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.
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable HVAC Cleaning Across Tacoma
HVAC cleaning in Tacoma means dealing with marine humidity, aging duct conversions, and in some neighborhoods, a century of smelter particulate that settled inside older homes. Our crews work throughout Tacoma weekly, from the North End to South Tacoma, with a live person answering every call at (806) 606-6902. We inspect what’s actually inside your duct runs before we quote a dollar amount, and we document everything with photos before and after the work is done.
If your system moves air through ductwork that hasn’t been opened in years, you’re breathing what’s accumulated in there. Call us and we’ll show you what the camera sees.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Tacoma’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
Tacoma homeowners tend to ask harder questions than most, and we like that. It matches how we work. Since 2013, we’ve served more than 52,000 homes, every single one with a written price delivered before a single panel came off. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it exists because the alternative is the $79 coupon that becomes a $900 invoice on the driveway. We don’t do that. HVAC Cleaning is what we do every day, not a side line attached to a furnace install.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they arrive. Tomas Reyes, who leads our operation, holds the crews to a standard that includes a 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job. Not a verbal promise. It’s in writing, part of the job record you keep.
We also carry equipment from Rotobrush, Abatement Technologies, and Nikro, all professional-grade brands you can look up before you ever agree to a visit. If a crew knocks on your door with a shop vac and a flashlight, that’s not us.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Tacoma
HVAC cleaning covers more than the ducts. The coil, blower, air handler, and heat exchanger all collect what the ducts collect, and in Tacoma’s damp air, they collect it faster. Here’s what we actually do when we clean the system, not just the pipes.
Air Handler Cleaning
In Tacoma’s older homes, especially craftsman bungalows with retrofitted forced-air systems, the air handler often sits in a vented crawl space or an unsealed basement. That means it pulls damp air across its surfaces year-round, and the condensation leads to microbial growth on the housing and insulation. We open the unit, photograph what’s there, remove the buildup, and document the result. If the housing is corroded from years of humidity, we’ll tell you and quote repair work separately, in writing.
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
An evaporator coil caked in debris can’t transfer heat properly, so your system runs longer and costs you more. In Tacoma’s humid months, the coil stays wet longer, which makes it a magnet for whatever is already circulating in your ductwork. We remove the access panel, inspect the coil with a camera, and clean it using agitation and extraction that actually removes the material. You get a before photo of the coil face and an after photo, same angle. That’s standard on every job.
Heat Exchanger Cleaning
Gas furnaces in Tacoma’s pre-war housing stock often have heat exchangers that haven’t been cleaned since the unit was installed. Soot, dust, and corrosion scale accumulate on the exchanger surface, reducing efficiency and potentially affecting combustion. We clean the accessible surfaces, photograph the before and after, and flag any cracking or corrosion we see. When the exchanger shows rust damage, we recommend a licensed HVAC technician before we continue. We won’t clean around a safety issue and say nothing.
Blower Cleaning
The blower wheel moves every cubic foot of air in your home. When the fins are coated with dust and debris, the fan has to work harder and moves less air. We pull the blower assembly in most systems, clean the wheel fins with professional agitation tools, and photograph the difference. In Tacoma homes where the blower sits in a damp crawl space, we also check for rust on the housing and shaft, because that’s where moisture does its worst work.
What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Tacoma
We service all major HVAC brands found in Tacoma homes, including Carrier, Trane, Lennox, Rheem, Goodman, and Bryant. Our crews carry common replacement filters and access covers for these units, which means less waiting when a small part needs replacing during a cleaning. We also use professional extraction equipment from Rotobrush, Abatement Technologies, and Guardsman on the job. That matters because the machine doing the cleaning determines whether anything actually leaves your ducts. A shop vac can’t reach a trunk line. Our equipment can, and we’ll show you the photo to prove it.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Tacoma Homes
- Rusted gravity-furnace trunks in Stadium District and North End homes. When a 1960s forced-air conversion grafted flex duct onto an original octopus furnace trunk, the galvanized steel often rusts from the inside out in Tacoma’s humidity, shedding scale that re-contaminates the air even after a standard cleaning.
- Mold in flex duct routed through vented crawl spaces. Tacoma’s 38-plus inches of annual rain and persistently damp air mean uninsulated crawl-space ducts condense on the inside and outside, and that’s exactly where mold takes hold in the flex duct lining.
- Unsealed duct joints pulling in crawl-space air. Many Tacoma homes with older metal ductwork have joints that were never sealed, and every hour the system runs, it’s pulling humid, sometimes musty crawl-space air into your supply runs and through your registers.
- Coil clogging accelerated by marine air. Homes within a mile or two of Commencement Bay deal with salt-laden air that settles on coil surfaces and holds moisture there, turning a normal amount of household dust into a matted, corrosion-promoting layer faster than inland homes see.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Tacoma, WA
Here are honest dollar ranges for Tacoma, based on what we’ve actually quoted on homes across the city in the last year. A full HVAC cleaning that includes the air handler, evaporator coil, blower, and accessible heat exchanger surfaces typically runs $650 to $1,200 depending on the home’s size and how many systems you have. Adding crawl-space ductwork or extensive mold remediation in flex duct pushes the higher end. Air handler cleaning alone runs $300 to $500. Evaporator coil cleaning alone runs $250 to $450. Heat exchanger cleaning is typically $150 to $300 as part of a furnace-level service. Every price is written down before work starts. That’s not a courtesy. It’s Haven Standard Clause 1. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll tell you what it costs for your home, in writing, before anything begins.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tacoma
Our Tacoma crews regularly work in Federal Way, Auburn, Kent, and Renton, with the same written pricing and documented photo record on every job. Whether you’re near Dash Point, the Port of Tacoma, or the Puyallup River valley, HVAC Cleaning in Tacoma is a local job for us, not a dispatch from another county.
Serving Tacoma, WA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tacoma 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 Tacoma
Homes in Tacoma should generally have their HVAC system cleaned every 3 to 5 years, but homes within a mile of Commencement Bay or with ductwork in vented crawl spaces may need it every 2 to 3 years because persistent moisture accelerates mold growth, rust formation, and particulate adhesion on coil and blower surfaces.
Yes, source removal through negative-pressure extraction and mechanical agitation can remove settled particulates that entered ductwork during the ASARCO smelter’s operating years, but we recommend testing settled dust in your home through an environmental lab first, because the cleaning process itself is only one part of managing a legacy contaminant that may also be in insulation, wall cavities, and soil around the foundation. Call (806) 606-6902 to discuss what’s appropriate for your home’s specific history.
Because the 1950s and 1960s forced-air conversions in Stadium District foursquares frequently connected new flex duct to the original gravity furnace’s large round galvanized trunk, and the mismatched connection, combined with decades of Tacoma humidity, rusts the galvanized steel from the inside out, so after cleaning removes the scale, the joint itself often needs re-sealing or a metal patch to keep the system from pulling crawl-space air back into your supply runs.
No, fogging does not remove the mold colony itself, and in Tacoma’s vented crawl spaces, the colony lives inside the flex duct lining where fog mist cannot reach the full depth of the material, so the mold returns once the moisture does; source removal, which means physically extracting or replacing the contaminated duct section, is the only method that actually eliminates the live colony. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll show you the camera footage before we recommend anything.
NADCA is the National Air Duct Cleaners Association, and its standards require negative-pressure extraction with the system sealed so debris can’t enter your living space during cleaning, agitation of all interior surfaces to dislodge particulate, and documentation of the work; when a Tacoma company follows NADCA standards, it means the job includes source removal of debris and microbial growth rather than just blowing air through your ducts. Our crews work to that standard on every HVAC cleaning in Tacoma, and the documented photo record shows it.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Tacoma since 2013.