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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AfterAir Duct Cleaning Before & After in Round Rock, TX
We’ve cleaned ducts in Round Rock since 2013, and we’ve learned one thing: homeowners don’t trust what they can’t see. That’s why every job we finish includes a Documented Photo Record of every duct run, before and after. The gallery below shows what professional negative-pressure extraction actually looks like inside a plenum (the main air distribution box), not marketing promises.
Recent Transformations
Heavy Dust Build-Up in a 1980s Brushy Creek Home
The homeowner in Brushy Creek called because the return registers were whistling every time the AC cycled. Our camera showed a 2-inch blanket of compacted dust at the first elbow past the plenum, choking airflow to half the house. We ran negative-pressure extraction with a Nikro HEPA-filtered collection unit and contact-agitated the buildup with a Rotobrush system sized for 8-inch round duct. The photo record showed bare metal at the end of every run, and the whistling stopped before we packed the van.
Construction Debris in a New Mayfield Ranch Build
New construction in Mayfield Ranch doesn’t mean clean ducts. This 2023 build had drywall mud, wood trim scraps, and a soda bottle cap sitting in the flex duct (the ribbed plastic tubing that carries air to individual rooms). The HVAC contractor had never run a scope. We sealed the registers, pulled 4,000 CFM through the trunk line with our Abatement Technologies portable, and fished the debris out through access cuts. The buyer got the photo record at closing, which is now standard practice for every pre-occupancy clean we do in Round Rock.
Pet Hair Matting in a Teravista Ranch-Style
Three golden retrievers, one ranch in Teravista, and fifteen years of shedding had turned the supply ducts into a filter that never got changed. The hair wasn’t loose; it was matted into the fiberglass duct liner (the insulation layer bonded to the inside of sheet metal). We used a pneumatic whip system to break the matting free, then extracted with a Honeywell-badged HEPA unit. Finished with a Guardsman anti-microbial application because pet dander proteins don’t rinse away with vacuum pressure alone. The owner said she’d been dusting twice a week and couldn’t figure out why surfaces filmed over again in two days. The after photos showed why.
Mold Staining in a Walsh Ranch Crawl Space Trunk
The Walsh Ranch home sat on a crawl space that held 70% humidity through a wet Round Rock spring. The supply trunk (the main rectangular duct running the length of the house) had dark spotting at every low point where condensation pooled. We don’t treat mold with a spray-and-pray. First we scoped the full trunk to find the leak source, a disconnected flex joint dumping cold air into the crawl space. Sealed the joint, then ran mechanical agitation and EPA-registered cleaner through the affected runs. The photo record documented bare metal at every access point, and we wrote the scope so the HVAC contractor could address the humidity at source.
Allergen Load in a Round Rock West Two-Story
Cedar fever in Round Rock is real, and this family in Round Rock West had a child with a diagnosed pollen allergy. The supply ducts hadn’t been cleaned since the home was built in 2016. Our scope showed a uniform coating of fine gray powder, mostly cedar pollen and road dust from the 620 corridor, packed into every horizontal run. We pulled the full system under negative pressure, cleaned each register line independently, and recommended an Aprilaire 2200 media air cleaner upgrade for the return side. The photo record went to their allergist with the homeowner’s permission. Haven Standard Clause 1 meant they had the written price before we touched the first panel, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise is in their file if anything comes back.
Dryer Vent Fire Hazard in Old Town Round Rock
This isn’t a duct run to your living room, but it’s the duct run that burns houses down. The homeowner in Old Town Round Rock had noticed clothes taking three cycles to dry. Our camera showed the 4-inch galvanized vent was packed solid with lint for eight feet from the dryer connection, and the exterior termination (the wall cap where air exits) was bird-nested. We ran a Nikro rotary brush system from both ends, pulled a full garbage bag of compacted lint, and verified 2,000 FPM airflow at the cap with an anemometer. The photo record included the lint volume and the airflow reading. Dryer vent cleaning isn’t an upsell for us; it’s a separate service we track because we’ve seen what happens when it’s skipped.
Want Results Like These?
Every job we do in Round Rock comes with the same deliverables: a written price before work starts, background-checked uniformed technicians identified by name before arrival, and a Documented Photo Record of every duct run delivered as part of your job file. Call (737) 259-5752 for a free estimate with real numbers attached. If you already have a written quote from another company, we’ll put ours next to it under our Free Second Opinion, no charge.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Round Rock, serving Round Rock since 2013.