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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Full system cleaning is a complete cleaning of every component in your home’s forced-air system: the supply ducts, return ducts, main trunk lines, plenum boxes, air handler cabinet, and all registers and grilles. In Round Rock, a full system cleaning from CleanRun typically runs between $350 and $650 for a standard single-story home, and the job is quoted in writing before a single panel comes off. If you want to know exactly what’s inside your ductwork before deciding anything, call us at (737) 259-5752 – a live person answers every call.
Most duct cleaning companies send a tech with a shop vac and a coupon. What CleanRun delivers is different: a Air Duct Cleaning in Round Rock service built around negative-pressure extraction, rotary brush agitation, and a documented photo record of every duct run before and after the work. That photo record isn’t an upsell – it’s how we prove the work was actually done.
Tomas Reyes started CleanRun in 2013 with a straightforward idea: show the customer what the camera found, give them a written number, do the work, and photograph it again when it’s clean. We’ve applied that same process to more than 52,000 homes since then.
When You Need Full System Cleaning
A single duct cleaning – say, just the registers or just the return side – handles isolated issues. Full system cleaning is the right call when the problem is system-wide. Here are the situations we see most often in Round Rock:
- The home is 5 or more years past its last cleaning. In Round Rock’s climate, where HVAC systems run hard from April through October, five years of continuous cycling deposits a meaningful layer of dust, pollen, and debris throughout the entire duct network – not just near the registers.
- You’ve had renovation work done inside the home. Drywall dust and construction debris travel fast through an HVAC system. One bathroom remodel can coat return duct walls all the way back to the air handler. We regularly pull camera footage from Round Rock homes where a single renovation left debris visible at the plenum – the main distribution box where conditioned air enters the duct system.
- Visible dust discharge at multiple registers. If you’re seeing puffs of dust when the system kicks on at more than one vent location, the contamination has moved beyond one section. That pattern calls for a full-system approach.
- A mold or moisture event anywhere in the system. Round Rock’s summer humidity creates conditions where condensation can collect in improperly insulated ducts, especially in older slab homes with ductwork running through unconditioned attic space. If mold is confirmed in one area, the entire system needs to be inspected and cleaned – not just the visible section.
- You bought the home and have no service records. If you purchased a home in Round Rock between 2015 and 2025 and the seller couldn’t produce any HVAC service documentation, there’s a good chance the ductwork has never been professionally cleaned. We see it constantly in the neighborhoods around Walsh Ranch Quarry and Brushy Creek, where homes sold quickly and buyers skipped the HVAC inspection.
- Allergy symptoms that worsen indoors. Round Rock sits in one of the highest cedar and oak pollen zones in Central Texas. When those particles accumulate inside ductwork over several seasons, they get redistributed every time the system cycles. A full system cleaning removes the stored particulate load – not just what’s visible at the filter.
Our Full System Cleaning Process
Every full system cleaning follows the same documented sequence. We don’t skip steps based on how busy the schedule is, and we don’t treat a 3,200-square-foot Round Rock home the same as a 1,400-square-foot condo. The scope is written before we start and photographed throughout.
- Written scope and walkthrough before work begins. Under Haven Standard Clause 1, you receive a written price and a plain-language description of every task before any equipment enters the home. We identify the number of supply registers, return grilles, trunk lines, and the condition of the air handler cabinet at this stage. The written price doesn’t change because of what we find inside.
- Pre-cleaning camera inspection of each duct run. A flexible camera goes into every accessible duct run before agitation starts. What the camera shows – debris depth, visible mold, insulation breakdown, or construction residue – is photographed and added to your job record. In Round Rock homes built in the early 2000s around the Teravista and Forest Creek areas, we frequently find a 2- to 4-inch debris accumulation at the first elbow, where velocity drops and particles settle. You see the photo first.
- Negative-pressure extraction setup. We connect our Nikro negative-pressure extraction unit to the main trunk or plenum. Negative-pressure extraction means the system creates a sustained vacuum draw through the entire duct network, so agitated debris is pulled toward the collection point rather than redistributed into your living space. This is the step that separates a real cleaning from shop-vac noise.
- Rotary brush agitation through every supply and return run. While negative pressure holds, a rotary brush – matched to the duct diameter – is worked through each supply and return run from the register opening back toward the trunk. The brush breaks loose compacted debris that a vacuum alone won’t reach. Every run gets this treatment; we don’t spot-clean.
- Air handler cabinet and plenum cleaning. The air handler cabinet – the metal enclosure housing the blower motor and evaporator coil – collects debris that bypasses the filter. We clean the cabinet interior, the blower wheel if accessible, and both the supply and return plenum boxes. Skipping this step leaves the primary contamination source untouched, which is why many discount cleaning visits don’t include it.
- Post-cleaning camera verification and photo record delivery. The same camera goes back into every duct run after cleaning. Before-and-after photographs from each run are compiled into your documented job record and delivered as part of the standard service – not as an add-on. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is backed by that record: if we missed a run or left debris behind, the photo record shows it, and we return to correct it at no charge.
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Full system cleaning in Round Rock is priced by the scope of the job, written before work starts. The number you agree to is the number on the invoice. There are no mid-job revisions based on what we find inside the ducts.
| Home Size / Scenario | Typical Range | What’s Included |
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| Single-story home up to 1,800 sq ft | $350 – $450 | All supply and return runs, plenum, air handler cabinet, pre/post photo record |
| Two-story home, 1,800 – 2,800 sq ft | $450 – $575 | Full system including both levels, zoned return systems, photo record |
| Larger homes, 2,800 – 4,000+ sq ft | $575 – $650+ | Full system with multiple air handlers if applicable, all runs, photo record |
| Post-renovation cleaning (heavy debris load) | Add $75 – $150 | Extended agitation and extraction time for drywall dust or construction residue |
| Sanitizing application (Abatement Technologies product) | Add $80 – $120 | EPA-registered sanitizer applied to duct interiors after cleaning – priced separately, optional |
Several factors affect where your job lands in these ranges: the number of individual duct runs, the layout of the duct system (flex duct in attic space takes longer to agitate than sheet metal), the age and condition of the air handler, and whether the system has two or more return air zones. All of this is assessed during the walkthrough before we write the price.
If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it. Under our Free Second Opinion policy, we put CleanRun’s number next to theirs in writing – no pressure, no sales script. Call (737) 259-5752 to schedule your written estimate. It costs nothing to get the number on paper.
What the Documented Photo Record Actually Shows
A lot of cleaning companies describe their results in words. CleanRun’s standard deliverable is photographs – taken inside every duct run before and after the job, using a camera attached to a flexible probe that travels the full length of each run.
We’ve held this practice since our first job in 2013 because it resolves every dispute before it starts. If the after photos show debris remaining in a run, the job isn’t done. If a customer calls six months later and says their ducts look dirty again, we look at the post-cleaning photos together. The record doesn’t rely on memory or goodwill.
In Round Rock specifically, we’ve documented some patterns worth noting. Homes in the Highlands at Mayfield Ranch subdivision, built between 2007 and 2012, frequently have flex duct runs with low sags that collect debris at predictable low points – something a camera catches but a vacuum at the register opening completely misses. Homes near Brushy Creek with original ductwork from the late 1990s sometimes show insulation fiber migration into the duct interior at joints, which shows up clearly in the pre-cleaning photos and helps the customer decide whether full duct replacement makes more sense than cleaning. That conversation starts with a photo, not a sales pitch.
How Full System Cleaning Connects to Your Broader HVAC Health
Full system cleaning is one part of a larger picture. The duct network carries conditioned air from your HVAC equipment to every room, and anything that degrades the duct interior affects both air quality and system efficiency. Debris accumulation inside the air handler cabinet strains the blower motor and reduces airflow at registers – a measurable effect, not a marketing claim. Clean ductwork doesn’t compensate for a failing coil, and a new air filter doesn’t remove settled debris from a duct run that hasn’t been agitated in a decade.
If our camera inspection finds issues beyond surface cleaning – collapsed flex duct sections, disconnected joints leaking conditioned air into unconditioned attic space, or insulation damage – we note those in the job record separately. Duct repairs and sealing are a separate service with a separate written price. We don’t roll them into the cleaning quote without your knowledge, and we don’t pressure the upgrade. The camera found it, the photo shows it, and you decide what to do next.
For context on how full system cleaning fits within the broader air duct cleaning service, see our Air Duct Cleaning overview, which covers the full range of what that work involves.
Why Round Rock Homes Specifically
Round Rock’s HVAC systems run longer and harder than in most U.S. markets. The system might run 10 months out of the year, which means the filter is pulling cedar, oak, and grass pollen from February through November, and dust mite debris in the shoulder seasons when humidity sits in the 60-70% range. A system cycling that frequently moves a lot of air through the duct network, and every cubic foot of air carries particulates that eventually settle on duct walls.
The housing stock matters too. A significant portion of Round Rock homes were built between 1998 and 2010, in subdivisions like Teravista, Stone Canyon, Creekside at Brushy Creek, and Fern Bluff. That era of construction used flex duct extensively in attic spaces, which creates more surface area for debris to cling to compared to rigid sheet metal. Round Rock also has a large number of two-story homes with a single return air path – meaning all the return air from upstairs and downstairs filters through one section of ductwork, concentrating debris accumulation at the return plenum.
None of that is a reason to panic. It’s a reason to have the camera footage before deciding anything.
FAQs – Full System Cleaning in Round Rock
How long does a full system cleaning take in a typical Round Rock home?
A full system cleaning on a standard Round Rock home – two stories, three to four bedrooms, one air handler – typically takes 3 to 4.5 hours. Larger homes with two air handlers or extensive flex duct runs in the attic can run 5 to 6 hours. The time is driven by the number of duct runs and the debris load, not by a set schedule. We don’t cut a job short to hit a daily quota. Your written scope specifies what gets cleaned, and that’s what gets cleaned. Call (737) 259-5752 and we can give you a time estimate based on your home’s layout before you book.
Is full system cleaning the same as what the $79 coupon companies offer?
No. The $79 offers in Round Rock – and we’ve seen plenty of them on doorstep flyers in Teravista and Stone Canyon – typically cover a vacuum pass at each register opening and nothing beyond that. The plenum, trunk lines, air handler cabinet, and return ductwork are rarely included, and there’s no camera inspection before or after. What CleanRun calls full system cleaning is the complete duct network plus the air handler cabinet, photographed before and after, with a written price that covers everything listed in the scope. The difference shows up in the before-and-after photos, which you receive as a standard deliverable regardless of what you paid.
How often should a Round Rock home have a full system cleaning done?
For most Round Rock homes operating normally, a full system cleaning every 4 to 6 years is a reasonable interval. That interval shortens to 2 to 3 years if anyone in the household has respiratory sensitivities, if you have multiple pets, or if the home has had renovation work. It extends toward the 6-year end if the home is occupied by adults only, has no pets, and the filter is changed on a consistent 60-day schedule. The camera inspection at each visit gives you a factual baseline – if the post-cleaning photos from your last job show the system is still relatively clean at four years, we’ll tell you. If it’s accumulated significant debris at three years, the photos show that too.
What’s included in the 365-Day Done Right Promise for a full system cleaning?
The 365-Day Done Right Promise means that if any part of the cleaning scope was not completed as written, CleanRun returns and corrects it at no charge – no manager approval required, no arguing about what the scope said. The promise is backed by the documented photo record from your job. If a duct run appears in the pre-cleaning photos with debris and doesn’t appear in the post-cleaning photos at all, that’s a documentation gap and we address it. If the post-cleaning photo shows a run is clean and you’re concerned it’s dirty again within the 365-day window, we look at the photos together first and go from there. The guarantee is in writing on your job record – not a policy we reserve the right to reinterpret.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Round Rock, serving Round Rock.