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 University Park
Air duct cleaning in University Park runs $400-$700 for a typical 2,000-square-foot home, and the work usually takes a full morning. CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning has served University Park’s concrete-block homes long enough to know that the real job often isn’t just cleaning. It’s finding the crushed flex duct in a 145°F attic, the disconnected return run that’s been pulling attic air, and the years of tenant debris packed against a grille nobody ever opened. If you’re smelling something stale every time the AC kicks on, call (806) 606-6902. We’ll give you a written price before a single panel comes off.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is University Park’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Since 2013, we’ve documented every duct run we touch in University Park, from the tree-lined streets off Preston Road to the rental pockets clustered around the FIU campus edge. Tomas Reyes, our owner, insists on one practice that separates us from the $79-coupon crowd: a camera goes into the plenum before any cleaning starts, and every run gets photographed again when we’re done. You see what we saw. We’ve cleaned systems in University Park homes where three generations of tenants had never once opened a return-air grille. The debris we found told the whole story.
We coordinate scheduling from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, but the crews you’ll meet in University Park are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they arrive. That’s Haven Standard Clause 3, and it’s not optional. We carry a Free Second Opinion on any written estimate because we’d rather put our number next to a competitor’s quote than argue about vague promises. Every job ends with a written warranty under our 365-Day Done Right Promise. Not a “call us if something feels off” promise. A written one.
Key Takeaways
- Typical whole-home air duct cleaning in University Park: $400-$700, with video inspection included.
- Older CBS homes near FIU often need sealing work in addition to cleaning, especially on return runs.
- You receive before-and-after photos of every duct run, not a verbal summary.
- Written price before work starts. Always. Under Haven Standard Clause 1.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in University Park
We offer the full range of Air Duct Cleaning work University Park homes need, but every job starts the same way: a video inspection that tells us what’s actually inside your ductwork. No assumptions, no generic checklists. Here’s what we do most often in this city.
Video Inspection
Before we quote a dollar figure, we run a camera through your supply and return runs. In University Park’s 1960s-1980s homes, this inspection routinely reveals crushed flex duct, disconnected sections, or debris packed into plenums that a visual check from the register could never see. You see the footage. We point to the problem on screen and explain what it means. That record becomes the baseline for everything that follows.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air from your air handler to every room. In University Park homes with original or early-replacement flex duct, these runs often sit in unconditioned attics that hit 140-150°F for months each year. We remove the debris, then check whether the run is actually intact. A clean duct with a crushed section is still a duct that leaks treated air into a scorching attic. We’ll show you the photo and give you a written price for the repair separately. You decide what gets done.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the system, and in University Park’s rental-heavy neighborhoods near FIU, they often carry years of tenant-era debris: pet dander, dust, sometimes the odd takeout menu that fell through a floor grille. We clean returns with negative-pressure extraction and HEPA filtration, not a shop-vac. The debris comes out, goes into a sealed container, and leaves with our truck. The before-and-after photos go into your job record.
Full System Cleaning
A full system clean covers supply and return runs, the plenum, the blower compartment, and all accessible registers. For University Park’s CBS homes, this is the job we recommend when the video inspection shows debris throughout the system, not just in one section. It’s also the standard choice for homeowners who just bought a previously rented property and want a documented clean slate.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
We serve University Park’s small business spaces, medical offices, and multi-unit rental properties with the same written-price model. For property managers, that means no surprises on an invoice and a photo record we can hand to an owner who asks, “What did we actually pay for?”
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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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Our crews work with professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush and Nikro, and we use Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration units on jobs where biological growth is a concern. If your University Park system includes a Honeywell or Aprilaire filtration component, we’re familiar with those too. We don’t push equipment replacements. We document what we find and give you a written scope. If repair or sealing is part of the fix, the price is separate and written before any work starts.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in University Park Homes
- Crushed or disconnected flex duct in scorching attics. University Park attics routinely reach 140-150°F from June through September. Flex duct sitting in that heat for decades sags, kinks, and separates at joints. We find these failures on nearly every older home we open up.
- Decades of tenant debris packed against return-air grilles. The FIU-driven rental market means many University Park homes have cycled through tenants for twenty or thirty years. Each tenant may have changed a filter, but almost nobody ever opens the return plenum. The debris we photograph tells that story.
- Condensation-driven mold regrowth after a basic cleaning. In western Miami-Dade’s humidity, the wet season dumps moisture onto any cold metal duct surface. If a landlord or previous owner paid for a cheap clean without sealing, the mold comes back within a season. We see it in University Park rentals more than anywhere else in our service area.
- DIY filter changes pushing debris deeper into supply runs. A tenant changing a filter can accidentally knock loose dust and debris that then gets pulled into supply ducts. Surface vacuuming from the register can’t reach it. Negative-pressure extraction with agitation tools can.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in University Park, TX
Here’s what University Park homeowners can expect to pay. A basic whole-home cleaning for a 1,500-2,500 square foot house runs $400-$700, and that includes the video inspection and the full photo record. Supply duct cleaning alone typically runs $250-$400 depending on the number of runs, and return duct cleaning runs $200-$350. If the inspection reveals crushed or disconnected flex duct, sealing and repair work adds $150-$600 depending on how many runs need attention. Commercial jobs are priced by system size and duct complexity, usually $800-$2,500. Every price is written before work starts. No per-vent pricing, no teaser coupons, no upsell at the door. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll walk through your system’s specifics.
We Also Serve Cities Near University Park
While this page is for Air Duct Cleaning in University Park, our crews also regularly work in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin. If you own property in multiple cities or manage rentals across the metro, one written price and one photo record covers every job. Call (806) 606-6902 and tell us where you need us.
The University Park Difference: What Our Crews Actually Find Here
University Park sits directly against Florida International University, and that changes the ductwork story in ways you won’t find in Doral or Sweetwater. The housing stock is dominated by concrete-block homes built between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s, many of them converted to student or long-term rentals years ago. Rental turnover means deferred maintenance. Deferred maintenance means ducts that haven’t seen a camera in twenty years.
We’ve opened return-air plenums in University Park homes and found layers of takeout menus and pet dander packed against the grille, proof the system had never been professionally cleaned. That’s not a judgment on landlords. It’s simply what happens when tenants change every few years and nobody opens the ductwork. When we do, we document it. Then we clean it. Then we photograph it again. The record stays with the property.
On a quiet street of 1970s concrete-block homes near FIU, our crew opened a return-air plenum and found exactly that: takeout menus, pet dander, and dust packed against the grille. We ran a camera inspection and found crushed flex duct runs in the attic, which was holding at 148°F. We used negative-pressure extraction with agitation tools to perform a NADCA-standard source removal, then sealed the disconnected supply runs. Airflow came back to normal, and the musty odor the homeowner had been fighting for two wet seasons disappeared within a week. The before-and-after photos are still in her job file.
This is the information gain a homeowner gets from working with a company that documents everything. You’re not guessing whether the ducts were actually cleaned. You have photographs. You’re not trusting a technician’s word on the repair. You saw the crushed run on camera. That’s how CleanRun has approached Air Duct Cleaning since our first job in 2013, and it’s how we work in University Park every day.
Serving University Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the University Park 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 University Park
Because the debris in these systems is rarely just surface dust. Years of tenant turnover, DIY filter changes, and deferred maintenance means debris gets compacted deep into supply and return runs. A rotary brush or negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration reaches what a shop-vac from the register cannot. In our experience, University Park rentals near FIU often need sealing work afterward to address the underlying disconnections. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written scope based on what the camera finds.
Yes. We run a camera through the duct from the register or plenum opening, and the footage shows exactly where a run is kinked, crushed, or disconnected. No drywall comes down. You watch the screen with the technician and see the problem for yourself. That footage becomes part of your documented photo record.
Usually both. The cleaning removes the biological material that’s causing the smell. The sealing prevents moist air from condensing on cold duct surfaces and re-growing mold next wet season. In University Park’s humidity, skipping the sealing means the smell comes back. We’ll show you exactly what the camera found and give you separate written prices for cleaning and sealing. You decide what gets done.
We remove the grille, photograph the debris, then use negative-pressure extraction to pull it out without spreading it into the living space. The debris goes into a sealed HEPA-filtered container. The grille gets cleaned and photographed again before it goes back on. You see both photos in your job record.
That smell is typically accumulated debris inside the ductwork itself, not the filter. In concrete-block homes with original flex duct, years of dust, pet dander, and humidity create a stale odor that a fresh filter can’t touch. The only fix is source removal: cleaning the actual duct surface, not just changing what sits at the return. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll show you what’s inside before you commit to anything.
Get a Written Price for Air Duct Cleaning in University Park
You don’t need to guess what’s in your ductwork, and you shouldn’t have to negotiate a price after the work is done. Call CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning at (806) 606-6902 for a free estimate with a video inspection, a written scope, and a flat price agreed before we touch a single panel. That’s our standard in University Park, and it’s been our standard since the beginning.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving University Park and the surrounding metro.