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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AfterFranchisee Success Stories
Hollis Air Duct Cleaning owners come from all over the map. Former HVAC techs, retired military, restaurant managers, school teachers. What they share is a refusal to run a business on guesswork. They want a trade with repeat demand, a system that tells them exactly what to do, and a brand that answers the phone when they call. If that sounds like you, you’re reading the right page.
Meet Our Owners
Maria T. – San Antonio, TX
Maria spent eleven years running the front office at a plumbing company, which is exactly where she learned to hate the way home service gets sold. Technicians quoted one price on the phone and another at the door. Customers called back angry, and she was the one who had to absorb it. When she started researching franchise options in 2019, the thing that stopped her at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning was the pricing rule. Written price before any work starts. It does not move. She signed on because she wanted to be the person who could look a homeowner in the eye and tell them the number would not change. Four years in, she runs three trucks and says the best part is not dreading the phone ringing. Her customers know what they’re getting before the van backs into the driveway. That’s the whole point.
Gabriela H. – Phoenix, AZ
Gabriela’s background was retail management, which means she knew inventory, scheduling, and how to keep fifteen people moving in one direction. What she didn’t know was air ducts. She liked that Hollis didn’t ask her to pretend otherwise. The training covered the equipment line-by-line, including the Rotobrush rotary brush systems and Nikro negative-air machines, and she still runs jobs with her techs when a new hire is learning the trade. Phoenix dust is brutal. It settles in return ducts and coats the blower, and Gabriela says half her customers call because their allergies got worse the month they moved in. She chose Hollis over two other franchises because the support staff answered her first call on a Saturday afternoon. A live person. She now does the same for her own customers, because that’s the standard, and it’s non-negotiable.
Eric P. – Charlotte, NC
Eric served eight years in the Army, then tried corporate logistics and lasted two years before he knew he needed to work for himself. He is not a man who tolerates loose ends. The Garrison Code sold him, specifically the line about arriving inside the window you gave. He runs his Hollis location the way he ran a motor pool: trucks inspected before every route, uniforms squared away, job site clean when the crew leaves. Air duct cleaning in Charlotte means pollen, red clay dust, and a lot of new construction with drywall dust in brand-new systems. Eric likes that the work is real and measurable. He can show a homeowner before-and-after photos of their own supply registers. He can point to the negative-air machine and explain what it’s doing. He says the best compliment he ever got was a customer who told him he ran a tight ship. He agreed. He does.
Michelle N. – Columbus, OH
Michelle spent a decade teaching middle school science, which is not a career that prepares you for duct cleaning, but it absolutely prepares you for explaining things to people who don’t want to be talked down to. She brings that to every estimate. When a customer asks what a plenum is, she tells them in plain words. When they ask why the return side matters, she explains it like a classroom lesson, short and clear. She bought a Hollis franchise because the equipment list matched what commercial crews run, not what you’d find at a hardware store. Nikro negative-air machines. Abatement Technologies filtration. Honeywell and Aprilaire product lines. She liked that the brand put real tools behind the promise. Columbus winters mean closed windows and recirculated air, and Michelle’s customers feel the difference within a day of the cleaning. She says ownership gave her what teaching never could: a schedule she controls and a paycheck that grows when the work is good. The work is good.
Your Story Starts Here
If you want a franchise built on written pricing, trained technicians, and a promise that means something, call the franchise sales line at (361) 326-5060. Or request the info kit below and we’ll walk you through the numbers, the territory, and the training. No pressure, no runaround. Just the facts.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving homeowners since 2004.