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 Schertz
Air duct cleaning in Schertz typically runs $380-$680 for a full residential system, with most jobs completed in a single visit and a written price delivered before any panel comes off. CleanRun crews serve Schertz from our San Antonio dispatch office, carrying Rotobrush and Nikro equipment configured for the flex-duct and attic-mounted air handlers that dominate local subdivisions. Call (830) 549-6847 for a free estimate with an exact written number, not a range that shifts once the truck arrives.
We know Schertz’s housing stock because we’ve documented it run by run. The master-planned communities off FM 3009 and Schertz Parkway, the newer buildout areas north of Cibolo Creek, the established neighborhoods near Schertz Elementary - our crews have pulled cameras through ducts in all of them. That local pattern recognition matters. A technician who has seen a hundred Schertz attics knows the difference between normal debris and the caliche-heavy dust load that signals return-side infiltration from an adjacent construction site. That knowledge changes what equipment we bring and how we scope the job before quoting a flat price.
Every Schertz job starts with Haven Standard Clause 1: a written price agreed before work begins. No exceptions. Every job ends with a Documented Photo Record of every duct run, delivered as a standard deliverable, not an upsell. And every job is backed by our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning New Braunfels Is Schertz’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
CleanRun has held the same practice since our first job in 2013: photograph every duct run before touching it, photograph again after, and deliver both sets to the homeowner as a documented record. In Schertz, that record has become especially valuable. With so many homes built between 2005 and 2020 by national builders like D.R. Horton and Lennar, buyers often inherit ductwork with no maintenance history and no documentation of what the builder left inside. Our photo record gives them a baseline they can reference when they sell, refinance, or simply wonder whether their system has changed.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival - Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. They carry professional-grade equipment from brands customers can verify independently: Rotobrush rotary agitation systems, Nikro negative-air machines, Honeywell media filters, and Aprilaire whole-home air cleaners. We don’t ask Schertz homeowners to trust our word on equipment quality. We name the tools and let them look up specifications themselves.
Scheduling is coordinated from our San Antonio office, with crews dispatched directly to Schertz addresses. We’re familiar with the access constraints of local subdivisions - gated entries in Crossvine, narrow driveways in the older sections of Homestead, construction traffic patterns in active buildout areas. That familiarity means we arrive with the right equipment configuration and don’t waste time figuring out how to reach your attic air handler.
We also offer a Free Second Opinion on any written estimate from a competitor. Bring us another company’s quote; we’ll put our own number next to it in writing, with line-item scope, so you can compare actual deliverables rather than teaser prices.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Schertz
Residential Duct Cleaning
Schertz’s dominant housing type - 2,000-3,000 square foot slab-on-grade builds with attic-mounted air handlers and flex-duct supply runs - creates a specific cleaning challenge. Attic temperatures routinely exceed 130°F during our nearly 9-month cooling season. Drywall dust and caliche particulate left in ducts during construction bake onto flex-duct walls, forming compacted debris that standard vacuuming won’t dislodge. Our residential service combines rotary agitation with negative-pressure HEPA extraction to break that debris loose and remove it. We clean every supply run, every return run, the plenum (the main distribution box connected to your air handler), and the registers (the visible grille covers in each room). The written scope specifies exactly which components are included before we start.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Schertz’s commercial base includes medical offices near the Schertz Parkway corridor, retail along FM 3009, and professional services near the I-35 interchanges. These facilities face the same regional debris load as residences, plus higher occupancy rates and more stringent indoor air quality expectations. Our commercial service scales the same documented approach: written scope, photo record, flat price. We work with property managers to schedule around business hours and minimize disruption to tenants. For mixed-use buildings with residential units above retail, we can coordinate access to shared mechanical spaces and document which duct runs serve which zones.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air from your air handler to each room. In Schertz tract homes, these are typically flex-duct runs snaked through hot attics. The supply side usually shows lighter debris than the return side - that’s normal - but in homes near active construction, supply runs can still carry significant drywall dust if the builder failed to cap registers during framing. Our supply cleaning includes rotary brush agitation through each run, register removal and cleaning, and negative-pressure extraction at the plenum. We photograph the interior of each run before and after, so you can verify the difference between our work and a shop-vac pushed into a register.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air from your living space back to the air handler for reconditioning. In Schertz, this is where we most often find the heaviest debris loads - and the most telling local signature. Because many homes were built while adjacent lots were still being graded, return-air leaks pull caliche dust and concrete particulate directly into the return trunk. The dust load is dramatically heavier on the return side than the supply side. That’s infiltration, not filter bypass, and it requires targeted cleaning of the return trunk, the return plenum, and often the air handler cabinet itself. Our return duct service addresses this specifically, with extra attention to seams and joints where construction-era leaks persist.
Full System Cleaning
A full system cleaning is what most Schertz homes actually need, especially first-time cleanings on 5-15-year-old construction. This covers supply runs, return runs, both plenums, the air handler cabinet, blower motor assembly, and all registers. We also include a Video Inspection with camera footage of the interior of each main trunk - the deliverable you receive includes both still photos and video documentation. For homes in active buildout subdivisions, we pay particular attention to the return-side debris pattern that signals construction-site infiltration. The flat price for a full system cleaning in Schertz ranges from $480-$780 depending on system size and accessibility, with the exact number written on your estimate before we start.
Video Inspection
Our Video Inspection service uses a borescope camera to document the interior condition of your ductwork without disassembling anything. In Schertz, this is often the first service we recommend for homeowners who aren’t sure whether cleaning is needed - especially military families near JBSA-Randolph who have no maintenance records from prior owners. The camera shows what’s actually there: compacted debris, construction residue, mold if present, or clean duct walls. You receive the footage as a documented record. If cleaning is warranted, the inspection fee is applied toward the full service price. If your ducts are genuinely clean, we’ll tell you that too. Haven Standard Clause 1 applies even to inspections: the price is written before we start.
What happens when you call
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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 arrive with professional-grade equipment from trade-recognized brands customers can verify independently. Our rotary agitation systems include Rotobrush models configured for residential flex-duct, and our negative-air extraction rigs are manufactured by Nikro. For air quality upgrades following cleaning, we install Honeywell media filters and Aprilaire whole-home air cleaners - products with published MERV ratings and independent test data, not proprietary claims. We stock common filter sizes and replacement media for Schertz customers, so upgrades can be completed during the same visit without a return trip. Every piece of equipment on the truck is named in your written scope, so you know exactly what will be used in your home before agreeing to any price.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Schertz Homes
- Construction dust baked into flex duct. Schertz’s nearly 9-month cooling season means blower motors run almost continuously. Drywall fines left by builders don’t settle; they bake onto flex-duct walls in 130°F attics, forming hard, compacted debris that requires rotary agitation to break loose. Standard vacuuming leaves it in place.
- Return-side caliche infiltration from adjacent buildout. In newer subdivisions on Schertz’s northern and eastern edges, homes completed while nearby lots are still graded pull caliche dust and concrete particulate through return-air leaks. The return trunk loads far heavier than the supply side - a pattern our technicians recognize immediately and scope for specifically.
- Uncapped plenums during construction. Builders often tape off room registers but fail to cap the air handler or return plenum, the main connection points where dust enters the system in largest volume. The result is a debris load concentrated at the trunk, not distributed evenly through runs.
- Overdue first cleanings on “still new” homes. Many current Schertz owners near JBSA-Randolph are transient military households with no prior maintenance records. A 7-year-old house feels new, but if the ducts were never cleaned after construction, the debris load is often heavier than in a 30-year-old home with regular service history.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Schertz, TX
We publish actual ranges because Haven Standard Clause 1 requires a written price before work starts - and that price should be grounded in real local market data, not a teaser that triples once the technician arrives.
| Service | Typical Range in Schertz |
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| Video Inspection (standalone) | $125-$195 |
| Supply Duct Cleaning only | $280-$420 |
| Return Duct Cleaning only | $320-$480 |
| Full System Cleaning (most common) | $480-$780 |
| Full System + Sanitizing Treatment | $620-$940 |
What moves a Schertz job within these ranges: system size (duct run count and total linear footage), attic accessibility (steep pitch, limited hatch size, or obstructed pathways add labor), and debris severity (heavy caliche compaction requires longer agitation time). We assess all three during our pre-work inspection, write the exact price on your estimate, and do not begin until you sign it. No per-vent pricing. No add-ons discovered mid-job. The price on the paper is the price on the invoice.
Every estimate is free. Call (830) 549-6847 to schedule.
We Also Serve Cities Near Schertz
CleanRun crews regularly work in Schertz and the surrounding communities: Universal City to the southwest, Cibolo to the east, Converse to the south, and New Braunfels to the northeast. Our Air Duct Cleaning team carries the same equipment configuration and documented approach to every job in the metro area, with scheduling coordinated from our San Antonio office to minimize drive-time and keep appointments reliable.
Serving Schertz, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Schertz 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 Schertz
A 6-year-old Schertz home is often at peak debris load, not minimum. If it was built while adjacent lots were still being graded, and if the builder failed to cap the return plenum during construction, your ducts have been pulling caliche dust and drywall fines since before you moved in. Our nearly 9-month cooling season bakes that debris onto flex-duct walls, so it doesn’t blow out on its own. The age of the house matters less than what happened during construction and whether anyone has cleaned it since. Call (830) 549-6847 and we’ll run a camera inspection to show you exactly what’s in there - the footage doesn’t lie.
Heavier return-side dust in a Schertz home usually signals infiltration, not filter bypass. If your home was built in an active subdivision where nearby lots were still being graded, return-air leaks pull caliche dust and concrete particulate directly into the return trunk. The supply side, which pushes filtered air outward, stays relatively clean. That return-side skew is a local signature our technicians recognize. We scope for it specifically and clean the return trunk, plenum, and air handler cabinet more aggressively than the supply side. The photo record shows you the difference.
A full system cleaning covers every supply run, every return run, both plenums, the air handler cabinet, blower motor assembly, and all registers. For Schertz’s typical flex-duct construction, we use rotary agitation tools that travel through the flexible interior without damaging it, combined with negative-pressure HEPA extraction at the plenum to capture dislodged debris. We pay special attention to the first elbow of each run, where compacted debris often collects, and to the return trunk where construction-era infiltration is heaviest. You receive before-and-after photos of every run and video of the main trunks. The flat price is written before we start; for most Schertz homes, it falls between $480 and $780.
Clean them before, ideally in October or November. Schertz sits on the southern fringe of the Hill Country cedar belt, and December through February brings intense Ashe juniper (cedar) pollen that drives residents to seal homes and run recirculating forced-air systems continuously. If your return ducts are already loaded with debris, the system recirculates that particulate along with the pollen load. A pre-season cleaning removes the existing debris so your filters can focus on seasonal allergens. Post-season cleaning is fine too - it removes what accumulated - but pre-season gives you the cleaner baseline when you need it most. Call (830) 549-6847 to schedule before the pollen hits.
The builder should have capped the air handler and return plenum during framing and drywall, not just taped the room registers. Registers are easy to seal; the plenum is where the largest volume of dust enters. The builder should have run the HVAC system on filtration mode during final cleanup, not left it off while drywall crews sanded. And the builder should have provided a documented duct inspection - photo or video - at closing, which almost never happens in Schertz tract construction. What we find in 5-15-year-old homes is the result of those omissions: compacted construction debris that professional cleaning can remove, but that should never have been left there. Our crew documents what’s found and what was removed, so you have a record if you ever pursue a warranty claim or sell the home.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, serving Schertz and the greater San Antonio metro since 2013.