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 Hicksville
Air duct cleaning in Hicksville typically runs $450 – $850 for a full residential system and is usually scheduled within a few business days. Most jobs take 3 – 5 hours and include a written price before any work starts.
We’ve been working in Hicksville long enough to know the difference between a quick vacuum job and a real clean. The Levitt ranches and Cape Cods built here in the 1950s and 60s have ductwork that was never designed for modern HVAC loads, and after decades of oil-to-gas conversions, basement finish-outs, and piecemeal renovations, what’s hiding in those trunk lines is usually more than dust. Our crews serve Hicksville from our New York City office, dispatching with Rotobrush rotary systems and Nikro negative-air machines, background-checked and uniformed, arriving inside the quoted window. If you’re in a ranch off Newbridge Road or a Cape near the Hicksville LIRR station, we’ve probably already worked a house on your block. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Hicksville’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Hollis Air Duct Cleaning operates under The Garrison Standard, and that means something specific in Hicksville: we arrive when we said we would, we price the job in writing before touching your system, and we leave the site clean. No exceptions.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. You know who’s walking into your home before they arrive. And our phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No voicemail loops, no callback queues, no waiting until Monday for a scheduling question.
Every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the work fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That’s written on every invoice, not implied.
We know Hicksville’s housing stock. The original sheet-metal ducts in these Levitt homes weren’t sealed with mastic at the joints, they weren’t sized for the heat pumps and high-efficiency gas furnaces people install now, and they weren’t meant to handle the humidity and pollen loads that Long Island summers push through the system. When we clean a duct system here, we’re also looking for the disconnected runs, the crushed branches behind finished basement walls, and the joint leaks that make upstairs rooms stuffy in July and cold in January.
Air Duct Repair in Hicksville
Air Duct Repair in Hicksville means fixing the disconnected, crushed, or leaking ductwork we find inside walls, behind finished basements, and at the air handler itself. In a typical Levitt-era home here, we expect to find original trunk lines that leak at every joint after an oil-to-gas conversion, second-floor branch runs that were added without proper sizing, and renovation debris packed into returns. Repair costs in Hicksville generally run $200 – $600 for sealing and reconnection work, with full branch duct replacement ranging $400 – $900 when a crushed or disconnected run must be opened up behind a wall.
Sealing Leaky Trunk Lines
Original 1950s sheet-metal ducts in Hicksville ranches were joined with snap-lock seams and tape that has dried out over sixty years. After an oil-to-gas conversion, the higher static pressure of a modern furnace blows conditioned air into basements and wall cavities instead of bedrooms. We seal every accessible joint with duct mastic and mechanical fasteners, then pressure-test to confirm the fix. Without this step, a clean duct system just re-distributes dust through the same leaks.
Reconnecting Disconnected Branch Runs
We find disconnected branch ducts at the air handler or inside finished basement walls more often than you’d expect. A camera inspection shows the break, but the real work is accessing it without destroying your basement. Our crews carry the tools to make surgical cuts, reconnect the run, seal it properly, and restore the wall. The homeowner near the Hicksville LIRR station whose second-floor bedrooms never moved air? That was a disconnected branch at the plenum. After reconnection and sealing, the rooms finally balanced.
Ductwork Cleaning in Hicksville
Ductwork Cleaning in Hicksville is source removal: we agitate debris loose from duct walls and extract it under negative pressure with HEPA filtration, not a shop vacuum pushed through a vent cover. A full system clean for a typical 1,500 – 2,000 square foot Levitt home runs $450 – $850, depending on how many trunk lines, branch runs, and returns we find, and how much renovation dust or debris has accumulated. We clean supply ducts, return ducts, the main trunk line, and the air handler cabinet. Camera inspection before and after shows you what came out.
Negative-Air Method with Rotary Agitation
We connect a Nikro negative-air machine to your trunk line, creating suction that pulls airborne particles through a HEPA filter before they reach your home. Inside each branch, a Rotobrush rotary brush scrubs the duct walls while the negative-air machine draws the loosened debris out. This matters in Hicksville because original sheet-metal ducts have seam ridges and corners where packed dust sits for decades. Surface vacuuming misses it. Agitation plus extraction removes it.
What We Find in Older Hicksville Systems
Basement conversions along the Broadway corridor have left returns clogged with drywall dust, insulation fragments, and debris that fell into open ducts during renovation. In older Cape Cods, second-floor ducts are often flex duct crammed through spaces too small, compressed to the point of blocking airflow. We document everything with before-and-after photos of your own ducts, not stock images. You see what was in there and what we removed.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hicksville
Our equipment comes from the same suppliers commercial crews use: Rotobrush rotary brush systems for mechanical agitation inside ductwork, Nikro negative-air machines for controlled debris extraction, and filtration products from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman for homes that need upgraded air cleaning after the ducts are clean. We don’t show up with hardware-store gear. For Hicksville homeowners with older systems, we also stock sealing materials and replacement fittings sized for the original Levitt-era duct dimensions, so if we find a disconnected or leaking run during cleaning, we can fix it on the same visit instead of scheduling a return trip.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Hicksville Homes
- Oil-to-gas conversion leaks: When Hicksville homeowners switched from oil heat to natural gas or high-efficiency furnaces, the new equipment moved air at higher pressure than the 1950s ducts were built for. Every unsealed joint now leaks, sending heated or cooled air into basements and wall cavities instead of living spaces. Cleaning without sealing just re-distributes dust through the same gaps.
- Second-floor starvation in Cape Cods: The second-floor ducts in Hicksville’s Levitt Cape Cods were added as afterthoughts, often with undersized branch runs or sharp bends that choke airflow. Homeowners blame dirty ducts, but the real problem is a duct that was never sized to carry enough air upstairs. We find this with camera inspection and fix it with proper reconnection or resizing.
- Renovation debris in basement conversions: Finished basements near the Broadway corridor and around Hicksville’s older neighborhoods often have returns clogged with drywall dust, wood shavings, and insulation that fell into open ductwork during construction. A surface vacuum misses the packed debris in the main trunk. We extract it with negative-air suction and rotary agitation.
- Humidity and mold in summer: Long Island’s humid summers push moisture through leaks in ductwork, especially in basements where cool supply lines meet warm, damp air. We find mold staining and musty odors in returns that pull from damp basement spaces. Cleaning removes the biological growth; sealing the leaks stops it from returning.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Hicksville, NY
A typical residential duct cleaning in Hicksville runs $450 – $850 for a full system, depending on the home’s size, the number of trunk and branch lines, and what we find when we open the system. Commercial duct cleaning for small offices or retail spaces in the Hicksville area generally starts around $800 and scales with system complexity. Dryer vent cleaning, which we often pair with duct cleaning in Hicksville homes, typically runs $150 – $250 as an add-on.
What moves the price: homes with finished basements where access is limited, systems that haven’t been cleaned in 20+ years and require extended agitation time, and jobs where we find disconnected or crushed ducts that need repair before cleaning is worthwhile. We don’t quote per-vent teaser prices that balloon at the door. We inspect, we write the full price, and that’s what you pay. Every estimate is free. Call (361) 326-5060 to schedule.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hicksville
Our crews work throughout central Nassau County, including Hicksville, Levittown, Hempstead, Freeport, and Long Beach. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our New York City office, with local crews serving each area. If you’re in a neighboring community and your home has the same Levitt-era ductwork, the same rules apply: we’ll inspect, price it in writing, and clean or repair by the book. Learn more about our full Air Duct Cleaning services and coverage.
Serving Hicksville, NY - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hicksville 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 Hicksville
The second-floor ducts in Levitt Cape Cods were added after the original build, often with undersized branch runs or sharp bends that choke airflow. We camera-inspect to find crushed, disconnected, or undersized runs, then reconnect, resize, or seal as needed. Call (361) 326-5060 for an exact quote – estimates are free.
Yes. Oil-to-gas conversions in Hicksville ranches usually mean a higher-static-pressure furnace pushing through ducts that were never sealed at the joints. We clean with rotary agitation and negative-air extraction, but we also seal every accessible joint with mastic to stop the leaks that waste energy and starve rooms. The clean and the seal go together here.
We connect a negative-air machine to your trunk line, run rotary brushes through every branch duct to agitate debris loose, and extract it all through HEPA filtration. We camera-inspect before and after, photo-document what we removed, and check for disconnected or leaking runs at the air handler and behind walls. If we find a repair need, we price it in writing before proceeding.
It’s especially worth it if the ducts have never been sealed. Original sheet-metal ducts in Hicksville homes collect decades of dust, but more importantly, they leak at every joint. Cleaning alone helps; cleaning plus sealing fixes the uneven temperatures and high utility bills that come from blowing conditioned air into your basement. We price both options so you can decide.
Yes. Dryer vent cleaning is a common add-on to duct cleaning in Hicksville, where lint buildup in long vent runs through finished basements creates a genuine fire hazard. We clean the full vent path from the dryer to the exterior termination, typically $150 – $250 when bundled with a duct cleaning job. Call (361) 326-5060 to add it to your appointment.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving Hicksville since 2004.