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 Hornsby Bend
Air duct cleaning in Hornsby Bend, TX typically runs $350 – $650 for a full system cleaning in an average single-family home, and the work is usually completed in half a day. We’re the team at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, and we know Hornsby Bend homes from Hunters Bend Road to the neighborhoods tucked up against the Colorado River. We serve the entire Hornsby Bend area with written pricing before any work starts and before-and-after photos of your own ducts. If you want a real answer on whether your ducts need cleaning right now, call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll talk it through, no pressure.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Hornsby Bend’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We operate as part of the Relay Home Co. family, founded 2005, and every Hornsby Bend booking runs on The Relay Standard. That means a live trackable arrival window, a written price handed to you before a single duct is touched, before-and-after photo documentation, and a digital invoice payable from your phone. Hornsby Bend homeowners tell us the same thing: they don’t want a coupon price that climbs once the van pulls up. Our price doesn’t change at the door.
Omar Haddad leads our team, and he’s built the way we work around one principle: total visibility from the first call to the final receipt. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform with professional-grade equipment: Rotobrush rotary brush systems, Nikro HEPA-rated vacuums, and Abatement Technologies containment units. You’ll know your tech’s name before they open the door. And every job, without exception, carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the work isn’t right within a full year, we come back and make it right at no charge.
We also don’t push cleanings that aren’t needed. That’s unusual in this trade, and you’ll notice it on the first phone call. Hornsby Bend deserves straight answers about what’s actually in the ducts, what it costs to remove it properly, and when the honest answer is “not yet.”
Air Duct Repair in Hornsby Bend
Air Duct Repair in Hornsby Bend addresses the physical condition of the duct system itself: disconnected runs, crushed flex duct, gaping joints, torn insulation, and sections of trunk line that have separated over years of thermal expansion in Texas heat. We see this in Hornsby Bend homes where the attic temperature swings from sweltering summers to near-freezing winter nights, slowly working connections loose. A disconnected return duct pulls attic air straight into your system, which means everything that settles in the attic ends up in your living room.
What the work involves here depends on what the camera inspection finds. We run a video scope through the trunk and branch lines, locate every separation and breach, and show you the footage before any repair is quoted. Repairs in Hornsby Bend typically run $150 – $400 for sealing and reconnecting a section of flex duct. Full trunk line replacement in larger homes can push higher, but you get a written price for the whole job before anything is cut or sealed.
Sealing and Reconnecting Duct Runs
Most homes in Hornsby Bend have at least one flex run that’s sagged or pulled loose from a register boot. We seal those joints with mastic, not duct tape, and secure the run so it holds.
If a section has collapsed, we replace that run and test the airflow before we leave. The written price covers the full repair, and every repair carries a written guarantee with a free second visit if it fails.
Return Duct Leak Repair
Return leaks pull attic air and insulation particles directly into the blower. In Hornsby Bend, where river-bottom dust and cottonwood seed build up in the return side, a leaking return turns a filtration problem into a constant source of indoor dust.
We find the breach with the camera, seal it with the right material for the duct type, and show you the repaired section in the before-and-after photos.
Ductwork Cleaning in Hornsby Bend
Ductwork Cleaning in Hornsby Bend is the full process: source removal through the supply ducts, return ducts, trunk lines, air handler, and blower motor. The term “source removal” matters because it’s the difference between actually removing the debris from your duct system versus fogging or spraying something that just knocks it down and lets it recirculate. We’ll explain exactly what that means for your home, and we’ll show you the result with camera photos of your own ducts.
In this part of the Colorado River bend, the ducts collect a specific mix: fine river-bottom silt carried in from the surrounding bottomlands, cottonwood seed in spring, and construction drywall dust from the development activity along FM 969 and the expanding neighborhoods near the river. That combination settles in the blower motor first, then gets redistributed through the supply runs every time the system cycles. A duct-only pass that skips the air handler just stirs that load back into the house. We clean the whole path, not just the registers.
Full System Cleaning Including Air Handler
We set up negative pressure using Nikro HEPA-rated extraction so loosened debris goes into the vacuum, not into your living room. Rotobrush rotary agitation breaks the caked layer loose from trunk walls and branch lines.
Then we clean the air handler and blower motor directly. That’s where the dust load in Hornsby Bend settles first, and skipping it undoes the whole job.
Video Inspection Before and After
Before we start, we run a camera down the main trunk to see what we’re dealing with. After cleaning, we run it again and hand you a tablet with the side-by-side photographs.
You won’t have to guess whether the work was actually done. The images are yours to keep.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hornsby Bend
We see every major residential brand in Hornsby Bend homes: Trane, Carrier, Lennox, Goodman, Rheem, and American Standard all appear in the neighborhoods we serve. The duckwork doesn’t care what badge is on the air handler, but the cleaning approach should. We match extraction pressure and agitation speed to the duct type, whether it’s rigid metal trunk or flex branch runs. We also service and install filtration from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman. When you call for Air Duct Cleaning, expect direct answers about what your specific system needs and what it doesn’t.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Hornsby Bend Homes
- River-bottom silt and cottonwood seed in the return duct. Homes along Hunters Bend Road and near the Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory side of the neighborhood sit close enough to the Colorado River floodplain that fine silt and seasonal cottonwood seed get pulled through the return side and settle in the blower motor.
- Construction dust from new builds and remodels. The growth along FM 969 means drywall dust, sawdust, and insulation particles circulating through supply ducts. A recent remodel without duct protection can leave the trunk lines carrying that dust for months.
- Disconnected flex runs in the attic. Sharp temperature swings between Texas summer and winter cycles loosen the connections on flex duct. A disconnected run means the system is pulling attic air, not return air, and that shows up as dust settling on furniture every time the system kicks on.
- Pervasive gray dust that returns within days of cleaning. When the air handler and blower motor are skipped, the dust load left there just gets redistributed through the supply ducts. Homeowners call us after a previous duct-only pass and say the dust came right back.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Hornsby Bend, TX
Here’s the straightforward cost picture for Hornsby Bend: a standard full system cleaning on a typical single-family home runs $350 – $650. That’s one flat price per system, agreed in writing before any work starts. We do not charge per vent, and we don’t arrive with a teaser price that climbs once the equipment is set up.
Larger homes with dual systems or extensive flex runs can run higher, and we’ll show you the written number before anything is touched. Air duct repair work is separate and typically starts around $150 – $400 for a reseal and reconnect, depending on what the camera inspection finds. Estimates are free. Call (737) 727-2314 and ask for Omar’s team; we’ll give you a real number based on your home’s size and system, not a generic brochure price.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hornsby Bend
Our Hornsby Bend customers often ask if we cover the wider region. We do. In addition to Hornsby Bend, we provide air duct cleaning in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. If you have family or rental property in those areas, the same upfront pricing and before-and-after photo documentation applies.
Serving Hornsby Bend, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hornsby Bend 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 Hornsby Bend
Most Hornsby Bend homes need a genuine source-removal cleaning every 3 to 5 years, not annually. If your home has pets, smokers, or recent remodeling, you may need it more often. If you have a clean filter, no pets or smokers, and no construction work, the honest answer is often “not yet.” Call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll help you figure out where your home actually falls on that timeline before recommending anything.
Per-vent pricing leaves the total unknown and puts the crew on a clock instead of doing the full source removal. We quote one flat price for the entire system, agreed in writing before we start, and that price does not change at the door. It’s the only way to keep the job focused on doing it right rather than working to a per-register count.
No, and we won’t pretend to. Duct cleaning is a scheduled job, not an emergency call, and rushing it doesn’t serve anyone. We’ll schedule a live trackable arrival window that works for you, give you a written price before work starts, and show up when we say we will.
Yes. Before we start, we run a video camera down the main trunk and show you what’s there. After the cleaning, we run it again and hand you side-by-side before-and-after photographs on our tablet. You’ll see exactly what changed in your own ducts, not a stock photo.
Source removal means physically extracting the debris from the duct system using negative pressure and HEPA filtration. Fogging or spraying just treats the surface and leaves the material in the ducts. In Hornsby Bend, where river silt and construction dust settle deep in the trunk lines and blower motor, source removal is the only method that actually eliminates the source of the dust. Call (737) 727-2314 for an exact quote on your system.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Hornsby Bend and the surrounding Texas region with transparent pricing and real before-and-after documentation.