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 HVAC Cleaning Across Shoreline
HVAC cleaning in Shoreline costs $385-$720 for a complete system on a typical 1,800-2,400 square foot home, and the work takes about 4-6 hours. That includes the coil, blower, air handler, and all duct runs. If your Shoreline home was built before 1980 and you’ve never had the ductwork opened up, you’re likely looking at the upper end of that range, plus possible sealing work. Call (806) 606-6902 and Tomas Reyes will give you a written price before anything comes off the wall.
We work in Shoreline every week, from Ridgecrest to Briarcrest to Paramount Park. Our crews know what’s behind the registers in these 1950s and 1960s split-levels, because we’ve opened enough of them to know what to expect. You can read more about our HVAC Cleaning service or keep scrolling for the Shoreline-specific details.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Shoreline’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We’ve cleaned HVAC systems in over 52,000 homes since 2013, and a meaningful share of those are in Shoreline. Homeowners here call us because the problem is rarely just dust. It’s what happened when a 1968 ranch got converted from oil to gas forced-air in 1983, and the ductwork was retrofitted into crawl spaces by whoever was cheapest that week. We document what we find with a camera before and after, so you see the crushed return run and the failing fiberglass liner for yourself, not just our word for it.
Every Shoreline job starts with a written price. Not an estimate range, not a “we’ll see when we get in there.” A fixed number, per Haven Standard Clause 1, before a single panel comes off. Tomas Reyes leads our crews, and he’s been clear from day one: if we can’t put the price in writing, we don’t start the job.
We also answer our phones with a live person around the clock. You call, you get a schedule, you get a name. You’ll know who’s coming to your Shoreline home before they arrive, and that technician is background-checked and uniformed.
And here’s the part most companies won’t match: the 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing on every job. If the work isn’t right, we make it right. No manager approval, no fine print. That’s the whole point.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Shoreline
These four services cover the components that actually move and condition air in your Shoreline home. Each one is priced as part of a whole-system clean or as a standalone job, and each comes with before-and-after photos of the component itself, not just the ducts.
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
In Shoreline’s marine-humidity climate, evaporator coils collect more than dust. They collect a biofilm that loves the persistent moisture. A fouled coil drops your system’s efficiency and pushes humidity back into the house. We remove the coil, photograph it, clean it with professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush or Nikro, treat it, and photograph it again. A clean coil in a Shoreline split-level typically restores 5-10°F of temperature drop across the coil, which you’ll feel in the upstairs bedrooms.
Blower Cleaning
The blower wheel is the part nobody sees until it’s caked with enough debris to unbalance the motor. In Shoreline’s older homes, we regularly find blower wheels carrying half an inch of caked dust and pet hair. We pull the blower assembly, clean each fin, check the motor mounts, and return it to spec. A clean blower moves more air at lower amp draw. That’s the kind of thing that shows up on your electric bill.
Condenser Cleaning
The outdoor condenser on your Shoreline property faces a specific enemy: cedar pollen, pine needles, and the constant damp that packs debris into the coil fins. We clean the condenser coil, straighten bent fins, and clear the surrounding area so the system can reject heat properly. If you’re near Hamlin Park or Boeing Creek, you know exactly what accumulates on an outdoor unit.
Air Handler Cleaning
This is the service we emphasize most for Shoreline homes built between 1950 and 1975. The air handler cabinet, the drain pan, the blower housing - all of it collects what the ducts missed. In a 1962 Ridgecrest split-level we cleaned recently, the air handler drain pan had been holding water long enough to grow a visible biofilm. We cleaned it, treated it, and sealed the cabinet so it wouldn’t pull humid crawl-space air through unsealed seams. That last part matters more than the cleaning itself.
We also provide HVAC Cleaning in Shoreline that includes heat exchanger cleaning and coil treatment, depending on what your system needs. Our HVAC Cleaning page covers the full scope of what we do, but the Shoreline-specific work is what you’re reading now.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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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 Shoreline
We clean and service equipment from every major manufacturer, and we keep common replacement parts and filters for Guardsman and Honeywell systems in our local stock so Shoreline customers aren’t waiting on a warehouse. We also use Rotobrush and Nikro extraction equipment on every job. You can verify exactly what we’re using before you agree to a price, because we’d rather you check than wonder.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Shoreline Homes
- Crushed retrofit return ducts in crawl spaces. A 1980s gas conversion in a 1960s split-level often left return runs squeezed through a floor joist cavity. They collapse over time, which means your upstairs bedrooms get almost no return airflow. Cleaning won’t fix it; sealing and a replacement section will.
- Deteriorating fiberglass liner in original metal ducts. Shoreline’s persistent winter humidity, with crawl-space relative humidity commonly above 80%, breaks down the liner material inside those original ducts. The liner sheds particulates into the air you breathe and gives mold a place to grow. We find this in Briarcrest and Paramount Park homes on a regular basis.
- Unsealed duct penetrations through crawl-space foundations. Where the duct passes through the foundation wall, the gap often gets left open after a retrofit. Humid ground air gets pulled directly into the supply side. You’ll smell it, and you’ll feel it as a musty dampness in the first few minutes of a heat cycle.
- Post-renovation debris from pre-sale flips. With the Sound Transit Lynnwood Link stations at 145th and 185th opening in 2024, a wave of flips has swept through the adjacent neighborhoods. Drywall dust, paint overspray, flooring debris - all of it ends up in the ductwork. We’ve cleaned systems that were professionally cleaned a year earlier, only to be filled again by a renovation crew that didn’t seal the registers.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Shoreline, WA
Here are the numbers, written down so you can compare:
- Whole-system HVAC cleaning (evaporator coil, blower, air handler, all supply and return ducts) on a 1,800-2,400 sq ft Shoreline home: $385-$720.
- Evaporator coil cleaning only: $145-$260, depending on access and coil condition.
- Blower cleaning only: $90-$180.
- Air handler cleaning and cabinet sealing: $185-$340, including sealant and photo documentation.
- Crawl-space duct sealing and minor retrofit repair: $180-$450, depending on the number of joints and the length of damaged run replaced.
What moves you toward the upper end: multiple returns in difficult crawl spaces, heavily fouled coils, pest debris, or a system that hasn’t been opened in decades. What moves you toward the lower end: a clean system in a newer Shoreline home, straightforward access, recent filter changes.
Every price is fixed in writing before work starts. No per-vent pricing, no bait-and-switch. The number we write down is the number you pay. Call (806) 606-6902 for a free second opinion on any written estimate from another company. We’ll put our number next to theirs in writing.
We Also Serve Cities Near Shoreline
Our crews serve Shoreline directly, and we handle the surrounding area as well. Whether you’re in Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, or Vancouver, the same written pricing and photo-documented process applies. But if you’re reading this from Shoreline, you’re already where we do our best work.
Serving Shoreline, WA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Shoreline 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 Shoreline
Shoreline homes with crawl-space foundations need duct cleaning more often, and they need sealing work that slab-foundation homes don’t. The ground moisture that enters through unsealed duct penetrations keeps the inside of the ducts damp for months at a time. Damp ducts grow mold and hold dust, which standard cleaning can remove but cannot prevent. Sealing the penetrations and the duct joints is what keeps the system clean after we leave. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll inspect yours with a camera and show you what’s in there.
We typically find nonstandard bends, crushed sections, failed duct tape joints, and failing fiberglass liner. The conversion work done in the 1970s and 1980s was rarely engineered; it was improvised. We see collapsed returns in crawl spaces, supplies that were never properly connected to the plenum, and liner material that sheds into the airstream. We document all of it before and after, and we give you a written scope of what actually needs fixing, not what we want to sell you.
Yes, almost certainly. Renovation crews near the 145th and 185th stations rarely seal off registers or returns, so drywall dust and construction debris get pulled directly into the system. We’ve cleaned homes in those neighborhoods where the ductwork looked like someone had emptied a shop vacuum into it, because that’s effectively what happened. If your home was renovated before you bought it, get the ducts inspected. The photo record will tell you what you’re breathing.
Cleaning removes the mold that’s present. Sealing prevents the conditions that made it grow in the first place. In Shoreline’s crawl-space humidity, if you clean mold out of ducts without sealing the penetrations, the mold returns because the moisture returns. We clean first, then seal, then photograph both steps. That’s the order that actually works.
For most Shoreline homes, a MERV 8 filter is the minimum, and a MERV 11 is a better balance between filtration and airflow. Anything higher on a retrofit system from the 1960s or 1970s can choke airflow, especially if the return runs are already undersized. We’ll check your system’s static pressure and recommend a specific filter. We stock Honeywell filters locally, so you don’t have to order them.
If you’re in Shoreline and you want to see what’s actually inside your ducts, call (806) 606-6902. Tomas Reyes will give you a written price, and we’ll photograph everything before and after. That’s the whole job.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Shoreline since 2013.