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 Duct Sealing Across Reynoldsburg
We seal ductwork in Reynoldsburg’s older ranch homes, split-levels, and two-story brick houses the way the job actually demands: by getting to the leaks that matter, not just the ones you can see from the floor vent. Our crews work out of the Cleveland office and serve Reynoldsburg directly, carrying the tools and mastic to fix galvanized trunk lines buried in finished basements, disconnected branch runs behind hallway drywall, and register boots that have been leaking since the Johnson administration. If your forced-air system roars but the back bedrooms stay cold, or your energy bills climb every summer while the AC runs nonstop, the problem is usually in the ducts you cannot reach from the living room. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll give you a written price before we cut a single access panel.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Reynoldsburg’s Preferred Duct Sealing Company
We’ve been in business since 2004 as part of the Garrison Partners family, and our Duct Sealing team has worked enough Reynoldsburg homes to know the difference between a 1962 ranch off Main Street and a 1980s split-level near Brice Road. The Garrison Standard means our technicians arrive inside the quoted window, price the job in writing before touching your system, and leave the site clean – no exceptions, no callbacks for manners.
Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every duct sealing job in writing: if a seal fails, a branch pulls loose, or airflow drops back to where it started, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That promise is backed by background-checked, uniformed technicians who carry photo ID and explain what they’re cutting into before they start. Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – no voicemail loops, no “we’ll call you back Monday.”
We don’t compete on the lowest teaser price. We compete on the price that stays the same when the van is in your driveway. One flat price per system, agreed before work starts, with before-and-after photos of your own ducts so you know what got fixed.
Air Duct Sealing in Reynoldsburg
Air Duct Sealing in Reynoldsburg means addressing the original 2×4 and 3×4 inch galvanized supply ducts that builders installed in the 1960s and 1970s, often undersized by modern standards and now choked with rust scale and lint after 50-plus years of family life. A typical whole-system seal in Reynoldsburg runs $1,200 – $2,400 depending on how many access panels we need to cut, whether branch runs have disconnected entirely, and whether the fibrous duct liner in your attic or crawl space has degraded to the point of removal. Homes with original hard-metal trunk lines near Main Street and Livingston Avenue usually fall at the higher end; newer flex-duct subdivisions on the east side are often simpler.
What We Seal and Why It Leaks
We find three failure modes in Reynoldsburg’s older housing stock: pinhole rust-through on galvanized branch pipes buried in finished basements, disconnected joints where decades of vibration have shaken screws loose, and register boots that leak conditioned air into wall cavities before it ever reaches your rooms. Sealing these requires reaching the duct, not just the vent cover. We cut access panels in hallways, reconnect branches, and seal every joint with mastic and mesh – the same method commercial crews use, explained in plain terms before we start.
When Sealing Becomes the Right Call
You’ll know it’s time when rooms at the end of the duct run stay 8 – 10 degrees off the thermostat setting, when your blower motor runs longer but delivers less air, or when your summer electric bill spikes despite the AC never cycling off. In Reynoldsburg’s humid climate, leaking return ducts also pull attic air and crawl space moisture directly into your living space, loading your system with pollen, mold spores, and humidity it was never designed to handle.
Duct Sealing Services in Reynoldsburg
Duct Sealing Services in Reynoldsburg from Hollis include full-system inspection with video scope where accessible, written pricing before any cutting begins, and completion by The Garrison Code: tarp and seal any shared walls – especially kitchen walls where the furnace closet sits – cut access panels only where necessary, reconnect disconnected runs, seal with mastic and mesh, test static pressure and airflow, and photograph the finished work. A typical Reynoldsburg job takes 4 – 6 hours for an older ranch with buried galvanized lines, 2 – 3 hours for newer flex-duct homes. Whole-system pricing ranges from $1,200 – $2,400 with no per-vent add-ons and no price change at the door.
Source Removal Before Sealing
We do not seal over dirty substrate. In Reynoldsburg’s 1970s-80s installations with fibrous duct liner, Central Ohio’s humid summers and freeze-thaw winters create condensation that feeds mold growth. Sealing over that liner traps moisture and spores behind your new mastic. Where we find degraded liner, we remove it, treat the metal, and then seal – so the fix lasts.

Kitchen and Living Space Protection
On a 1968 brick ranch off Livingston Avenue, our tech pulled the return grille and found the original 2×4 galvanized trunk choked with rust scale and lint, with three disconnected branch runs dumping conditioned air straight into the finished basement ceiling. We tarped and sealed the kitchen wall – the furnace closet shares it, and disturbing the return pan would have blown 50 years of attic insulation and drywall dust into the pantry – then cut two access panels in the hallway, reconnected the branches, and sealed every leaking joint with mastic and mesh. The blower motor amperage dropped and the homeowners finally got airflow to the back bedrooms. That’s how we work every Reynoldsburg job where the furnace closet borders living space.

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 Reynoldsburg
We carry professional-grade equipment and materials from Rotobrush, Nikro, Abatement Technologies, Aprilaire, and Guardsman – the same tools and filtration products commercial crews rely on, not hardware-store caulk guns and foil tape. For Reynoldsburg homeowners, this means we stock mastic, mesh, and register boots sized for your original galvanized system, so we’re not ordering parts while your hallway sits open. Our rotary brush systems and negative-air machines handle source removal on hard-metal ducts that haven’t been cleaned since the Carter administration, and our Aprilaire and Guardsman filtration products replace the original return grilles with sealed, filtered assemblies that stop the leaks at the entry point. Fast turnaround because the right parts are on the van.
Common Duct Sealing Problems We See in Reynoldsburg Homes
- Undersized galvanized trunks choked with rust. The original 2×4 and 3×4 inch supply ducts in Reynoldsburg’s 1960s-70s ranches were barely adequate when new; after 50 years of rust scale and lint accumulation, they’re often passing half the designed airflow. Sealing without cutting access panels just locks the restriction in place.
- Disconnected branch runs behind finished ceilings. Vibration, gravity, and decades of duct tape drying out leave branch pipes dumping heated or cooled air into basements and crawl spaces instead of bedrooms. We find these with blower-door testing and infrared, then cut precise access panels to reconnect and seal them.
- Fibrous liner degraded by Central Ohio humidity. Condensation in unconditioned attics and crawl spaces during our humid summers and freeze-thaw winters breaks down the fibrous liner common on 1970s-80s installations. Sealing over wet, moldy liner is a temporary fix that fails within a season; we remove it first.
- Leaking register boots on hard-metal systems. Near Main Street and Livingston Avenue, original register boots leak at every joint where they meet the floor or wall. But sealing these without addressing the undersized duct behind them can overwork your blower motor by increasing static pressure. We measure airflow before and after to make sure the fix doesn’t create a new problem.
Pricing for Duct Sealing in Reynoldsburg, OH
A typical whole-system duct sealing in Reynoldsburg runs $1,200 – $2,400. Smaller homes with accessible crawl spaces and minimal rust may fall near $1,200; older ranches near Main Street with buried galvanized lines, multiple disconnected branches, and degraded liner requiring removal before sealing typically reach $2,000 – $2,400. What moves the price: how many access panels we need to cut and repair, whether branch runs have fully separated and require reconnection, whether fibrous liner removal is necessary, and whether register boots need replacement rather than just sealing.
We give one flat price per system, written down before any work starts. No per-vent pricing. No coupon that balloons once the technician is inside. We photograph your ducts before we start and after we finish, so you see what got fixed. Estimates are free. Call (361) 326-5060 to schedule.
We Also Serve Cities Near Reynoldsburg
Our crews work throughout the eastern Columbus metro, including Duct Sealing in Reynoldsburg and neighboring Pickerington, Pataskala, Groveport, and Canal Winchester. Each community has its own housing stock and duct challenges; we bring the same written pricing, 365-Day Done Right Promise, and live-answer phones to every job.
Serving Reynoldsburg, OH - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Reynoldsburg 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 Duct Sealing in Reynoldsburg
Original 2×4 and 3×4 inch galvanized supply ducts in Reynoldsburg’s 1960s-70s ranches were buried in finished basements and hallway walls, with branch runs that have rusted, disconnected, or choked with lint over 50-plus years. We cannot reach these leaks from the floor vent. Cutting access panels in hallways lets us reconnect branches, remove degraded liner, and seal joints with mastic and mesh – the only method that fixes the actual problem. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free inspection and written estimate.
No. Sealing over mold-contaminated fibrous liner traps moisture and spores behind the mastic, and the mold returns within a season. In Reynoldsburg’s climate, we remove degraded liner first, treat the metal substrate, then seal. That sequence costs more upfront but lasts. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll scope your ducts to see what condition the liner is in.
We tarp and seal the kitchen wall before touching the return pan or cutting any access panels. In Reynoldsburg’s older homes, the furnace closet often shares a wall with the kitchen, and disturbing the return can blow decades of attic insulation, mouse droppings, and drywall dust straight into the pantry. Our crew tarped and sealed a 1968 brick ranch off Livingston Avenue exactly this way before reconnecting three disconnected branch runs. The kitchen stayed clean. Call (361) 326-5060 to discuss your layout.
Sealing leaks improves airflow to the rooms that were being shortchanged, but it cannot make an undersized 2×4 or 3×4 inch duct carry the volume a modern system demands. In Reynoldsburg’s older homes, we often find that sealing plus reconnecting disconnected branches gets homeowners back to acceptable performance without full duct replacement. We measure static pressure and airflow before and after so you know exactly what changed. Call (361) 326-5060 for a system evaluation.
Central Ohio’s maple and oak canopy loads Reynoldsburg’s return grilles with pollen earlier than more open suburbs, and leaking return ducts pull that pollen – plus attic dust and crawl space moisture – directly into your system. Sealing the return side stops that infiltration, but we also recommend upgrading to a sealed, filtered return assembly during the job. We stock Aprilaire and Guardsman filtration products sized for your original grilles. Call (361) 326-5060 to include filtration in your sealing estimate.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving Reynoldsburg and the eastern Columbus metro since 2004.




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