleaning. Our video inspection tells you which.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air from your living spaces back to the air handler, which means they collect the same dust, pet hair, and dander that settles on your furniture. In Houston homes with original 1980s-era return pans and panned joists, we often find a layer of compacted particulates so thick it reduces airflow. We clean returns to bare metal or liner, then photograph the result so you can see the difference between clean air and what you were breathing.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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Our Houston crews run professional-grade equipment from manufacturers you can look up before we arrive: Rotobrush for source-removal agitation, Abatement Technologies for HEPA-filtered negative air, and Nikro for confined-space inspection. We do not use shop vacs. We stock the common flex duct diameters, mastic sealant, and register sizes Houston homes actually use, which means when a post-storm inspection turns up a collapsed run or a delaminated liner, we can usually replace the damaged section the same day and get your system back moving air.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Houston Homes
- Attic heat degradation: Houston attics routinely hit 140 to 160 degrees from June through September. That heat breaks down the inner liner of flex duct over time, and once the liner delaminates, the duct cannot be meaningfully cleaned. We find this constantly in 1970s and 1980s homes in Spring Branch, Sharpstown, and Clear Lake where the original ductwork has never been touched.
- Post-flood contamination: Homes in Meyerland, Friendswood, and Kingwood that took on water during Harvey or later storms often have mold spores pushed into duct runs. Cleaning alone cannot fix a duct with standing water or saturated insulation. Our camera inspection documents the difference so your insurer sees it too.
- Leaking flex joints: Houston’s humidity means the air inside your attic is often at 70 to 80 percent relative humidity. A poorly sealed joint pulls that air into the duct stream. We re-seal and re-support runs we clean, because a Houston duct that leaks at the joints will re-contaminate within weeks.
- Construction dust from renovations: Houston’s housing market moves fast, and many homes we clean in the Energy Corridor and Pearland have been renovated at least once since 2015. Drywall dust, paint overspray, and flooring debris end up in registers and supply runs. We clean it out and photograph the before and after so there is no question the system is actually clear.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Houston, TX
A full-system residential air duct cleaning in Houston runs $450 to $850 for most homes under 2,500 square feet. Larger homes, homes with two air handlers, or systems with extensive mold or post-flood contamination run $700 to $1,100. Video inspection is included on every job, not sold as an add-on. If we find duct sections that need replacement rather than cleaning, you will see the camera footage before we quote a single dollar for the replacement work. We do not charge per vent. You get one written price for the entire system, per Haven Standard Clause 1, before we start. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will put the number in writing.
We Also Serve Cities Near Houston
Our Houston crews regularly work in Houston and the surrounding metro: Pasadena to the east, Spring to the north, Pearland to the south, and Alief to the southwest. If you are in any of these areas and need air duct cleaning with documentation, call (806) 606-6902 for a written price.
How Houston’s Climate Damages Ductwork Faster Than Other Sunbelt Cities
Houston’s slab-on-grade tract homes, built in waves from the 1960s through the 1990s, route nearly all flex duct through unconditioned attics. There is no basement, and there is no conditioned crawlspace under the house. That means your ductwork lives in an attic that hits 140 to 160 degrees for months at a time. Flex duct is not built for that. The inner liner, which is typically a thin polyethylene or vinyl layer inside the insulation, breaks down under sustained heat. Once the liner delaminates, the fiberglass insulation is exposed to the air stream, and no amount of cleaning will make that duct safe to use.
This is a failure mode that does not exist in Dallas, where attics are hot but the air is far drier, or in Phoenix, where humidity is rarely a factor. Houston combines extreme heat with Gulf Coast moisture. The result is a duct system that degrades from both sides: heat attacks the liner from the outside, and condensation attacks the joints from the inside. We see this in Sharpstown ranches built in 1972, in Clear Lake homes from the 1980s, and in Energy Corridor townhomes built in the 2000s. The pattern is the same: original flex duct, never replaced, now kinked, sagging, and coated with decades of particulates. Houston is the hardest city in the Sunbelt on ductwork, and that is not marketing copy. It is what we see with a camera every week.
When a Houston Duct Can Be Cleaned, and When It Must Be Replaced
Here is the distinction most Houston homeowners never get from a coupon-based cleaning company. A duct with dust, pet hair, construction debris, and even light surface mold on the inner liner can often be cleaned. A duct with standing water, saturated fiberglass insulation, or a delaminated inner liner cannot. The liner is the barrier between your air and the insulation. Once it fails, cleaning the surface does not fix the problem; it just moves air across exposed fiberglass.
In Meyerland after a Harvey-era re-flood, our techs camera-inspected the supply and return ducts and found standing water in a low flex run near the air handler. The inner liner was delaminated and rust had begun to stain the fiberglass beneath. We documented all of it. We flagged the section for replacement rather than cleaning, then ran negative pressure with HEPA filtration on the remaining system. The homeowner’s insurer had a clear repair-versus-replace record: photos, video, and a written condition report. That is the difference between a cheap clean that hides mold and a documented finding that supports a legitimate claim.
This is why video inspection matters after any Houston flood or storm event. Post-flood duct cleaning that skips a camera inspection cannot tell a salvageable duct from one with water-damaged inner liner. If you clean a water-damaged duct and close it back up, the mold returns within weeks, and your insurer will not pay for a replacement because the evidence was never documented. We document everything as a standard deliverable, and that documentation is what makes an insurer accept a replacement rather than deny it.
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FAQs - Air Duct Cleaning in Houston
We camera-inspect the full duct system and look for standing water, saturated insulation, and delaminated inner liner. If the liner is intact and the duct is dry, cleaning is generally safe. If we find water or liner failure, we document it with photos and video and flag the section for replacement. You get the same photos and video so you can show your insurer exactly what we found.
Houston combines sustained attic heat of 140 to 160 degrees with Gulf Coast humidity levels that rarely drop below 60 percent. The heat degrades the inner liner of flex duct, while the humidity drives condensation at every poorly sealed joint. Dallas attics get hot but stay dry. Phoenix attics get hot but almost never see humidity. Houston’s climate attacks ductwork from two directions at once, and homes built with original 1970s through 1990s flex duct are the ones we replace most often.
Do not run the AC until a camera inspection confirms no water entered the air handler or the duct runs connected to it. Floodwater in a mechanical closet can wick into the return plenum and contaminate the entire return side of the system. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will inspect, document, and tell you in plain language whether cleaning is enough or replacement is required.
Cleaning ducts removes accumulated dust, pet dander, pollen, and mold spores that have settled on the inner surfaces of the system. In Houston, where AC runs nine or more months a year, that accumulation builds quickly. What cleaning cannot do is fix a duct with a failed liner or a leaking joint pulling humid attic air into the system. That is why we document what we find so you know whether the problem was cleaned or needs repair.
We start with a camera inspection of the supply and return runs, the plenum, and the air handler. We photograph the condition, then we run negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration while agitating the inner surfaces with professional-grade Rotobrush and Abatement Technologies equipment. We re-seal loose joints, re-support sagging runs, and photograph every run after cleaning. You leave with a written scope, a photo record, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Call CleanRun for Documented Air Duct Cleaning in Houston
If you live in Houston and want your ducts cleaned by a crew that will show you the inside of every run before and after the work, call (806) 606-6902. We will put a written price in front of you before any work begins, and we will hand you the photo record when we are done. That is the CleanRun standard. Call today for a free estimate from our Houston office.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Houston since 2013.
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