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 Air Duct Cleaning Across Houston
Air duct cleaning in Houston typically runs $380-$720 for a full residential system, with most jobs completed in a single visit and a written price delivered before any work starts. CleanRun’s Houston office coordinates scheduling and dispatch for the metro area, and our crews carry the equipment to document what’s actually inside your ductwork before we recommend anything.
We’ve been in Houston homes since 2013, and the pattern we see most often isn’t dust buildup. It’s mold in flex ductwork that flood remediation crews left behind, or biofilm growing where clay-soil foundation shifts pulled attic joints apart. Houston’s Gulf Coast humidity and year-round AC load create conditions that inland Texas markets simply don’t face. When you call (346) 253-1822, a live person answers, and we’ll put a written estimate in your hands before a single panel comes off.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Pearland Is Houston’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
CleanRun is independently owned and operated under the Haven Standard, not a franchise, and we’ve served more than 52,000 homes since 2013. Every job starts with a written price and ends with a Documented Photo Record of every duct run, delivered to you as a standard deliverable, not an upsell.
Houston homeowners research before they buy, and they should. The duct cleaning industry here is saturated with $79 coupon offers that turn into $800 invoices once the truck is in your driveway. We don’t operate that way. Haven Standard Clause 1 requires a written price before any work starts, every time, with no exceptions. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival, verified under Haven Standard Clause 3.
The 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every job in writing. If the work isn’t right, we make it right. Not a policy subject to manager approval, a written guarantee. We also offer a Free Second Opinion on any competitor’s written estimate, no cost, so you can see our number next to theirs.
Our crews know Houston’s housing stock: the slab-on-grade ranches of the 1970s and 1980s near Bellaire, the two-story builds of Pearland and Katy from the 1990s boom, the post-Harvey rebuilds in Meyerland where fresh drywall hides original ductwork that never got touched. That local knowledge changes what we look for and what we find.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Houston
Residential Duct Cleaning
Houston’s residential market is dominated by flex duct systems in unconditioned attics, and those systems take a beating. A typical residential cleaning in Houston covers all supply and return duct runs, the plenum (the distribution box connected to your air handler), and the registers where air enters your rooms. We use negative-pressure extraction, HEPA-filtered collection, and mechanical agitation tools from Rotobrush and Abatement Technologies to break debris loose at the source rather than pushing it deeper. In Houston’s climate, surface-only cleaning that skips the blower motor compartment and evaporator coil area often just redistributes mold spores. Our full residential service includes those components because they need it here.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Houston’s commercial buildings, from medical offices near the Texas Medical Center to retail spaces along Westheimer, face higher occupancy loads and more stringent air quality requirements. Commercial systems typically use rigid metal ductwork rather than flex, which changes the cleaning approach and the equipment. We scale our crew size and tooling to the building, using Nikro and Abatement Technologies commercial-grade negative pressure systems. Every commercial job carries the same written price guarantee and photo documentation as our residential work.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts carry conditioned air from your air handler to your rooms. In Houston, these runs are where we most often find the condensation-driven mold growth caused by separated joints. Cold air meeting 150°F attic air creates moisture at the separation point, and Houston’s 70-75% year-round humidity means that moisture doesn’t dry out. Our supply duct service includes camera inspection of each run to locate separations, followed by targeted cleaning or, if the flex is saturated, written replacement specification with photo evidence for your insurer.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to your air handler for reconditioning. They’re the intake side of the system, so they collect what circulates through your home: pet dander, pollen, construction dust from Houston’s nonstop development, and in post-flood homes, residual mold spores from water-damaged materials that were removed but left contamination in the duct path. Return duct cleaning in Houston often requires more aggressive agitation because the debris is finer and more deeply embedded in flex duct pores.
Full System Cleaning
This is our most called-for service in Houston, and for good reason. A full system cleaning covers every supply run, every return run, the plenum, the air handler cabinet, the blower motor and wheel, the evaporator coil, and the condensate pan. On a Houston slab-on-grade ranch with a single attic-mounted air handler, that typically means 8-14 duct runs, photographed before and after. We emphasize this service because partial cleaning in Houston’s climate often leaves the worst contamination untouched. The blower motor compartment, running 10+ months a year in high humidity, becomes a biofilm farm. Cleaning the ducts but skipping the source just sends air through a dirty fan.
Video Inspection
Our video inspection service uses a camera system to record the interior condition of every accessible duct run. In Houston, this isn’t optional for post-flood assessments. Insurers require documentation of contamination versus water damage, and our DVR footage with time-stamped stills provides it. We use this footage to distinguish cleanable mold from saturated flex that must be replaced, and we bag damaged sections separately so adjusters can see exactly what failed. The video record becomes part of your job file, delivered with the photo documentation.
Learn more about our complete Air Duct Cleaning service standards and the H.A.V.E.N. Standard that governs every job.
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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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CleanRun crews in Houston work with professional-grade equipment from trade-recognized brands: Rotobrush agitation systems, Nikro and Abatement Technologies negative-pressure collectors, and Honeywell and Aprilaire air quality components. These aren’t marketing names. They’re tools you can look up independently, and they determine whether contamination actually gets removed or just gets moved around. We stock common replacement parts for Houston customers, so when a video inspection shows a failed component, we can often address it during the same visit rather than scheduling a return trip.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Houston Homes
- Post-flood rebuilds with untouched ductwork. In neighborhoods like Meyerland, Kingwood, and parts of the Energy Corridor, Harvey gut-and-rebuild crews replaced all interior drywall but left original flex ducts in place. Homeowners move back into beautifully renovated rooms while hidden mold colonies in the attic ductwork cycle spores through the new HVAC system. The walls look perfect. The air doesn’t smell right.
- Clay-soil foundation shift separating attic joints. Houston’s expansive clay soils shift with moisture, pulling foundations and the duct connections above them out of alignment. A separated joint in a 150°F attic lets cold supply air condense inside the duct run. The homeowner notices a musty smell at the register before they know anything is wrong. By then, there’s often active growth several feet down the line.
- Biofilm accumulation in blower motor compartments from year-round AC operation. Houston systems run 10 or more months annually, and the combination of high humidity and constant airflow turns the blower wheel and surrounding cabinet into a growth surface. A cleaning service that skips this area, which many do, leaves the primary contamination source untouched. The ducts get clean. The air gets dirty again immediately.
- Surface-only cleaning redistributing rather than removing contamination. The Houston market has no shortage of operators who run a vacuum hose into a register and call it done. Real duct cleaning requires negative-pressure containment, mechanical agitation to break debris loose from flex duct walls, and HEPA-filtered collection so nothing escapes into your home or our crew’s breathing zone. Anything less is vacuum noise.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Houston, TX
A typical residential full system cleaning in Houston runs $380-$720, depending on system size, accessibility, and contamination level. Commercial systems start around $850 and scale with square footage and duct complexity. Video inspection as a standalone service runs $150-$250; when bundled with cleaning, it’s often reduced or included.
| Service | Houston Price Range |
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| Residential Full System Cleaning (typical 1,500-2,500 sq ft home) | $380-$720 |
| Residential Supply or Return Only | $220-$380 |
| Commercial Full System Cleaning | $850-$2,400 |
| Video Inspection (standalone) | $150-$250 |
| Post-Flood Assessment with Documentation | $280-$450 |
What moves a job toward the higher end: systems with more than 12 duct runs, heavy mold contamination requiring extended agitation time, post-flood assessments with insurer documentation requirements, or accessibility issues in cramped Houston attics. What doesn’t affect price: we don’t charge per vent. One flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts, under Haven Standard Clause 1. Call (346) 253-1822 for a written estimate at no cost.
We Also Serve Cities Near Houston
CleanRun’s Houston office dispatches crews throughout the metro area, including Houston proper plus Pasadena, South Houston, Bellaire, and Deer Park. The same written pricing, photo documentation, and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply in every service area.
Serving Houston, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Houston 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 - Air Duct Cleaning in Houston
They need inspection first, and the answer depends on what the camera shows. Cleanable flex duct with surface mold growth can be restored with negative-pressure extraction and agitation; saturated or delaminated flex must be replaced, and we’ll document the difference with video footage and bagged samples so your adjuster can see why. In a gutted ranch in Meyerland, our tech ran cam-inspection through the original flex supply ducts the rebuild crew had left in place after Harvey; the DVR footage showed a black biofilm line on the duct wall right where the clay-shifted foundation had pulled a joint apart. We set the system under negative pressure with a HEPA-filtered collector, used agitation tools to break the growth loose, and bagged each damaged flex run separately so the homeowner’s adjuster could see exactly which sections failed-cleaning the rebuildable runs and writing replacement spec only for the two saturated branches behind the air handler. Call (346) 253-1822 to schedule a post-flood assessment.
Houston’s combination of highest-in-Texas sustained humidity, 10+ month AC operation, and extreme attic temperatures creates condensation conditions that drier inland markets simply don’t face. The 70-75% year-round relative humidity means moisture from separated joints doesn’t evaporate, and the temperature differential between 150°F attic air and cold supply air produces constant condensation at failure points. Dallas and Austin see some of this, but not at Houston’s scale or persistence. That difference in growth rate is why we recommend more frequent inspection here. Call (346) 253-1822 to discuss a schedule for your system.
We provide three things: time-stamped video footage of the interior of every affected duct run, before-and-after still photography of each run, and physical bagging of damaged duct sections with written replacement specification. Insurers need to distinguish cleanable contamination from water-damaged materials that must be replaced under flood coverage. Our documentation is designed for that distinction. The video record becomes part of your permanent job file. Call (346) 253-1822 and we’ll walk through what your specific carrier typically requires.
Every supply duct run from the plenum to the register, every return duct run back to the air handler, the plenum itself, the air handler cabinet, the blower motor and wheel, the evaporator coil, and the condensate pan. On a typical Houston ranch built 1970-1990, that’s usually 8-14 flex duct runs in an unconditioned attic. We photograph the interior of every run before and after, and we clean the blower compartment because in Houston’s climate, it’s often the dirtiest part of the system. The written scope is delivered before work starts; the photo record is delivered when the crew leaves. Call (346) 253-1822 for a written estimate on your specific system.
Every 3-5 years for standard maintenance in Houston’s conditions, but every 12-18 months if you’ve had water intrusion, visible mold at registers, or a musty smell that persists after filter changes. Post-flood homes should be inspected before occupancy regardless of timeline. The humidity and runtime factors here accelerate accumulation compared to drier climates, so “when it looks dirty” is too late. Call (346) 253-1822 and we’ll assess your specific system history and recommend an interval.
Ready to see what’s actually inside your ductwork? Call CleanRun at (346) 253-1822. A live person will answer, and we’ll deliver a written price before any work starts. Every job includes a Documented Photo Record of every duct run, and every result is backed by our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, serving Houston since 2013.