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 Dearborn means contending with something most metro Detroit suburbs never see: a fine reddish-brown iron oxide dust that settles into ductwork after decades of proximity to the Ford Rouge Complex. Homes south of Michigan Avenue and along Miller Road carry this signature residue, often layered inside original 1940s and 1950s sheet-metal ducts. Our HVAC Cleaning team works in Dearborn every week, and we know what that dust does to blowers, coils, and airflow. If you’re noticing heavier filter loading than your neighbors a few miles west, that’s not your imagination. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before we touch a single panel.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Dearborn’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We don’t run coupon campaigns. We document what we find. That matters in Dearborn because the contamination inside one South Dearborn bungalow is nothing like what we pull from a colonial in Redford or a ranch in Dearborn Heights. The Rouge Complex puts particulate into the air in a specific radius, and Dearborn sits inside it. When a tech pulls a supply register near Miller Road and finds iron oxide coating the duct wall, we photograph it before and after. You get that record. You don’t have to take anyone’s word.
We’re led by Tomas Reyes, who has run CleanRun since 2013 with a simple rule: written price first, photo record after. No exceptions. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it’s why Dearborn homeowners who research before they hire tend to find us. You can verify our equipment choices yourself: Rotobrush and Nikro for agitated source removal, Abatement Technologies for HEPA-filtered negative air. These are professional-grade tools, not shop vacs with a marketing budget.
Dispatch and scheduling for Dearborn jobs are coordinated from our Detroit office; crews serve Dearborn locally. Every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival. Every job ends with a documented photo record of every duct run, inside before and after. If it’s not right within 365 days, we make it right. That’s written on every job, not recited over the phone.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Dearborn
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
In Dearborn, evaporator coils carry an extra burden. The Rouge Complex injects fine metallic particulate into the air column, and the coil acts as a filter whether it was designed to or not. A coil in a South Dearborn home within a mile of the complex can cake with iron oxide and household dust in half the time a Livonia coil does. Left alone, that coating insulates the coil, drops efficiency, and forces the blower to work harder. We remove and clean coils with professional-grade equipment, document the before and after, and treat with a coil protectant where needed. Typical evaporator coil cleaning in Dearborn runs $180 to $340 depending on access and coil condition.
Air Handler Cleaning
Older Dearborn homes, especially the brick bungalows built for Ford workers between the 1940s and early 1960s, often have air handlers tucked into tight utility closets or crawlspaces. That means neglect. We see blower wheels caked with iron oxide dust and organic debris, return plenums lined with decades of accumulation, and housings that haven’t been opened in years. Air handler cleaning in Dearborn typically runs $220 to $410. The price includes full blower assembly removal, cleaning, and reinstalled with photographs at every step.
Condenser Cleaning
Your outdoor condenser sits in Dearborn air all summer. That air carries whatever the Rouge plant releases plus pollen, cottonwood, lawn debris, and road grime. A dirty condenser loses capacity, which means longer run times and higher July and August bills. We clean condenser coils with the right equipment for the fin density, flush the unit, and inspect the area around it. Condenser cleaning in Dearborn generally runs $130 to $260. It’s the single highest-value maintenance dollar most Dearborn homeowners can spend before cooling season.
Heat Exchanger Cleaning
For Dearborn homes with older furnaces still in service, the heat exchanger can accumulate soot and particulate that reduces heat transfer and, in some cases, creates an odor during the first heating cycle of fall. We inspect and clean heat exchangers as part of a full HVAC cleaning where the furnace is accessible and in sound condition. If we identify a cracked exchanger, we stop and tell you: that’s a combustion-safety issue, not a cleaning issue. Heat exchanger cleaning in Dearborn runs $150 to $300 when performed as an add-on to a full system cleaning.
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.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Dearborn
Dearborn’s housing stock spans nearly every major HVAC brand, from Carrier and Trane units installed in the 1990s to Goodman and Rheem systems put in during the last decade. We service all of them. Our techs carry Guardsman coil treatment and Honeywell filter media on truck stock, which means we don’t leave mid-job to source common consumables. For Dearborn customers with older Luxaire, Bryant, or Lennox equipment, we can generally source specific parts from local Detroit supply houses same-day. That keeps a cleaning from turning into a weeklong project.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Dearborn Homes
- Rouge Complex iron oxide residue. Homes in South Dearborn and along the Miller Road corridor show a distinctive reddish-brown dust inside ducts and on registers that essentially doesn’t appear in Livonia or Garden City. This particulate is fine enough to get through standard fiberglass filters and is the single most common contaminant we document in Dearborn ductwork.
- Deteriorating fibrous duct liner. Many Dearborn homes built between the 1940s and early 1960s have original sheet-metal ducts with a fibrous interior lining. After 60 to 80 years, that liner sheds fibers, holds moisture, and in some cases supports mold. Cleaning this material requires care: too aggressive and you damage the liner further. We inspect first, photograph the condition, and adjust extraction accordingly.
- Premature filter loading and restricted airflow. During the October through April heating season, Dearborn’s forced-air systems run near continuously. When you combine that with Rouge Complex particulate and older ductwork, filters load faster than manufacturer-rated intervals. We often see return filters heavily soiled after only four to six weeks in South Dearborn homes, with airflow measurably reduced at the registers.
- Humid-summer mold in poorly sealed postwar ducts. Dearborn’s summer humidity, combined with 60-plus-year-old ductwork that often has failed tape, loose joints, and gaps, creates condensation points where mold can colonize during the off-season. The musty smell Dearborn homeowners notice when the furnace fires up in October is frequently mold in a return duct or crawlspace plenum, not a problem in the furnace itself.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Dearborn, MI
We publish ranges because writing down a price before work starts is the entire point of how we operate. A full HVAC cleaning for a typical Dearborn bungalow, including supply and return duct cleaning, evaporator coil cleaning, and blower cleaning, generally runs $650 to $1,100. Smaller jobs, like coil-only or blower-only service, run less. Larger homes with multiple air handlers, finished basements with complex duct runs, or heavily contaminated systems run more. The written quote you receive before any work starts is the price you pay. No per-vent upcharges, no “while we’re in there” additions. If a competitor’s written estimate comes in lower, bring it to us. We’ll put our number next to it and you decide. That’s a Free Second Opinion on Any Written Estimate, and it’s available to every Dearborn homeowner at no cost.
We Also Serve Cities Near Dearborn
Our crews serve HVAC Cleaning in Dearborn and the surrounding communities, including Dearborn Heights, Lincoln Park, Detroit, and Redford. If you’re in one of these cities and dealing with a similar aging stock of 1940s and 1950s homes, the same written-price, photo-documented standard applies. Scheduling is handled from our Detroit office, and crews run Dearborn routes regularly.
Serving Dearborn, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Dearborn 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 Dearborn
Dearborn homes within roughly a mile of the Rouge Complex generally need duct cleaning every 2 to 4 years, compared to every 4 to 6 years for a home in Livonia or Garden City. The difference is loading rate: the industrial particulate in Dearborn air settles into ducts faster, clogs filters sooner, and reduces airflow measurably. If you live in South Dearborn or near Miller Road, pull a supply register and run a white cloth inside the boot. If it comes back reddish-brown, you’re due. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price.
Yes. The reddish-brown residue we consistently document in South Dearborn ductwork is iron oxide particulate consistent with steelmaking and coke operations at the Rouge Complex. The signature is distinctive: fine, powdery, reddish-brown, and it appears even in homes with newer windows and doors. The same particulate is essentially absent in ducts we clean a few miles west in Livonia or northwest in Garden City. Homes along Miller Road and south of Michigan Avenue show the highest concentrations.
Generally yes, but the method matters. Original sheet-metal ducts from the 1940s and 1950s often have fibrous interior lining that has deteriorated over decades. Aggressive brush-only cleaning can shred that lining and make the problem worse. We inspect the duct interior with a camera first, document the condition, and choose extraction equipment accordingly: gentler agitation for fragile lined ducts, full negative-pressure source removal where the metal is sound. The camera record lets you see exactly what we’re working with before and after. For an exact assessment, call (806) 606-6902.
Yes. Many Dearborn bungalows and ranch homes have wood-burning fireplaces or stoves that were added decades ago, and the ash and creosote particulate they release during winter heating cycles migrates into the connected duct system. This adds an organic, sticky component to whatever Rouge Complex particulate is already present, and it can bond to blower wheels and coil fins. We account for wood-heat particulate when we scope a Dearborn job, and we’ll tell you if we find it. Our process handles it, but the cleaning interval for a wood-heated Dearborn home often shortens by a year or more.
Partially. If the odor is coming from inside your ductwork, because Rouge Complex particulate mixed with organic debris is sitting in a return duct or plenum, cleaning that material out will reduce the odor meaningfully. On a 1950s brick bungalow in the South Dearborn neighborhood off Miller Road, our tech pulled a supply register and found heavy iron oxide coating inside the original sheet-metal ducts. We ran camera inspection, then performed full source removal with negative pressure and HEPA filtration on both supply and return ducts, followed by evaporator coil cleaning on the aging air handler. The homeowner said the air smelled noticeably cleaner within a day, and our post-cleaning inspection showed no visible particulate on the blower motor. However, no duct cleaning can stop new particulate from entering while the Rouge Complex operates. Air-sealing the home and upgrading filtration addresses that. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll scope both the ducts and the air-entry points together.
It covers the work we performed. If a Dearborn customer finds visible particulate inside the ductwork or on the blower motor within 365 days of a full HVAC cleaning, we return and re-clean the affected area at no charge. The promise is written on the job record, not subject to manager approval. It applies to full HVAC cleanings, coil cleanings, blower cleanings, and air handler cleanings performed after the written price was agreed. You get the photo record from the original visit, so the baseline is documented. That is the whole reason we take the photos.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Dearborn since our founding.