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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Air duct cleaning in Austin typically costs between $390 and $780 for a standard single-system home, depending on home size, ductwork condition, and how long it has been since the last cleaning. We’re Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, part of the Relay Home Co. family, and we coordinate every Austin job from our local office with one goal: a written price before work starts and before-and-after photos proving what was done. If you’re in Austin and your vents are blowing dust or your allergies spike every cedar season, call us at (737) 727-2314 for a straightforward quote.
Why Austin Homes Are Different
Austin’s housing stock spans three very different eras, and each one changes how we approach a duct cleaning job. The central neighborhoods – Hyde Park, Travis Heights, Allandale – hold homes built from the 1920s through the 1960s, many with original sheet-metal ductwork that has never been fully cleaned, original returns that pull air from crawl spaces, and a layer of decades-old construction dust sitting in the main trunk line. In the ring around that core, you find 1970s and 1980s builds in places like North Shoal Creek and River Place where duct runs are longer, flex duct sections are common, and tighter returns mean the blower works harder than it should. Then there’s the boom-era growth: Cedar Park, Round Rock, and the eastern corridor toward Manor are full of homes built since 2005 with more efficient systems but plenty of drywall dust and loose insulation that got sucked into the returns during construction and never removed.
Austin’s climate compounds all of this. We have two distinct allergy seasons, cedar from December through February and oak and ragweed in the spring, plus long stretches of high humidity that let dust and pollen bind to the interior surfaces of ductwork. Homes in west Austin near Lake Travis and along the Balcones Escarpment deal with more humidity and more airborne biological material than homes on the drier east side. Homes in Georgetown and Pflugerville deal with fine, powdery limestone dust. None of this is a generic “dusty home” problem; it is specific to the soil, the pollen load, and the age of the house, and it changes how thoroughly a duct system needs to be cleaned here.
Our Main Austin Services
Austin homeowners call us most often about two problems: dryer vents that have never been cleaned since the home was built, and air ducts that are pushing dust back into the living space every time the AC cycles. Here is what each job involves locally.
Dryer Vent Cleaning in Austin
Austin homes run their dryers year-round, and lint buildup is the number one preventable fire risk in the city, a fact local home inspectors flag constantly. Many Austin homes have dryers on interior walls with long, multi-turn vent runs, and older central Austin homes sometimes route the vent under the floor or through a crawl space. That design traps lint fast. Our Dryer Vent Cleaning in Austin page covers what a full cleaning entails, how we handle long runs with professional rotary brushes, and what a typical vent in a Hyde Park or Mueller home looks like before we start. Every job gets a written price and before-and-after photos.
Air Duct Cleaning in Austin
Air duct cleaning in Austin is not a quick shop-vac pass through a couple of registers. On a typical central Austin home, we are pulling years of compounded dust, pet dander, and cedar pollen out of the supply and return lines, and often finding that the system was never properly sealed at the plenum. The work takes a professional-grade negative-pressure setup so debris goes into a HEPA-filtered vacuum, not back into your living room. See Air Duct Cleaning in Austin for what you should expect to pay and how long a thorough job takes on a typical Austin floor plan. You will know the price before we touch a single register.
HVAC Cleaning in Austin
In Austin, the blower fan, evaporator coil, and condensate drain line are often coated in a mixture of dust and the kind of biofilm that thrives in humid air. That coating reduces efficiency and can make your system run noticeably longer during summer. Our HVAC Cleaning in Austin page explains what we clean on the mechanical side, why coil cleaning matters more in Austin’s humidity than in dry climates, and how we document every part of the job. It is the same standard: a written price before work starts, and photo proof when the work is done.
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.
Brands We Service in Austin
We service and work around systems from all major manufacturers, not a single brand. Our Austin technicians carry professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies, and we stock filtration products from Guardsman, Aprilaire, and Honeywell. If a job requires a part change during an HVAC cleaning, we typically have the common sizes on the truck, which keeps most Austin jobs to a single visit. You can browse our our brands page for more detail on what we run and why.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning Company in Austin, TX
These are the real ranges we quote on the phone, not teaser figures that change at the door. A typical Austin home falls in the middle of these ranges based on square footage, vent count, and system condition.
| Service | Typical range in Austin |
|---|---|
| Air duct cleaning, single system (up to 10 vents) | $390 – $580 |
| Air duct cleaning, single system (11 – 16 vents) | $530 – $720 |
| Air duct cleaning, single system (17 – 24 vents) | $650 – $980 |
| HVAC cleaning (blower, coil, drain line) | $280 – $450 |
| HVAC cleaning (full system incl. ducts) | $590 – $850 |
| Dryer vent cleaning, standard 0 – 10 ft run | $130 – $190 |
| Dryer vent cleaning, long 11 – 20 ft run | $180 – $260 |
| Dryer vent cleaning, multi-floor or second-story | $240 – $360 |
| Duct sanitizing or antimicrobial treatment | $150 – $300 |
What pushes a price toward the top of any of these ranges in Austin is usually multi-story construction, very long duct runs in larger homes, or a system that has not been touched since the day it was installed. The number we hand you before work starts is the number you pay. Nothing gets added at the door, and if the scope changes during the job, we stop and get your approval first. That is the Relay Standard, and it applies to every booking without exception.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Austin
We clean ducts and vents across the entire Austin metro area, from the older central neighborhoods to the newest subdivisions on the edge of the city. Here are a few areas where we work regularly:
- Hyde Park
- Travis Heights
- Mueller
- North Shoal Creek
- Circle C Ranch
When you book, you get a live trackable arrival window under The Relay Standard, so you are not stuck waiting on a four-hour guess. Most Austin neighborhoods can be reached within a single standard dispatch window on the day you book.
Service Area – Cities Near Austin
Our Austin office also dispatches crews to the communities just beyond the city line, including Pflugerville, TX, Cedar Park, TX, Manor, TX, and Round Rock, TX. If you live in one of those areas and want a clean system without a long service call delay, call us and we will schedule you on the same dispatch calendar. The same flat-price promise and photo documentation apply no matter which side of the city limits you are on.
Serving Austin, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Austin 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 Company in Austin
Most Austin homeowners can get a scheduled window within a few business days, and our live tracking under The Relay Standard means you see exactly when your technician will arrive. Call and tell us your neighborhood and system size, and we will give you a concrete time, not a four-hour range.
No. Neither the City of Austin nor any major Austin HOA restricts interior air duct, HVAC, or dryer vent cleaning. The work is inside your unit envelope, does not alter the exterior, and requires no permit. If your HOA has a rule about contractor access hours, we will work within those requirements.
Yes. We serve the full Austin metro area, including far west neighborhoods along the lake, east Austin out to Manor, and the southern corridor toward Buda and beyond. If you are unsure whether your ZIP code is covered, call us at (737) 727-2314 and we will confirm it on the spot. Estimates are always free.
If you have been breathing the same recirculated air for years and you want to know what is actually inside your ducts, call Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning at (737) 727-2314 today. We will give you a written price before any work starts, show you before-and-after photos, and back the entire job with our 365-Day Done Right Promise. Omar Haddad and the Austin team answer the phone directly, no voicemail runaround.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local air duct cleaning pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Austin Customers Say
"Booked a slot in the app, got a reminder text, and watched the crew's van on the map as it came. Cleaned all the vents and the main trunk. Easy from start to finish."
- Rob J."Cleaning plus HVAC coil clean. Tech texted when he was ten minutes away. No surprises on the price."
- Evan S."Dryer vent fix fixed the burning smell. The clog was behind the elbow and the whole laundry room smells normal now."
- Dennis K.