Whole-home duct cleaning
Dryer vent cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-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.
Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Austin
Air duct cleaning in Austin typically costs between $380 and $720 for a full system on a home up to 2,500 square feet, with most jobs completed in three to five hours. That price should include supply ducts, return ducts, the main trunk line, plenums, and the blower compartment. If you’re seeing dust settle back on furniture within days of wiping it down, or you’re changing filters every three weeks instead of every three months, the ducts are telling you something. Call (940) 461-7203 and we’ll give you a real number before we ever send a truck.
Why Linden Air Duct Austin Is Austin’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been running air duct jobs across this city long enough to know that no two Austin homes have the same duct story. A 1960s bungalow in Crestview with metal ducts in a hot attic moves air differently than a 2015 build in Circle C with flex ducts snaked through a slab. Air Duct Cleaning is what we do every day, and living with Austin’s pollen, limestone dust, and construction grit means we know where the problems hide before we even open the register.
Marcus Veale leads our Austin crew. He’s walked enough attics off Lamar and enough crawl spaces near Hyde Park to know exactly what to look for. When you book with us, you get the tech’s name and photo before the visit. At the door, a photo ID badge is shown. Every time. No exceptions. That’s the Threshold Standard, and it’s been our operating rule since the Threshold Group started in 2004.
We answer the phone with a live person. Day or night. That matters when you’re calling at 7 a.m. to ask whether the quote covers the return drops in your attic. You won’t get a voicemail tree.
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Ductwork Cleaning in Austin
Ductwork cleaning in Austin is a different job than it is in Dallas or Houston, because the dust here is finer, the pollen is more aggressive, and the housing stock runs from 1940s pier-and-beam to brand-new slab builds. Here’s what a proper job involves: negative-pressure extraction that puts the whole duct system under vacuum, agitation tools to break up the caked layer, and camera verification at the end. The price sits between $380 and $720 for most single-family homes in Austin, depending on square footage, number of returns, and how long the system has gone untouched.
Full System Cleaning
We clean every part of the system: supply ducts, return ducts, trunk lines, the plenum, the blower motor housing, and the registers. Skipping returns is the classic corner cut, especially in Austin where live oak pollen settles in low return runs all spring. We don’t skip them.
Video Inspection First
Before we touch anything, we run a camera through the system to see what’s actually in there. In Austin rental homes especially, we find systems that have never been cleaned since the day the unit was installed. The camera tells us where the worst compaction is so we’re not guessing.
Air Duct Inspection in Austin
Air duct inspection in Austin costs between $120 and $250 as a standalone service, and it’s the right call when you’ve just bought a home, when a tenant moves out, or when allergy symptoms spike suddenly and you can’t figure out why. We run a camera through the full system and check static pressure and airflow. The goal is to show you exactly what’s in there, in real time, on the screen.
Screening Before a Purchase
Buying a home in Austin? Most general inspectors don’t look inside the ducts. They’ll glance at the HVAC unit and move on. An air duct inspection before closing can reveal six years of tenant dust, mold spots, or disconnected flex runs. It’s a $150 answer to a question that could cost thousands later.
Post-Tenant Turnover
Landlords across Austin call us between tenants. The property manager wants the unit turned fast, but a quick turnover means no one opened the ducts. We document the condition with before-and-after video, so you have a record if a future tenant asks whether the system was actually cleaned.
Trusted Brands We Service in Austin
We run Nikro and Rotobrush equipment on our Austin trucks because they hold up to the kind of fine dust we face here. Hill Country limestone grinds cheap equipment down fast. We also work with Honeywell and Aprilaire filtration products, which matters if you’re stepping up to a MERV 13 filter after we clean the system. The wrong filter on a dirty or undersized duct system will choke airflow. The right one, on a clean system, makes cedar season bearable. We stock the common sizes and can have specialty parts sourced within days for Austin customers.
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AfterCommon Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Austin Homes
- Unpaved-road dust compaction: Homes off Fitzhugh Road, Hamilton Pool Road, and the ranch land west of Oak Hill get hit by a fine, dense dust that packs the main trunk line like sediment. Brushes alone won’t get it. We use agitation tools with negative pressure to break the crust before extraction.
- Wood-stove ash bonding: In rural Austin and surrounding hill country, wood heat pushes ash through returns that wouldn’t normally carry it. Ash mixes with the natural grease in the duct lining and hardens on the blower motor. A standard cleaning without agitation will leave the motor balanced but the ducts still gritty.
- Return ducts left untouched: Austin’s live oak pollen in March and April and Saharan dust events in summer settle in the lowest return runs. Supply-only cleaning solves half the problem. We clean both sides, because the return is pulling the allergens right back into circulation.
- Rental churn with zero duct history: Austin’s explosive growth means homes built in 2016 might be on their fifth tenant and have never had a duct opened. We see systems with the original construction dust still inside. A camera inspection is the fastest way to find out.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Austin, TX
For a single-family home in Austin up to 2,500 square feet, full system air duct cleaning runs $380 to $720. Larger homes, or homes with multiple returns and long trunk runs, can go higher. A standalone inspection with video documentation runs $120 to $250. The factors that move the price: home size, number of returns, accessibility of the attic or crawl space, and how long it’s been since the last cleaning. One flat price per system, put in writing before work begins. No per-vent charges, no bait-and-switch upsell at the truck. Call (940) 461-7203 for a free estimate and we’ll give you a real number you can hold us to.
We Also Serve Cities Near Austin
Our crews cover Austin and the surrounding communities, including Hutto, Leander, Georgetown, and Elgin. Rural properties, unpaved-road homes, and ranches in the hill country are part of the job. If you’re in the metro or just outside the city line, we can get you scheduled.
Serving Austin, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Austin 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 About Air Duct Cleaning in Austin
Homes on unpaved roads in Austin should plan on cleaning every two to three years instead of the usual four to six. The constant fine dust from road traffic settles faster and compacts harder, especially in main trunk lines. If you run the AC constantly in summer and live near active construction or ranch land, two years is realistic. Call (940) 461-7203 and we can help you lock in an interval that matches your road.
Yes. Wood-stove ash infiltrates the return side when the system draws air, then bonds with the grease inside the ducts and hardens. It’s a particular problem in rural Austin homes that heat with wood all winter and then switch to AC in May. A cleaning with agitation tools handles it. Call (940) 461-7203 for an exact quote on a wood-heat home.
Flex ducts in Austin’s newer construction are often undersized or poorly sealed, which pulls dust from the attic into the airflow. The 2000s building boom left a lot of homes with this condition. A camera inspection will show whether your flex runs are the problem. Call (940) 461-7203 and we’ll schedule it.
In Austin’s Mueller development, the fine white dust we see in ducts is often not construction debris. It’s a combination of concrete dust from the nearby airport runways and fine particles from limestone quarry operations west of the city. It’s exceptionally fine, it penetrates filters, and it settles everywhere. A thorough duct cleaning with HEPA filtration pulls it out. Call (940) 461-7203 and we’ll tell you what we find.
Duct cleaning won’t cure cedar fever, but it removes the years of accumulated Ashe juniper pollen and dust that your system recirculates every time the heat kicks on. For Austin residents who suffer through winter cedar season, a clean duct system with a MERV 13 filter means less recycled allergen in the air. Call (940) 461-7203 and we’ll help you build a plan for allergy season.
Field note: On a ranch off Fitzhugh Road, our crew found a supply duct packed with six years of crushed limestone dust and juniper needles from constant unpaved-road traffic. We ran a Rotobrush with negative pressure and HEPA filtration, cutting the blower motor’s amp draw by 18% and dropping static pressure to spec. Now the system holds a MERV 13 filter without choking. That’s the kind of job we show up for in Austin.
For a free estimate on air duct cleaning in Austin, call (940) 461-7203. We’ll put the number in writing before any work begins, and if the work isn’t right, we make it right under our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Written by Marcus Veale, Owner at Linden Air Duct Austin, serving Austin since 2004.