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 The Colony
HVAC cleaning in The Colony typically costs $450-$850 for a full system with a documented photo record, and most jobs are completed in a single visit. If you live in a Stewart Peninsula home built before 1995, expect the work to take longer than the national average. Those original flex-duct systems have been roasting in 140°F attics for over three decades, and lake humidity from Lewisville Lake works its way into every seam and joint.
Our crews serve The Colony directly, coordinated from the brand’s Dallas-Fort Worth office. We know the difference between a cleaning call in Austin Ranch and one along Lakeshore Boulevard. The housing stock changes, the attic conditions change, and what the camera finds inside the ductwork changes with it. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll give you a written price before any panel comes off. Not an estimate over the phone that changes when the van shows up. A written price. That’s how every job starts, and it has been since 2013.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is The Colony’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We built our reputation in North Texas on one practice: showing customers what their ducts actually look like before and after the work. In The Colony, that practice matters more than most places. A home near Hidden Cove Park dealing with lake-driven humidity will show a very different camera picture than a house in Plano. We photograph every duct run before cleaning starts and again when it’s done. You keep that record. It’s part of the job, not an add-on.
Tomas Reyes runs our HVAC operations, and the field standard is simple: if the camera doesn’t show clean ductwork, the job isn’t finished. That’s why every CleanRun job includes the Documented Photo Record of every run. We don’t ask you to trust that the system is clean. We show you.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before they arrive at your door in The Colony. Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. Every job also carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work isn’t right, we make it right. No manager approval required.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in The Colony
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
Evaporator coil cleaning in The Colony usually runs $180-$320 per coil, and it’s the single most important step when lake humidity is involved. The coil sits directly above your air handler inside the home, where condensation forms every cooling cycle. In The Colony’s lakeside subdivisions, that condensation carries more moisture than inland DFW suburbs because Lewisville Lake keeps summer dew points persistently high. A dirty coil with lake-water condensation becomes a breeding surface for biofilm within weeks, not months. We brush to NADCA standards and apply a coil treatment that resists microbial re-growth.
Blower Cleaning
A blower wheel caked in dust and lint moves 20-30% less air than a clean one, and your system runs longer to compensate. Blower cleaning in The Colony homes typically runs $140-$220 when performed as part of a full HVAC cleaning. In homes built during the 1980s tract boom, we routinely find blower wheels that haven’t been pulled in over a decade. The accumulated dust from Blackland Prairie soil, which coats everything in this area during dry spells, gets baked onto the wheel fins. We pull the blower, clean each fin by hand, and photograph it before reinstalling.
Condenser Cleaning
The condenser sits outside, and in The Colony it’s dealing with two things: pollen from the stands of oak and pecan that line the older neighborhoods, and dust from the open land that still surrounds the city’s southern edges. Condenser coil cleaning in The Colony typically costs $120-$190. Cottonwood season in May and June is the worst stretch we see, when white fibers pack the fin coils and restrict heat rejection. A condenser struggling to reject heat forces your compressor to work harder, and that’s how systems fail early in this climate.
Air Handler Cleaning
Air handler cleaning in The Colony homes runs $220-$360, depending on access and condition. The air handler is the cabinet that houses the blower, evaporator coil, and often the filter. In lakeside subdivisions like Stewart Peninsula, the inside of an air handler tells us more about a home’s humidity load than any hygrometer. If we see rust at the drain pan bolts, that’s years of elevated dew points. If we see mud-like accumulation on the cabinet floor, that’s once-airborne soil that settled inside the handler. We clean the entire interior surfaces, drain pan, and condensate line, then document everything before closing the access panel.
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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We service all major HVAC brands across The Colony, including Honeywell and Aprilaire air quality equipment installed alongside standard systems. Parts for The Colony jobs are stocked at our DFW supply coordination point, which means we don’t lose a day waiting on a replacement thermistor or control board. If your system uses Abatement Technologies filtration or Guardsman-coil coatings, our techs are trained on those lines. Most importantly, we’ll tell you if a part doesn’t need replacing. A written price means we have nothing to gain by inventing work.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in The Colony Homes
- Separated mastic joints at registers and plenums. The Colony’s slab foundations sit on Blackland Prairie clay, which expands and contracts seasonally. That movement travels through the frame and pulls duct connections apart. We find separated mastic at the register boots in a high percentage of original 1980s homes. The result is unconditioned attic air pulling straight into the system.
- Partially collapsed flex duct in attic runs. Flex-duct inner liners crack after 25-30 years, especially in attics that reach 140°F through July and August. In The Colony’s older tracts, that service life is over. We see flattening at truss bends that cuts airflow dramatically.
- Mold colonization on supply-side surfaces. The persistent elevated dew points along Lewisville Lake’s southern shore mean condensation events happen more often in supply ducts. Once moisture sits inside a duct run, mold and microbial growth becomes a much more common camera finding than in drier DFW suburbs.
- Dust and agricultural particulate loading. Homes in the southern sections of The Colony, closer to open land and unpaved access roads, show heavier particulate loading inside the return-side ductwork. That fine silt works into everything, including the evaporator coil, and shortens the effective interval between cleanings.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in The Colony, TX
A full HVAC cleaning for a typical 2,000-2,800 square foot home in The Colony runs $450-$750. That price includes the air handler, evaporator coil, blower, supply and return duct runs, and the Documented Photo Record. Larger homes above 3,000 square feet, or homes with two systems, typically run $750-$1,100. Condenser cleaning as a standalone service runs $120-$190.
The variables are system complexity, number of duct runs, and whether original 1980s flex duct requires repair work discovered during camera inspection. That repair work is priced separately, in writing, before anything is done. We don’t add it to the invoice after the fact. Under Haven Standard Clause 1, the written price you receive before work starts is the price you pay unless additional work is approved by you in writing. Call (806) 606-6902 for your written price.
We Also Serve Cities Near The Colony
Our crews cover the entire northeast DFW corridor. If you’re in HVAC Cleaning territory for Little Elm, Lewisville, Carrollton, or Plano, we schedule regular service runs into those cities as well. The same written pricing, photo documentation, and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply everywhere we work, including every job across The Colony.
Serving The Colony, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the The Colony 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 The Colony
Because most homes in The Colony were built between the late 1970s and mid-1990s, and the original flex-duct systems are now 30-45 years old. That’s well past the typical 25-year service life. Along the Stewart Peninsula and Stewart Creek corridors, we regularly find flex runs that have partially collapsed or pulled free from trunk connections, problems only visible with a camera inspection. The combination of lake humidity, extreme attic heat, and aging materials means a “routine” cleaning often uncovers repair work the homeowner didn’t know existed. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll show you exactly what the camera finds before discussing any additional work.
Most homes near Stewart Creek should have HVAC cleaning every 2-3 years, compared to a 3-5 year interval that’s often sufficient for inland DFW suburbs. The elevated dew points from Lewisville Lake create more frequent condensation events inside supply ducts, and that moisture accelerates particle adhesion and microbial growth. If you have original flex duct from the 1980s or 1990s, the interior lining is already degrading, and that material becomes part of the contamination stream. Homes along Lakeshore Boulevard and the Stewart Peninsula with older systems should lean toward the 2-year mark.
Yes, in most cases. Source removal means physically agitating and extracting debris from the interior surfaces of every duct run, not just pulling a vacuum through the system. Negative-pressure cleaning alone is insufficient for 30-year-old flex duct that’s accumulated decades of embedded particulate in The Colony’s lakeside humidity. We use professional-grade Rotobrush and Nikro equipment for source removal, then verify the result with before-and-after photography. If the inner liner is cracked or collapsed, no amount of cleaning will fix that, and repair is the only honest recommendation.
The Colony sits on Blackland Prairie clay, which expands when wet and contracts when dry. That seasonal movement causes slab foundations to shift, often by less than an inch. That shift is enough to separate mastic joints at duct connections, especially at register boots and the plenum. Once a joint separates, unconditioned attic air, dust, and insulation particles get pulled into the system. If you clean the ducts without sealing those separated joints, the system re-contaminates itself within months. That’s why our cleaning process includes checking accessible register connections and documenting any separation we find.
HEPA filtration during cleaning captures airborne mold spores that get released during the agitation process, which is essential in The Colony’s lakeside homes where mold colonization is more common. We run HEPA-filtered negative air machines during every HVAC cleaning job to prevent cross-contamination into living spaces. But HEPA filtration during cleaning does not prevent future mold growth. That requires addressing the moisture source, cleaning the evaporator coil where condensation drives re-colonization, and treating the surfaces. In homes where we find active microbial growth, we recommend a coil treatment and source removal before considering sanitation measures. Call (806) 606-6902 if you want to discuss what we can document in your specific system.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving The Colony since 2013.