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 Wellesley
HVAC cleaning in Wellesley typically costs $425-$890 per system, depending on the number of air handlers, the age of the ductwork, and whether post-renovation debris is present. Unlike a generic duct-cleaning visit, a Wellesley job often means navigating retrofit runs with 30-50% more elbows than purpose-built systems in neighboring suburbs. Our crews know exactly what that means for labor time, equipment setup, and the documentation you should receive when the work is done. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price before any work begins.
This page is written for homeowners in Wellesley who want to know what actually happens inside a three-system Colonial’s ductwork, what it costs to clean properly, and how to verify the work wasn’t just noise. We’re HVAC Cleaning specialists, and we serve Wellesley with a documented photo record on every job.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Wellesley’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
Wellesley’s housing stock is unlike anything you’ll find ten minutes away in Natick or Framingham. The large Colonials and Tudors around Wellesley Hills, Wellesley Farms, and the estates off Washington Street were mostly built between 1910 and 1955. They started with oil-fired steam or hot-water radiators. Then, somewhere between the 1960s and the 2010s, someone retrofitted them with forced air. Those retrofit duct installations were crammed into spaces never designed for them, producing irregular runs, more elbows, and poorly sealed joints that trap far more debris than a purpose-built system ever would.
We show up to Wellesley jobs knowing that before we take the first panel off. Tomas Reyes, our owner, has drilled the same standard into every crew since 2013: written price before work starts, H.A.V.E.N. Standard verified crews, and a camera record of every duct run before and after. Wellesley homeowners tend to be exacting about documentation, and that’s the part we don’t shortchange.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Wellesley
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
In Wellesley basements, particularly in unconditioned sections of pre-1960 homes near Morses Pond or the Fuller Brook corridor, evaporator coils run wet for months at a time. The ambient humidity from those water features and wetland areas means biofilm forms faster than the generic industry estimate. We clean the coil with professional-grade products rated by manufacturers like Honeywell and Aprilaire, then document the surface before and after with our camera. A dirty coil in a damp basement can undo a full duct cleaning within weeks if it’s skipped.
Blower Cleaning
The blower motor is the lung of the system. In many Wellesley homes, it’s pulling air through decades of accumulated dust, renovation debris, and the occasional fragment of plaster from a 1980s kitchen addition. We pull the blower assembly, remove the caked-on material, and photograph the finished surface. On a recent job near Wellesley Farms, we found a blower caked with a half-inch of biofilm from a damp basement, even though the ducts themselves were only moderately dirty.
Condenser Cleaning
Your outdoor condenser in Wellesley faces New England seasons: wet springs, humid summers, and leaf debris from the town’s dense tree canopy. We clean the coil fins, check the surrounding clearance, and verify the unit isn’t recirculating its own discharge. Homes on larger wooded lots near the Wellesley Country Club or along Cliff Road tend to need this more often than a condo unit near the center of town.
Air Handler Cleaning
Many Wellesley homes have more than one air handler. A five-bedroom Colonial might have a 1998 Trane in the basement, a 2007 Carrier in the attic, and a 2015 Bosch on the second floor. Each one needs to be cleaned and documented separately. We treat each air handler as its own line item on the written price, so there’s no confusion about what the job covers.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We work on systems from every major manufacturer and we stock common replacement filters and treatment products for Wellesley customers, including options from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman. Our cleaning rigs run Rotobrush and Nikro agitation tools with HEPA filtration from Abatement Technologies. If you know the brand of your air handler, tell our scheduler when you call. It helps us bring the right access tools and replacement filters the first trip.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Wellesley Homes
- Three-system houses where only one gets cleaned. A 5-bedroom Colonial near Wellesley Farms won’t have one massive system. It’ll have two or three. If a company quotes a flat price for “the ducts” and only cleans one air handler’s runs, the other two systems recontaminate the house within weeks.
- Retrofit ductwork with thirty-plus years of elbow debris. When 1920s steam-heat trunks were spliced with flex drops during 1980s and 1990s renovations, every joint and elbow became a debris collection point. Cleaning these runs takes longer per linear foot than a purpose-built 2005 system in Natick.
- Skipped evaporator coils in damp basements. Wellesley sits in a humid microclimate thanks to Lake Waban, Morses Pond, and the Fuller Brook wetlands. A basement evaporator coil that’s never cleaned will keep feeding mold spores into the air even after the ducts are done.
- Post-renovation debris that general contractors leave behind. Wellesley’s renovation market is relentless. Kitchen gut-jobs and attic conversions often leave supply registers open during demolition, pulling drywall dust, blown-in insulation fibers, and plaster debris deep into the system. We quote these as a separate tier because they require different agitation and more filter changes.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Wellesley, MA
A single-system HVAC cleaning in Wellesley runs $425-$625 for a typical 2,500-3,500 square foot Colonial with one air handler and accessible duct runs. A two-system home runs $650-$890. A three-system property, which is common in Wellesley Hills and around the Wellesley Farms area, runs $900-$1,200. Post-renovation cleaning adds $150-$300 per system because the debris load requires additional HEPA filter changes and slower agitation passes.
We don’t price per vent. We price per system, in writing, before a single panel comes off. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1. If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it. We’ll put our number next to it in writing, free of charge. Call (806) 606-6902 and you’ll have a price before you hang up.
We Also Serve Cities Near Wellesley
Our crews regularly work in Needham, Natick, Framingham, and Newton, so if you have family or a rental property just over the town line, we can schedule those jobs through the same documented process. HVAC Cleaning in Wellesley is our focus here, but the same written pricing and photo record applies everywhere we go.
Serving Wellesley, MA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Wellesley 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 Wellesley
Most pre-1960 Wellesley Colonials and Tudors have two or three air handlers, not one. A 4,000 square foot home might have a basement unit, an attic unit, and a second-floor unit. If the price is quoted as “the whole house” without naming the systems, you’ll likely get one system cleaned and the others left untouched. We price per system in writing, so you know exactly which air handlers and which duct runs are included. Call (806) 606-6902 for a per-system written price.
Wellesley sits in a humid microclimate created by Lake Waban, Morses Pond, and the Fuller Brook wetland corridors. That persistent moisture speeds up biofilm and mold growth inside unconditioned basement duct sections, which are common in pre-1960 homes. The generic industry recommendation of every 3-5 years is too long here. We typically recommend every 2-4 years for Wellesley homes with basement air handlers, and more often after any renovation. That’s based on what our cameras actually show, not a calendar.
You should receive a before-and-after photo record of every duct run, a written scope of work, and a written warranty. Not a summary email saying the job was done. Our camera records the interior of each run before cleaning and after extraction, and those images are delivered to you as part of the standard job record. If a company can’t show you the inside of your ducts before and after, you have no way to verify what happened behind your plaster walls. That documentation has been our standard since 2013.
Yes. Wellesley’s renovation market means we regularly see ducts filled with drywall dust, blown-in insulation fibers, and plaster debris from open registers during demolition. That material is finer, denser, and harder to extract than normal household dust. It requires slower agitation passes, more HEPA filter changes, and often a second pass on long return runs. We quote post-renovation cleanings as a separate service tier with a written difference in price, because the labor and filter cost are measurably different.
Because a dirty blower and a biofilmed evaporator coil will undo a duct cleaning within weeks. Our crews regularly find basement blowers caked with a half-inch of material in older Wellesley homes, especially in damp basement conditions near the town’s ponds and wetlands. The blower is what pushes air through the entire system; the coil is what conditions it. If those two components aren’t cleaned and documented, you’re paying for airflow through a dirty system. We price them as explicit line items, not vague add-ons.
Call CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning in Wellesley
If you live in Wellesley and you want a written price, a documented before-and-after record, and a crew that knows what a retrofit 1920s duct trunk looks like, call (806) 606-6902. We’ll schedule the visit, walk the system with you, and put the price in writing before any work begins. Every job is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Wellesley and the surrounding MetroWest towns with documented HVAC cleaning since 2013.