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 Leon Valley
Air duct cleaning in Leon Valley, TX typically runs $380-$720 for a full residential system, with most ranch-style homes falling in the $450-$580 range depending on whether the original 1950s-1970s ductwork needs repair or resealing alongside the cleaning. We’re usually on-site within a day or two of your call, scheduling coordinated from our San Antonio office with crews who work Leon Valley specifically and know the neighborhood patterns between Huebner Road and Bandera Road. If your home was built during Leon Valley’s main development wave, the ductwork in your attic is likely 45-70 years old and operating well past its design life in near-continuous summer heat. Call (830) 549-6847 and we’ll put a written price in front of you before any panel comes off.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning New Braunfels Is Leon Valley’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been serving Leon Valley since 2013, and the pattern is unmistakable: walk into a well-kept ranch on El Verde Road or a tidy rental near Leon Valley Community Center, cut into the return plenum, and find duct board crumbling from decades of attic heat cycling. Our customers here don’t need a sales pitch. They need someone who recognizes original 1960s fiberglass flex duct on sight and knows that cleaning without inspecting for collapsed runs is half a job.
Our reviews from Leon Valley homeowners consistently mention two things: the photo record showing what was actually in their ducts, and the written price that didn’t change once the truck arrived. Haven Standard Clause 1 is non-negotiable - the price you approve is the price you pay, full stop.
Response time to Leon Valley neighborhoods is typically next-day or within 48 hours, depending on season. We’re not crossing from Austin or Houston. Our crews know that Evers Road backs up by 4:30 PM and that the Grissom area sees heavier cedar pollen exposure than neighborhoods closer to I-10. That local geography matters when we’re advising on filtration upgrades after a cleaning.
Every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival - Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. You get a photo record of every duct run, before and after, delivered as part of the standard job record. Not a marketing promise. A document.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Leon Valley
Residential Duct Cleaning
Leon Valley’s housing stock was built almost entirely between 1952 and the late 1970s, so the same generation of original duct board, early fiberglass flex duct, and unsealed sheet metal is what our techs find in nearly every attic across the city - ductwork now 45-70 years old that was never designed to survive decades of near-continuous South Texas AC runtime. On a ranch-style home off Seneca Drive, our crew cut into a return drop and found the original 1960s duct board shedding fiberglass into the air handler while two supply runs had collapsed completely in the attic. We set up negative pressure with a Rotobrush and HEPA filtration, ran a camera inspection to map the crushed flex, then rebuilt and sealed both runs so the blower motor stopped short-cycling against a blocked static pressure. Residential cleaning in Leon Valley starts around $380 for a straightforward single-system ranch and climbs toward $650 when we’re addressing degraded original materials alongside the debris removal.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Leon Valley’s commercial core along Bandera Road includes medical offices, retail strips, and the small industrial pockets near Grissom Road that date to the same era as the residential build-out. Commercial systems here often share a problem with their residential neighbors: original ductwork undersized for modern cooling loads and never properly maintained through multiple tenant changes. We clean commercial systems with the same documented photo protocol, using Nikro and Abatement Technologies negative-pressure equipment sized for larger plenums. Pricing for commercial duct cleaning in Leon Valley starts around $800 and scales with system complexity and access.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air from your air handler to the registers in each room. In Leon Valley’s original ranch homes, these runs were often built with unsealed sheet metal or early flex duct that has degraded at the collar connections. Cleaning supply ducts without inspecting for disconnection points is vacuum noise with no result. We run a video camera through every supply line to verify intact connections before the cleaning starts, then deliver before-and-after photos of the interior surface. Supply duct cleaning as a standalone service in Leon Valley runs $220-$340.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the air handler for reconditioning, and in Leon Valley they are often the most contaminated part of the system - drawing in caliche dust through leaky attic connections and, during Cedar Fever season, concentrating Ashe juniper pollen that enters through gaps in the building envelope. Return duct cleaning in Leon Valley typically costs $260-$380 and includes inspection of the return plenum (the large chamber where return lines converge) for degraded duct board that is shedding fiberglass into the air stream.
Full System Cleaning
This is what most Leon Valley homes actually need. A full system cleaning addresses supply ducts, return ducts, the plenum, registers, and the air handler cabinet as an integrated system. Given the age and condition of Leon Valley’s typical ductwork, we almost always recommend this level of service. Full system cleaning in Leon Valley ranges from $450-$720, with the upper end reflecting additional sealing or minor repair work identified during the video inspection. The price is written and agreed before we start.
Video Inspection
We feed a borescope camera through every accessible duct run and show you what we see in real time. In Leon Valley, this usually reveals one of three conditions: accumulated debris on the duct floor, degraded lining material shedding particles, or structural damage (crushed flex, disconnected collars, rusted metal). The video becomes part of your documented photo record. Video inspection is included with full system cleaning or available standalone for $180-$240.
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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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Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies for mechanical cleaning and negative-pressure extraction; Honeywell and Aprilaire for filtration and air quality upgrades. These are trade-recognized brands you can look up independently, not proprietary tools with unverifiable claims. For Leon Valley homes dealing with Cedar Fever infiltration, we often recommend Aprilaire MERV 16 media filters or Honeywell electronic air cleaners installed at the return plenum - equipment that addresses the specific pollen load this northwest-side geography receives. Parts and filters are stocked locally, so upgrades don’t add weeks to your job.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Leon Valley Homes
- Original duct board shedding fiberglass. The 1952-1970s build era used fiberglass duct board extensively, and Leon Valley’s attic temperatures break down the resin binders over decades. The camera shows a fuzzy, deteriorating surface that releases particles into the air stream every time the blower cycles.
- Collapsed or disconnected flex duct runs. Early flex duct, common in 1960s and 1970s Leon Valley builds, degrades at the collar tape and can separate entirely or crush under its own weight in hot attics. Conditioned air dumps into the attic. The register blows weak or warm. Cleaning alone won’t fix this - the run needs reconnection and sealing.
- Twenty-plus years of deferred maintenance in rotated military rentals. A high share of Leon Valley homes were bought and rented repeatedly by military families rotating through nearby Lackland AFB, meaning ductwork maintenance was chronically deferred. Local techs commonly find 20+ years of accumulated debris in systems that look recently painted and updated on the outside.
- Cedar pollen infiltration through leaky returns. Leon Valley sits on San Antonio’s northwest flank, geographically closer to the Ashe juniper country of the Hill Country than any neighborhood on the east or south side. Winter cedar-pollen plumes enter through gaps in return duct connections and concentrate in the system, aggravating allergies even when windows stay closed.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Leon Valley, TX
Here’s what air duct cleaning actually costs in Leon Valley’s market:
| Service | Typical Range |
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| Residential full system cleaning (single system, ranch home) | $450-$580 |
| Residential full system with repair/sealing of degraded ductwork | $580-$720 |
| Supply duct cleaning only | $220-$340 |
| Return duct cleaning only | $260-$380 |
| Video inspection standalone | $180-$240 |
| Commercial system cleaning | $800-$1,400+ |
Factors that move you within these ranges: accessibility of the attic or crawl space, number of duct runs, condition of original materials requiring repair alongside cleaning, and whether the system has been cleaned before (first cleanings on 50-year-old systems take longer). We do not quote per-vent pricing. One flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts - Haven Standard Clause 1. No exceptions. Call (830) 549-6847 for a written estimate at no cost.
We Also Serve Cities Near Leon Valley
Our Air Duct Cleaning crews work throughout the corridor, including Leon Valley as well as New Braunfels, Cibolo, Seguin, and Schertz. Scheduling is coordinated from our San Antonio office, with local routing that keeps Leon Valley homeowners on the calendar without cross-metro delays.
Serving Leon Valley, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Leon Valley 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 Leon Valley
Original 1960s ductwork in Leon Valley is worth cleaning if it’s structurally intact, but the cleaning must include a video inspection to determine whether the duct board or flex duct has degraded past the point of safe operation. We’ve cleaned many 1960s systems that simply needed debris removal and sealing at the collars. We’ve also found duct board actively shedding fiberglass, which requires repair or replacement of the affected sections before cleaning is even advisable. The camera tells the difference. Call (830) 549-6847 and we’ll inspect before quoting any work.
The dust is usually coming from two places: leaks in your return ducts pulling attic air directly into the system, and degraded duct board or flex duct shedding particulates from inside the lines. Leon Valley’s caliche-laden soil generates fine dust that enters attic spaces through soffit vents, and any gap in your return plenum or duct connections acts like a vacuum intake. Cleaning removes the accumulated debris; sealing the leaks with mastic or foil tape stops the continuous influx. A typical Leon Valley ranch needs both.
Yes, and more acutely than in most of Bexar County. Leon Valley’s position on San Antonio’s northwest edge puts it directly in the path of Ashe juniper pollen plumes before they disperse across the broader metro. If your return ducts have leaks at the plenum or collar connections, that pollen is drawn into the system and recirculated through your registers even with windows closed. Cleaning removes accumulated pollen residue; sealing the return system prevents re-infiltration. We see the heaviest Cedar Fever-related calls from Leon Valley and the Hill Country fringe from December through February.
A straightforward full system cleaning on a single-system Leon Valley ranch takes 3.5 to 5 hours, including setup, video inspection, cleaning of all supply and return runs, register cleaning, and photo documentation. If we find collapsed flex duct or degraded duct board requiring repair, the job extends to a full day. We tell you which scenario applies after the initial video inspection and before any cleaning begins - the written price reflects the actual scope, not a low estimate with add-ons later.
Cleaning alone rarely produces dramatic energy savings. The bigger efficiency gains in Leon Valley homes come from identifying and sealing the disconnected or crushed runs that force your blower motor to work against blocked static pressure - the condition we found on Seneca Drive with the collapsed supply lines. When we restore proper airflow and seal leaks, the system doesn’t run as long to reach setpoint. In our experience, Leon Valley homes with original ductwork see more meaningful efficiency improvement from cleaning plus sealing than from cleaning alone. The camera shows you exactly where the airflow is being lost.
Ready to see what’s actually inside your ducts? Call (830) 549-6847 for a free written estimate. We’ll put a price in front of you before any work starts, back it with the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and deliver a documented photo record of every run when we’re done.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, serving Leon Valley since 2013.