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.
Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Cheney
Air duct cleaning in Cheney, WA runs $340 – $690 for a typical single-family home with one furnace and 10 – 16 vents. We schedule most Cheney jobs within 3 – 5 business days, and every appointment comes with a written price before we touch a single duct. Omar Haddad leads our Cheney crews, and he knows exactly what decades of Palouse dust and older ductwork do to a home’s air system. Call (737) 727-2314 and you’ll get a live person, not a recording.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Cheney’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Cheney homeowners deal with a specific set of duct problems that generic cleaning companies miss entirely. Homes around Eastern Washington University, the Salnave district, and the older blocks off 1st Street were built when duct sealing was an afterthought. Supply trunks run through unconditioned crawlspaces. Return ducts travel through hot attics. The result is a system that pulls outdoor dust, rodent debris, and insulation particles into the living space year-round. We clean ducts with that reality in mind, not as a generic vacuum job.
Our Air Duct Cleaning team shows up in uniform, background-checked, and carrying Rotobrush brush systems and Nikro HEPA vacuums. You’ll know your technician’s name before they knock. The price you get before work starts is the price you pay when the job is done. That’s the whole point of how we operate in Cheney.
Air Duct Inspection in Cheney
Air Duct Inspection in Cheney is a camera walkthrough of your entire duct system, from the return grilles to the supply registers and every plenum in between. We run a push camera through the main trunk lines and branch runs, looking for disconnected sections, rodent activity, moisture damage, and the leaky joints that plague Cheney’s older homes. A full video inspection runs $150 – $250 as a standalone service, and we discount it to $95 when you book a full Cheney duct cleaning with it.
Camera Inspection Before Any Big Job
Before we quote a full cleaning on a home built before 1990, we strongly recommend a camera pass. It tells us what’s actually inside your ducts. It also tells you, because we send you the footage. No guessing, no vague descriptions of what we “found” after the fact.
When an Inspection Makes Sense on Its Own
Bought a house in Cheney and don’t know the last time the ducts were cleaned? Smell something odd in one bedroom but not others? A standalone inspection answers those questions for a flat fee and gives you a recorded baseline. If the inspection turns up real problems, we apply the fee toward the cleaning.
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Cheney
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Cheney means cleaning the entire system: supply ducts, return ducts, the plenum, the air handler, and the blower assembly. We don’t skip the air handler to save time. That’s where a lot of the worst debris accumulates, especially in homes near campus with older HVAC units. A full residential cleaning in Cheney runs $340 – $690, and that price is written down and handed to you before work begins.
How We Handle Older Ductwork
Cheney’s pre-1990 homes need more than brushing. We use negative-pressure extraction, which means the loosened debris goes straight into a HEPA-filtered vacuum instead of blowing back into your living room. Then we address the leaks we find, because an unsealed supply trunk in a crawlspace just keeps pulling outside air and dust back in. We also offer Dryer Vent Cleaning in Cheney to remove another common source of home airflow problems.
What You Get When We Finish
You get before-and-after photos of your own ducts, not stock images from a brochure. You get a written summary of what we removed and what we sealed. And you get the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the work isn’t right within 365 days, we return and correct it at no charge.
Trusted Brands We Service in Cheney
We work on virtually every duct system found in Cheney homes, including systems built around Honeywell and Aprilaire filtration components, and we stock Guardsman registers and filters for quick replacements. When a cleaning reveals a damaged register boot or a split plenum tape seal, we’re usually able to fix it on the spot rather than scheduling a return visit. That matters when you’re dealing with a leaky return trunk pulling attic air into your upstairs bedroom.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Cheney Homes
- Leaky supply trunks in crawlspaces. Cheney’s older homes near downtown and the university often have unsealed duct joints in unconditioned crawlspaces. The negative pressure pulls in dust, rodent nesting material, and whatever else is down there, then recirculates it through the house.
- Rodent debris in return ducts. Attic return runs are warm in winter, and mice find them. We regularly pull nesting material, droppings, and food caches from return trunks in Cheney houses. A standard filter change does nothing for this.
- Dryer lint packed deep in the duct line. Cheney’s dry, static-heavy air dries lint fast, and it cakes onto duct walls. We run a rotary brush down the full dryer vent line, which a shop-vac at the wall outlet can’t do.
- Per-vent quote games from other companies. You call for a quote, they give you a per-vent price, then the job somehow doubles once they’re inside. We quote one flat price per system, in writing, before work starts. It does not change at the door.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Cheney, WA
A standard whole-home duct cleaning in Cheney runs $340 – $690. The final number depends on system size, the number of returns, and how much sealing work the ducts need. Full system cleaning, which includes the air handler, blower wheel, and all supply and return plenums, runs $500 – $800. Commercial duct cleaning runs $0.25 – $0.50 per square foot. Every quote is a single flat number, agreed before we start. No per-vent pricing. No upsell at the door. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cheney
Beyond Air Duct Cleaning in Cheney, our crews cover Medical Lake, Airway Heights, Spokane, and Mead. Scheduling runs from our Seattle dispatch office, but the technicians on your doorstep are local and know the area. We coordinate jobs across the West Plains without long wait times.
Serving Cheney, WA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cheney 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 Cheney
Every 3 – 5 years for most homes, but Cheney’s older housing stock often needs it sooner. Homes near Eastern Washington University or in the Salnave district with unsealed ducts pulling crawlspace air should consider every 2 – 3 years. Homes with pets, recent renovations, or smokers in the household fall on the shorter end too. Call (737) 727-2314 and Omar can give you an honest recommendation based on your specific house.
Per system. Always. One flat price for the entire duct system, written down before any work begins. We don’t do per-vent pricing because it creates an incentive to rush through vents and skip the plenum, air handler, and trunk lines, which is where the worst debris lives in Cheney homes.
You get before-and-after photographs of your own ducts, shot with our camera during the job. You also get a written summary of what we removed and any leaks we sealed. If you want to watch the work happen, you’re welcome to. If you’d rather verify afterward, the photos tell the story. Call (737) 727-2314 and ask about our documentation standard.
Not reliably. We schedule most Cheney jobs within 3 – 5 business days. Same-day promises from cleaning companies usually mean a rushed job with a manufacturer-rebranded shop-vac instead of real extraction equipment. We’d rather schedule you properly and do it right.
We run Rotobrush rotary brush systems, Nikro HEPA vacuums, and Abatement Technologies containment units. That’s professional-grade source-removal equipment, not a truck-mounted vacuum with a brush attachment. The Nikro HEPA filtration matters in Cheney’s older homes because it keeps loosened debris from recirculating into your living space.
Ready to get your ducts actually clean? Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate. You’ll talk to a live person, get a straight answer on pricing, and know exactly what to expect before we ever set foot in your Cheney home.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Cheney and the surrounding West Plains communities.




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