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 Lago Vista
Air duct cleaning in Lago Vista typically costs between $390 and $720 for a full system on an average slab-foundation home, and the honest version of this job takes about half a day, not forty-five minutes. We’re Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, part of the Relay Home Co. family founded in 2005, and our crews know Lago Vista differently than a generic outfit running jobs from the other side of the lake. If you’re on Dawn Drive, Bar K, or up near the golf course at Highland Lake, the cedar pollen and caliche dust in your ducts behave the same way: fine, sticky in summer heat, and relentless from December through February. Call (737) 727-2314 and a live person answers, day or night.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Lago Vista’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Lago Vista sits on the windward side of the Texas Hill Country where Ashe juniper, the cedar everyone loves to blame, drops pollen so fine it passes through a standard filter and lands in your return ducts. Combine that with caliche dust, the chalky lime soil that turns to powder the moment it dries out, and you get a very specific kind of buildup. Most Lago Vista homes are on slab foundations with the air handler sitting in an unconditioned garage or attic. The dust that gets pulled through the return grille bakes onto the blower motor wheel and evaporator coil all summer long. That means duct cleaning here should start with a camera inspection of the air handler and return plenum, not just the branch runs. Our techs are background-checked and uniformed, so you know Omar Haddad’s team before the van pulls up. And every job runs on The Relay Standard: a live arrival window you track from your phone, before-and-after photos of your own ducts, and a written price before any work starts.
We’re held to The Relay Visibility Guarantee. It isn’t marketing language slapped on a website; it’s how every Cardinal booking operates. You see the price before we touch a duct. You see photos of the inside of your ducts after we finish. You get a digital invoice you can pay from a link. The 365-Day Done Right Promise extends across every job we take in Lago Vista: if the work isn’t right within a full year, we return and correct it at no charge. No fine print, no exclusions for certain services. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate on Air Duct Cleaning in your home.
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Lago Vista
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Lago Vista means something different than a house call. Offices, medical suites, and retail spaces along Lohman Ford Road and FM 1431 run larger air handlers, longer trunk lines, and higher occupancy loads. They also run longer hours, so a shut-down either happens before open or after close. Our commercial crews run Rotobrush rotary brush systems paired with Nikro HEPA vacuums for negative-pressure extraction, which means loosened debris moves straight into the vacuum rather than drifting back into the occupied space. A commercial job in Lago Vista generally runs $1,200 to $3,800 depending on square footage, number of rooftop units, and whether we are also cleaning the condenser coils and drain pans. Every commercial quote is written, flat, and delivered before work begins, same as residential.
Camera Inspection Before the Estimate
We scope the entire system with a digital inspection camera before quoting anything commercial. A feed with photos lets the building owner see exactly what’s in the ducts and what needs to happen. No surprises at invoicing.
Scheduled Around Your Hours
For clinics and offices on Dawn Drive or retail off Bronco Boulevard, we schedule commercial work at night or on weekends so the business does not close. You get the same before-and-after photo documentation and digital invoicing.
Air Duct Cleaning Services in Lago Vista
Air Duct Cleaning Services in Lago Vista start with a full system approach, not a per-vent upsell. We clean the supply ducts, return ducts, air handler, blower motor wheel, evaporator coil, and plenums. A standard single-system home here runs $390 to $720 on a flat per-system price, never a per-vent fee with add-ons for the air handler. Homes with the air handler in the attic, which describes much of Lago Vista’s hillside construction off Lohman Ford Road, collect more heat and more dust, so we typically add a coil cleaning into that quote. The process uses a Rotobrush agitation system to dislodge the caked pollen and caliche dust, then a Nikro HEPA vacuum pulls it out under negative pressure into sealed containment, never back into the living room.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
We clean every supply run and every return run. Lago Vista homes often have crushed return flex ducts in the attic, which restrict airflow and collect dust at the kink. If we find one during the camera pass, we can replace it right then, with the price agreed before the repair.

Full System Cleaning With Video Inspection
A full cleaning includes a before-and-after video inspection of the entire ductwork, air handler, blower wheel, and coil. You see the same footage we see. When Omar Haddad’s techs finish a job, you get a folder of photos showing the inside of your ducts, not a work order that just says “cleaned.”

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lago Vista
We service and clean systems built around Honeywell filtration, Aprilaire media cabinets, Guardsman UV units, and any conventional flex duct or sheet metal trunk. We keep Abatement Technologies containment bags and Nikro HEPA filtration on every van serving Lago Vista, so the equipment is right for the area’s fine dust, not a truck-mounted shop vac in disguise. If your Aprilaire filter housing is caked with cedar pollen after a bad winter, we can replace the media during the cleaning visit and show you the filled filter before it goes in the trash.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Lago Vista Homes
- Cedar pollen caked onto the blower motor wheel. December through February throws enough Ashe juniper pollen to coat the motor. That reduces airflow and the system works harder all summer. A camera inspection confirms it in about ten minutes.
- Crushed return flex ducts in attics. The thermal stress of a Texas summer and winter on an unconditioned attic collapses flex runs over time. The crushed section then starves the system and pulls dust from the attic into the ductwork.
- Caliche dust layered like plaster inside return plenums. The fine, alkaline soil of the Hill Country creates a powder that sticks when the system cycles. It does not blow out with a quick vacuum; it needs mechanical agitation.
- Per-vent pricing bait that doubles at the door. We regularly hear from Lago Vista homeowners who booked a low per-register price, then got hit with add-ons for the air handler, return ducts, or coil. Our price is one flat number per system, written before work starts, and it does not change.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Lago Vista, TX
A typical Air Duct Cleaning in Lago Vista runs $390 to $720 for a complete single-system home on a slab foundation, and $550 to $950 when the air handler sits in the attic or the system includes a media filter cabinet, UV light, or multiple returns. Commercial spaces with larger trunks start around $1,200 and top out near $3,800 for multi-unit rooftops. What moves the number: the number of systems, access difficulty, whether we are replacing a collapsed flex run, and whether the coil needs a separate chemical clean. We do not charge per vent. We do not add an air handler fee after the fact. The quote is flat, written, and handed to you before work starts. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate, and we’ll send a live-arrival window you can track from your phone.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lago Vista
Our crews run Air Duct Cleaning in Lago Vista and across the surrounding metros. We also serve Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, so if you have family or a rental property in one of those markets, the same flat-price standard and 365-Day Done Right Promise applies. One call to (737) 727-2314 handles any of them.
Serving Lago Vista, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lago Vista 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 Lago Vista
Every three to five years for a typical Lago Vista home, and more often if you’re near the lake on Dawn Drive or Bar K where cedar pollen blows thicker, if you have pets, or if anyone in the house has allergies. A home with a new Aprilaire filter cabinet changed regularly can stretch toward five years. One with a cheap fiberglass filter, a shedding dog, and the air handler in an unconditioned attic probably needs it closer to three. Call (737) 727-2314 and we can camera-scope your system first, so you’re deciding on evidence, not a guess.
Flat price per system. One written number covers the entire supply side, return side, air handler, blower motor wheel, coil, and plenums. Per-vent pricing is how operations in this trade get a cheap number in front of you and then mark it up once they’re standing in your hallway. We hand you the full written price before a single duct is touched, and it does not change at the door. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free flat-price quote.
Yes. Every job includes before-and-after photo documentation of the interior of your ducts, the blower wheel, and the coil. It is part of The Relay Standard that every Cardinal job runs on. You see what we saw through the inspection camera before cleaning, and you see the same sections after. If a duct could not be reached or a section needed a repair, that’s in the photos too. No vague “system cleaned” work order.
We use a Rotobrush rotary brush system to agitate the debris loose, a Nikro HEPA vacuum running negative pressure to extract it, and Abatement Technologies containment to make sure nothing escapes into the living space. Negative-pressure extraction means the air is moving toward the vacuum at all times, so the loosened pollen and caliche dust goes into the HEPA-filtered containment bag instead of drifting back into your living room. Call (737) 727-2314 for more detail on our equipment lineup.
Yes, and in Lago Vista we insist on it. The air handler and blower motor wheel are where the cedar pollen and caliche dust accumulate. Skipping that part of the job leaves the source intact, and the ducts recontaminate within weeks. Every full system cleaning includes the air handler, blower wheel, evaporator coil, and both plenums, documented with photos. If we find a crushed return flex duct or a failed motor mount, we quote the repair separately and get your written approval before any work is done.
Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning serves all of Lago Vista, including the lakefront streets off Lohman Ford Road, the Highland Lake golf course neighborhoods, and the hillside homes along Dawn Drive. We know this area’s duct problems because we work here every week. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate, a written price before any work begins, and a booking you can track from your phone. You know the tech’s name before you open the door.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Lago Vista with flat-price duct cleaning and the 365-Day Done Right Promise.




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