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 Sterling Heights
HVAC cleaning in Sterling Heights typically runs $325-$585 for a full system on a ranch or bi-level home, with the blower and evaporator coil adding $160-$240 combined when they’re included in the scope. Most jobs are completed in a single visit, and every one of them ends the same way: a written record of what we found, what we did, and a camera-documented photo file of every duct run before and after. We work throughout Sterling Heights on a regular schedule, so our crews know the housing stock here better than most: the 40-60-year-old galvanized trunks, the fiberglass liner going bad, the tight Michigan heating seasons that pack returns full of fines and debris. Call (806) 606-6902 and you’ll get a written price range before anyone sets foot in the house.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Sterling Heights’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We’re the crew Sterling Heights homeowners call when they want to see the work, not just hear about it. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, operating under the H.A.V.E.N. Standard, and every job concludes with a Documented Photo Record of every duct run, inside and out. Not a summary. Not a technician’s word. Actual images you can look at yourself.
Sterling Heights homes have a specific problem we’ve learned to spot quickly: factory-installed fiberglass liner separating from the sheet metal in original trunk lines. That’s not a generic dust issue and it can’t be fixed by running a brush through the registers. Our crews use camera inspection before any cleaning begins, because if the liner is shedding, the approach has to account for it. We also know the neighborhoods: the bi-levels off Utica Road, the ranches around Dodge Park, the cape cods near Metro Parkway, the homes off 17 Mile and Schoenherr. If you’re in any of them, we’ve been in a house like yours before.
Every estimate is a written price, delivered before work starts. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it’s not a marketing line. No one at CleanRun has ever told a customer to “call for a quote.” The price goes in writing, the scope is documented, and the finished record is yours to keep. That’s how HVAC Cleaning should work.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Sterling Heights
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
In Sterling Heights, the evaporator coil is where the five-to-six-month heating season meets a summer of cooling. The coil sits above the furnace and collects whatever the filters miss. In a house where the original galvanized trunk is shedding fines and the returns were never deep-cleaned, that coil gets matted fast. A coil loaded with debris reduces heat transfer and drives up runtime. We clean coils by removing the access panel, documenting the condition with photos, and restoring surfaces without flooding your basement floor. This service runs $140-$240 depending on access and buildup.
Blower Cleaning
The blower wheel in a Sterling Heights ranch or bi-level is often original to the 1970s-era furnace. Curved blades collect a greasy film from decades of household air: cooking residue, candle soot, tobacco smoke from earlier decades, pet dander. That film doesn’t just reduce airflow. It makes the motor work harder and changes the air you breathe. We remove the blower wheel or clean it in place, depending on the furnace design, and document it with before-and-after photos. Blower cleaning in Sterling Heights runs $120-$190 when added to a duct cleaning scope.
Condenser Cleaning
Your outdoor condenser unit faces a different set of conditions in Sterling Heights: grass clippings from long Michigan summers, cottonwood seed, maple helicopters, and the fine metallic dust that blows off Van Dyke and Mound when the wind shifts. A clogged condenser can’t reject heat. We clean condenser coils with professional-grade equipment, flush the fins without bending them, and check the refrigerant line insulation while we’re there. Condenser cleaning typically adds $110-$170.
Air Handler Cleaning
Full basements in Sterling Heights mean the air handler gets constant exposure to whatever’s in the basement: dryer lint, concrete dust, occasional standing water after heavy spring rain. Condensation forms on the coil and the drain pan, and in a 45-year-old system, that moisture doesn’t always drain the way it should. We clean the air handler interior, clear the condensate line, inspect the drain pan for rust-through, and document what we find. This service is $130-$210, and it’s the one that matters most in basements that stay damp from March through May. Our Sterling Heights crews see these basement conditions every week.
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 Sterling Heights
We work on every major furnace and air handler brand installed in Sterling Heights homes: Carrier, Lennox, Bryant, Rheem, York, Trane, and the older Janitrol and Heil units that show up in ranches built in the 1970s. We stock commonly needed parts in our Detroit-metro inventory, so a cracked blower mount or a worn condensate trap doesn’t mean waiting a week for delivery. Our cleaning equipment includes Rotobrush and Nikro systems, with HEPA filtration from Abatement Technologies for jobs that require source removal. We name the equipment because customers should be able to verify what’s being used before they agree to a price.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Sterling Heights Homes
- Fiberglass liner shedding into the airstream. The factory-installed liner in 40-60-year-old galvanized trunks separates from the sheet metal and releases fibers. A standard brush-only job won’t stop it, and a camera inspection is the only way to confirm the extent of the problem before cleaning begins.
- Impacted return trunks in basements. Returns in a Sterling Heights bi-level draw air from every room into the basement trunk. Decades of Michigan heating seasons, with the home buttoned tight from November to March, pack those returns with compacted fines, pet hair, and construction debris from remodeling projects that date back to the 1980s.
- Metallic particulate from automotive plant work clothes. A lot of Sterling Heights households have someone working along Van Dyke or Mound in automotive or metal-fabrication. Aluminum shavings and grinding dust ride home on clothes, wind up in the system, and clog filters and register grilles faster than normal household dust. Cleaning only the supply registers leaves the source material in the return trunks.
- Condensation and mold risk in full-basement air handlers. Great Lakes humidity, a damp basement, and a 45-year-old drain pan that doesn’t slope properly anymore. That combination is common in Sterling Heights basements. Flex-duct connections and boot seals are where condensation collects and mold starts. We check these specifically during air handler cleaning.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Sterling Heights, MI
Here are real numbers for the Sterling Heights market. A full duct cleaning on a ranch, bi-level, or cape cod runs $325-$585 depending on the number of returns, whether the home has flex runs, and how much deterioration the camera inspection turns up. Evaporator coil cleaning adds $140-$240. Blower cleaning adds $120-$190. Air handler cleaning adds $130-$210. Condenser cleaning adds $110-$170. A full system job with ducts, coil, and blower in an average Sterling Heights home typically lands between $585 and $1,015.
The written price you get before work starts is the price you pay. No per-vent pricing. No surprise line items after the panel comes off. If a competitor gave you a written estimate, bring it in and we’ll put our number next to it under our Free Second Opinion policy. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll walk through the scope and the number in writing before anything else happens.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sterling Heights
Our crews cover the full corridor around Sterling Heights, including HVAC Cleaning in Sterling Heights, Madison Heights, Warren, Royal Oak, and Clinton Township. If you’re right over the border in one of those cities, the same written-pricing policy applies. One price, in writing, before work starts.
Serving Sterling Heights, MI - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sterling Heights 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 Sterling Heights
Every 3 to 4 years is realistic for a Sterling Heights ranch from the 1970s or early 1980s with original fiberglass liner. The liner degrades regardless of how much dust is in the house, and once it starts separating, fibers move into the airstream continuously. Every 3 to 4 years keeps the shedding under control and gives us a camera record to track how fast the liner is deteriorating. If you don’t know whether your liner is original, call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll inspect it with a camera during the estimate visit.
Yes, it does. Households with someone working in automotive or metal-fabrication along the Van Dyke and Mound corridor consistently show fine metallic particulate in their return trunks and filter media. This material is heavier than household dust, compacts faster, and clogs media filters at roughly twice the rate. If someone in the house works in that sector, we recommend checking the return side of the system annually, even if you clean the full system less often. Our crews in Sterling Heights see this specific contamination pattern regularly and account for it in the scope.
It means the trunk is cleaned under negative pressure using agitation tools that contact the full interior surface, not just the bottom of the duct. NADCA standards require source-removal methods, meaning the debris is loosened from the interior surfaces and extracted out of the home through a HEPA-filtered vacuum, not pushed through the registers. For the original galvanized trunks in a Sterling Heights bi-level, this matters because the interior often has surface corrosion that traps dust. A proper NADCA-compliant cleaning addresses the entire trunk, including the return side. We clean to NADCA standards and document every run with photos.
Yes, and here’s why. In a 45-year-old Sterling Heights furnace, the evaporator coil is the downstream collection point for everything that passes through the ducts. If you clean the ducts but leave a loaded coil, the first time the blower kicks on, the airflow picks up whatever was sitting on that coil and redistributes it. Cleaning both at once also gives us a chance to inspect the coil for leaks while the access panel is open. Adding coil cleaning to a duct job in Sterling Heights runs $140-$240 and typically adds about 45 minutes to the visit. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price on both.
Yes. The combination of Great Lakes humidity and a full basement that doesn’t dry out from March through May creates exactly the conditions where mold grows in flex-duct connections and boot seals. The air handler pulls moist basement air across the cooling coil, and the plastic inner liner of flex duct provides a surface where mold can establish itself. We can’t promise removal of material that has already degraded, but a thorough air handler cleaning and flex-duct inspection is part of our standard scope for Sterling Heights homes with full basements. We photograph what we find so you can see it yourself.
Get Your Sterlington Heights HVAC Cleaning Started Today
Every job starts with a written price, a camera inspection, and a conversation about what’s actually in your ducts. No coupons. No shop-vac noise. No vague promises. Just equipment we’re willing to name, a standard we’re willing to put in writing, and a photo record you can keep. The 365-Day Done Right Promise means the work stays accountable long after our truck leaves.
Call (806) 606-6902 for your written estimate. Our HVAC Cleaning team serves Sterling Heights on a regular schedule, and we’ll give you a price before a single panel comes off.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Sterling Heights under the Haven Standard since 2013.