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 South Fulton
Air duct cleaning in South Fulton typically runs $350 – $650 for a full residential system and is scheduled by appointment, not emergency dispatch. We serve South Fulton from our Atlanta coordination office, with crews covering the Wolf Creek, Sandtown, and Fulton County line neighborhoods regularly. If your upstairs rooms never cool evenly or your registers blow dust every spring, that’s usually a disconnected attic run or pollen-loaded return, not a dirty filter. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate and written price before any work starts.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is South Fulton’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2004, and our Air Duct Cleaning crews know South Fulton’s housing stock inside and out. The 1990s subdivisions off Cascade Road, the new construction in Wolf Creek, the 1960s ranches near the Fulton County line – we’ve cleaned and sealed ducts in all of them.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and held to The Garrison Standard: arrive inside the quoted window, price in writing, complete the job by the book, and leave the site clean. Every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work fails within a year, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit.
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 to schedule.
Roy Castellanos leads our operation, and our South Fulton customers know the name. He insists on written prices before any tool comes out of the van, and he trains crews to explain what they find in plain terms, not trade jargon.
HVAC Duct Cleaning in South Fulton
HVAC Duct Cleaning in South Fulton means addressing the full system – supply trunks, return plenums, branch lines, and the air handler cabinet – because half the problems we find aren’t dirt, they’re disconnected or sagging runs dumping conditioned air into 130°F attics. A typical full HVAC duct cleaning in South Fulton runs $450 – $750 for a two-story home with multiple zones, depending on access, system size, and whether we find separations that need reconnection and sealing.
South Fulton’s newer subdivisions are built with builder-grade flex duct in unconditioned attics. That flex softens in summer heat, sags between supports, and pulls apart at wye joints within 5 – 7 years. Cleaning a disconnected run just blows debris around the attic. We inspect first, reconnect what’s separated, then clean under negative pressure so the work actually changes your airflow and your electric bill.
Full System Cleaning and Video Inspection
We start every HVAC duct cleaning with a video inspection using a borescope camera pushed through the trunk lines. In South Fulton, we regularly find crushed flex runs where a storage box got pushed against a duct, or a trunk disconnected at a wye joint that the homeowner never knew existed. You see the footage. We explain what it means. Then we price the repair and cleaning separately, in writing, before any work begins.
Negative-Air Method vs. Rotary Brush
For most South Fulton homes, we use a Nikro negative-air machine to pull debris out of the system while agitation tools loosen buildup on duct walls. The negative-air method contains the mess – nothing blows back into your living space. For older sheet-metal runs near the Fulton County line, we may add a Rotobrush rotary brush system to knock decades of iron-oxide dust and lint loose from corroded interior surfaces. We match the tool to the duct material, not force one method on every house.
Vent Cleaning in South Fulton
Vent Cleaning in South Fulton covers the supply and return registers, the boot connections behind the wall, and the first few feet of branch line where pollen, pet hair, and construction debris collect thickest. A standard vent cleaning for a South Fulton townhome or single-family runs $250 – $450, with whole-house packages scaling up based on register count and whether boots need resealing.
The real issue in South Fulton isn’t just dirty vents – it’s what gets past them. Our spring pine pollen season, March through April, coats outdoor condenser coils and gets drawn into return ducts through gaps around filter racks and loose register seals. If we clean your vents but don’t seal the return path, next year’s pollen recontaminates the system before Memorial Day.
Supply Duct and Return Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air to your rooms. Return ducts pull air back to the air handler. In South Fulton, return ducts run hotter and harder because they start at the ceiling registers and often travel through the same 130°F attic as the supply trunks. We clean both sides of the system and check the return plenum for pollen matting – a thick yellow layer we see every April that restricts airflow and makes your compressor work overtime.
Register and Boot Sealing
Most South Fulton homes have gaps between the drywall and the metal boot behind each register. These gaps pull attic air into the system, along with insulation fibers, rodent droppings, and red clay dust. We seal with mastic or metal-backed tape as part of our vent cleaning service, not as an upsell. The price includes what the job actually requires.
Trusted Brands We Service in South Fulton
Our equipment roster includes Nikro negative-air machines and Rotobrush rotary brush systems for the cleaning itself, plus filtration and sealing products from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies. These are the same brands commercial crews use in hospitals and schools, not hardware-store vacuums with a brush attachment. For South Fulton homeowners, this means parts and filters are available without long lead times, and our technicians know the equipment well enough to explain exactly what it’s doing in your attic. If your system needs a media filter upgrade after cleaning, we stock Honeywell and Aprilaire housings that fit most standard air handlers without duct modification.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in South Fulton Homes
- Disconnected flex duct at attic wye joints. South Fulton’s builder-grade flex duct lives in unconditioned attics that routinely hit 130°F+ in summer, so runs sag, kink, and pull apart at joints within the first 5 – 7 years. We were called to a seven-year-old two-story in the Wolf Creek area where the upstairs rooms never cooled evenly; our tech ran a camera inspection and found a trunk run that had disconnected at a wye in the 130° attic, dumping conditioned air onto the insulation. We reconnected and sealed the joint, cleaned the supply and return ducts under negative pressure, and the second-floor temperature gap closed within a day.
- Iron-oxide dust and seam leaks in 1960s – 70s sheet-metal runs. Older pockets near the Fulton County line still have original galvanized ductwork with decades of rust-scale buildup inside and leaking seams at every joint. Cleaning alone won’t stop the airflow loss – the seams need sealing with mastic after the debris is removed.
- Pollen matting in return ducts every spring. Atlanta’s pine pollen coats outdoor coils and gets drawn into return ducts through unsealed filter racks and loose register boots. We see yellow mats 1/4-inch thick in South Fulton returns every April, restricting airflow and forcing compressors to run longer cycles.
- Crushed flex runs from attic storage or installer error. New construction in Sandtown and Wolf Creek sometimes has flex duct pinched under framing or compressed by insulation batts laid over the runs. The duct looks fine from the register but delivers half the designed airflow. Our camera inspection finds these before we quote any work.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in South Fulton, GA
A typical residential full-system duct cleaning in South Fulton runs $350 – $650 for a single-story home with one HVAC unit, and $450 – $850 for a two-story home with multiple zones or complex attic access. Vent cleaning alone, covering all registers and boot seals, runs $250 – $450. Commercial duct cleaning for South Fulton office parks and retail spaces starts around $800 – $1,500 depending on square footage and system count.
What moves the price: register count, attic accessibility (crawl vs. walk-in), whether we find disconnected runs that need reconnection and sealing, and whether the system requires HEPA containment for mold or rodent contamination. We do not quote per-vent teaser prices that balloon at the door. We inspect, we write the full price, and that number does not move once work begins. Estimates are free. Call (361) 326-5060 to schedule.
We Also Serve Cities Near South Fulton
Our crews cover South Fulton and the surrounding metro area including Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, and Johns Creek. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our Atlanta office, with local crews serving each area. If you’re outside South Fulton city limits but inside the Fulton County metro, we can likely still schedule you – call and we’ll confirm coverage.
Serving South Fulton, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the South Fulton 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 South Fulton
Most South Fulton homes built in the last 20 years use builder-grade flex duct in unconditioned attics, and that flex sags and disconnects within 5 – 7 years in 130°F summer heat. If your home is six years old and rooms aren’t cooling evenly, you likely have a separation, not just dirty ducts. Cleaning alone won’t fix it – the run needs reconnection and sealing. Call (361) 326-5060 for a camera inspection and written quote.
Atlanta’s spring pine pollen, heaviest in March and April, coats outdoor condenser coils and gets drawn into return ducts through gaps around filter racks and loose register seals. We find yellow pollen mats up to 1/4-inch thick in South Fulton returns every spring. If your registers and air handler cabinet aren’t sealed after cleaning, next year’s pollen recontaminates the system. We include boot and plenum sealing in our standard service, not as an add-on. Call (361) 326-5060 to schedule before pollen season peaks.
Yes. Original 1960s – 70s galvanized sheet-metal ducts collect decades of iron-oxide dust and lint, and seams leak at every joint. We use a Rotobrush rotary brush system to knock loose the scale buildup, then seal every seam with mastic after cleaning. The process takes longer than flex-duct cleaning and costs 15 – 25% more due to the sealing labor. We price this in writing after inspection, not before. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.
NADCA, the National Air Duct Cleaners Association, requires source removal – physically removing debris from the entire HVAC system, not just blowing compressed air through registers. Our process: video inspection, negative-air containment with a Nikro machine, agitation and debris removal from all supply and return lines, air handler cabinet cleaning, and register/boot resealing. We follow NADCA’s Assessment, Cleaning, and Restoration (ACR) standard on every South Fulton job. Call (361) 326-5060 to discuss your system.
No. Duct cleaning performed by a qualified contractor does not void HVAC equipment warranties or builder structural warranties. However, if your South Fulton home is under builder warranty and you have disconnected or sagging flex duct, document the condition with our video inspection first – the builder may be responsible for reconnection under warranty, and you’ll want that on record before any paid repair. We provide inspection footage and written findings for warranty claims at no charge with a scheduled cleaning. Call (361) 326-5060 to arrange.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving South Fulton and the greater Atlanta metro since 2004.




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