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 New Braunfels
Air duct cleaning in New Braunfels typically runs $350 – $650 for a full residential system and $800 – $2,400 for commercial jobs, with most homes completed in a single visit. Our crews dispatch from the San Antonio office and carry Rotobrush rotary systems and Nikro negative-air machines through neighborhoods from downtown’s German-era streets to the new subdivisions off Loop 337 and FM 306. We’re familiar with the two very different duct worlds here: historic homes with original sheet-metal trunks and asbestos-era wrap, and the flex-duct new builds in Veramendi and Vintage Oaks where builder-grade joints trap pollen from day one. Call (361) 326-5060 for a written estimate before any work starts.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is New Braunfels’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2004, and our Air Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels follows The Garrison Standard: arrive inside the window, price in writing, complete the job by the book, leave the site clean. New Braunfels homeowners know the difference between a crew that shows up uniformed and accountable and one that sends a single technician in an unmarked van with a shop-vac. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed; you know who’s walking into your home before they arrive.
Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail loops, no callback queues, no waiting until Monday for a scheduling question. Every job receives a written price before work begins and is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the work fails within a year, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That’s not a slogan; it’s printed on every invoice.
We understand the local conditions that affect your ducts. The cedar pollen season from December through February, the spring oak pollen dump that leaves yellow-green dust on cars and registers, the humid corridors near the Guadalupe River where mold and mildew find ductwork that stays damp through long cooling seasons. A homeowner near Landa Park has different problems than one in the Creekside area off FM 306, and we start the diagnostic from the housing era, not just the symptom.
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels addresses the full supply and return network, registers, grilles, and the air handler cabinet, using source-removal methods that extract debris rather than pushing it deeper into the system. A typical full residential cleaning in New Braunfels runs $350 – $650 for a single-system home, with larger homes or multiple zones reaching $750 – $950. Homes on unpaved roads or rural properties around the Hill Country perimeter often fall toward the higher end due to heavier caliche dust loading and extended run times.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air into your rooms; return ducts pull it back to the air handler. In New Braunfels, the return side is where we find the real problem: cedar pollen, oak pollen, and mold spores bind to dust and form a sticky film that ordinary vacuuming won’t dislodge. We use rotary brush agitation followed by negative-air extraction to pull the debris out of the duct, not redistribute it.
Video Inspection Before and After
Our techs run a camera through the trunk lines before starting work, so you see what we’re dealing with and we don’t miss hidden blockages or disconnected flex duct. After cleaning, we run the camera again. You get before-and-after footage of your own ducts, not a generic photo from another job. This matters especially in New Braunfels’s older homes, where original sheet-metal ducts may have separated joints or asbestos-wrap damage that cleaning alone won’t fix.
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels serves restaurants, medical offices, retail spaces, and multi-tenant buildings along I-35, the SH 46 corridor, and the growing business parks near Loop 337. Commercial jobs typically range from $800 for small retail suites to $2,400 or more for multi-zone systems with rooftop units, with pricing based on linear footage of duct, number of air handlers, and access difficulty. We schedule after-hours or weekend work to avoid disrupting your operations.
HEPA-Contained Source Removal
Commercial spaces in New Braunfels, especially restaurants and healthcare facilities, require HEPA filtration on the extraction equipment to prevent cross-contamination between zones. Our Nikro negative-air machines maintain containment throughout the cleaning process, and we document airflow readings before and after to verify the system is performing to spec.
Kitchen Exhaust and Make-Up Air
Restaurants along the San Marcos and Seguin corridors often need coordinated cleaning of kitchen exhaust hoods and make-up air ducts alongside the general HVAC system. We coordinate these services to minimize downtime and ensure the entire air path meets fire-safety and health-department standards.
Trusted Brands We Service in New Braunfels
Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush rotary brush systems for residential agitation cleaning, Nikro negative-air machines for commercial containment jobs, and filtration products from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman. We stock common filtration components locally, so a New Braunfels customer who needs a MERV upgrade or a media-filter replacement after cleaning doesn’t wait on shipping. The same Abatement Technologies HEPA gear we use in medical-office cleans is what we bring to your home; there’s no separate “residential grade” that cuts corners.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in New Braunfels Homes
- Cedar pollen bound to caliche road dust. On rural properties and unpaved drive approaches around New Braunfels, crews sometimes skip the camera inspection and miss that the green-yellow film on registers is cedar pollen stuck to dust from caliche roads, not ordinary lint. They clean the supply side and leave the sticky return-side film intact, so the smell and allergens recirculate within weeks.
- Builder-grade flex duct in new subdivisions. Homes in Veramendi, Vintage Oaks, and Creekside built in the last five years often have flexible R-6 or R-8 duct with many joints, and those joints loosen or collapse partially, trapping pollen and construction debris from day one. The “new house smell” is often off-gassing and trapped particulate, not freshness.
- Wood-heat ash loading in blower motors. Hill Country households heating with wood stoves or fireplaces get assumed to need the same June cleaning schedule as heat-pump homes. Ash and soot lodge in the blower motor and air handler rather than moving through the ducts, so a duct-only clean leaves the smell and ash load behind. We inspect the air handler as part of every full-system cleaning.
- Outbuilding systems treated as line items. Detached shops, guest quarters, and barn offices on rural New Braunfels properties have different run lengths, filter ratings, and dust loading than the main house. Scheduling them as one visit with the main house overruns the appointment and leaves one system half-done. We quote them separately so each gets adequate time and the right equipment.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels, TX
| Service | Typical Range in New Braunfels |
|---|---|
| Full residential system cleaning (single zone) | $350 – $650 |
| Large home or multi-zone residential | $750 – $950 |
| Commercial duct cleaning (small retail/office) | $800 – $1,400 |
| Commercial multi-zone or rooftop systems | $1,800 – $2,400+ |
| Video inspection only | $150 – $250 |
| Dryer vent cleaning (add-on or standalone) | $120 – $200 |
What moves the price: system size, number of registers and returns, accessibility of the air handler, and the amount of debris extraction required. A home on a paved street in town with light dust loading falls at the lower end. A rural property off an unpaved road with heavy cedar pollen accumulation, or a home with disconnected flex duct that needs resealing, falls higher. We give one flat price per system, agreed in writing before any work starts. No per-vent pricing, no add-ons at the door. Call (361) 326-5060 for an exact quote; estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near New Braunfels
Our Air Duct Cleaning crews regularly work in Seguin, San Marcos, Cibolo, and Schertz, with scheduling coordinated from our San Antonio office to keep response times reasonable across the corridor. If you’re outside New Braunfels city limits but within Comal or Guadalupe County, we can typically book you within the same window as in-town appointments.
Serving New Braunfels, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels
Yes. That film is cedar pollen and oak pollen bound to dust, and in New Braunfels it accumulates heavily in return ducts and air handler pans from December through spring. A homeowner on the Creekside side off FM 306 called us with exactly this problem; our tech ran a camera inspection inside the return and found cedar pollen matted into the flex duct joints and a damp film in the air handler pan. We set up negative pressure with HEPA filtration, worked agitation tools through the supply and return ducts, and pulled a full source removal before treating the pan. By the end of the visit her supply air was visibly clear at the registers and the cedar-chest smell was gone. Call (361) 326-5060 if you’re seeing that film; we’ll run a camera and show you what’s inside.
Yes. Caliche dust from unpaved roads is finer and more abrasive than typical household dust, and it loads filters and ductwork faster than paved-street homes. Rural properties around New Braunfels typically need cleaning every two to three years rather than the four-to-five-year interval that works for in-town homes, and they often need more thorough return-side extraction due to the sticky pollen-dust mixture. We quote these jobs separately from standard residential pricing because the run time and debris load are genuinely different. Call (361) 326-5060 for an estimate tailored to your property.
Yes. New construction in New Braunfels often uses builder-grade flex duct with many joints, and those joints trap construction debris, pollen, and off-gassing material from day one. The “new house smell” that lingers past the first six months is often particulate trapped in the duct system, not residual paint or carpet fumes. We’ve cleaned two-year-old homes in Veramendi with visible debris in the returns and collapsed flex sections behind drywall that the builder’s punch list missed. A video inspection will tell you whether the ducts are clean or just sealed up tight with problems inside.
No. Outbuilding systems on rural New Braunfels properties have different run lengths, filter MERV ratings, and dust loading than the main house. Treating them as one line item means either the main house gets shorted or the outbuilding gets rushed. We schedule and quote them separately so each system gets adequate time, the right equipment, and a full inspection. If you want both done, we’ll book a longer window or two visits; either way, you get a written price for each system before we start.
No. Dryer vent cleaning is a separate service with its own equipment and safety requirements. In New Braunfels, where long cooling seasons mean dryers run heavily through humid months, lint buildup is a genuine fire hazard, but it’s extracted from a different pathway with different tools. We can schedule dryer vent cleaning alongside your duct cleaning for convenience, and we offer a package rate when both are booked together. Call (361) 326-5060 to add it to your estimate.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving New Braunfels since 2004.