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 Windcrest
Most air duct cleaning jobs in Windcrest run $380-$720 for a full residential system, and every quote we deliver is written and agreed before we touch a single panel. We’re CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, and our crews serve Windcrest from our San Antonio office, carrying Rotobrush and Nikro negative-pressure extraction equipment through neighborhoods like the original plats near Windcrest Drive and the ranch-style homes along Midcrown Road. If your home was built between 1955 and 1975, its ductwork is likely original fiberglass duct board or early flex duct that has never been replaced. That’s not a guess. We’ve documented it hundreds of times. Call (726) 600-7155 for a free written estimate.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning San Antonio Is Windcrest’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been serving Windcrest since we opened in 2013, and the pattern here is unmistakable. While newer San Antonio subdivisions get built with modern flex duct and sealed plenums, Windcrest’s planned community era left a near-citywide stock of mid-century fiberglass duct board that is now 50 to 70 years old. Our Air Duct Cleaning team has documented this condition in over 1,200 Windcrest homes. Every job gets a written price before work starts, Haven Standard Clause 1, and every duct run gets photographed before and after.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival, Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies in Windcrest exactly as it does everywhere else we work, backed in writing on every job, not just stated in marketing copy. Customers here receive their photo record as a standard deliverable, not an upsell.
Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7, and scheduling to Windcrest is coordinated from our San Antonio office with routes designed to minimize drive time through the I-410 corridor.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Windcrest
Residential Duct Cleaning
Windcrest’s slab ranch homes were built with attic-run duct systems that see temperatures exceeding 150°F in July and August. That thermal cycling has degraded original fiberglass duct board interiors across the city. Our residential service starts with a camera inspection of every trunk and branch, then agitation cleaning under negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration. We use Rotobrush contact cleaning for duct board surfaces that can tolerate it, and we document friable liner conditions when we find them. A typical Windcrest residential job runs $380-$620 for a single-system home.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Windcrest’s commercial properties include the retail corridors along Walzem Road and the professional buildings near the city center. These systems differ from residential duct board, typically using metal trunk lines with flex duct drops. We service them with Nikro portable negative-pressure units and Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration. Commercial pricing in Windcrest starts around $720 for smaller retail spaces and scales with system complexity. Written price before work starts, every time.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air to your registers, and in Windcrest’s original homes, they are often the first place we find degraded fiberglass liner shedding into the airstream. Our supply duct service includes full contact agitation, negative-pressure extraction, and a post-cleaning camera pass. If the liner is friable, we document it. We don’t pretend a cleaning restores material that is structurally failing. Supply-only cleaning in Windcrest typically runs $280-$450.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to your handler, and in Windcrest, they are the primary collection point for mountain cedar pollen each December through February. The greater San Antonio area is one of the worst regions in the country for Ashe juniper pollen release, and Windcrest’s inland location means that load enters return systems continuously during heating season. Our return duct cleaning includes the return plenum, filter rack, and drop, with full photo documentation. Return-only service in Windcrest runs $240-$420.
Full System Cleaning
This is what most Windcrest homes actually need. Full system cleaning covers supply ducts, return ducts, the plenum (the central distribution box where supply and return meet the air handler), registers, and grilles. We emphasize this service on Windcrest jobs because partial cleaning of a 60-year-old system often misses the degraded liner in trunk runs that recontaminates everything else. Full system cleaning in Windcrest runs $480-$720 for typical slab ranch homes.
Video Inspection
Every Windcrest job we quote starts with video inspection, and every job we complete ends with one. The camera doesn’t lie. We’ve found that original fiberglass duct board in Windcrest’s 1955-1975 housing stock often looks clean on the surface while the interior liner is actively flaking. Our video inspection service documents this condition for your records and can be performed independently if you want a second opinion on another company’s work. Standalone video inspection in Windcrest is $180-$280, and it’s included at no additional charge with any cleaning service.
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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.
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Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush contact cleaning systems, Nikro negative-pressure extractors, and Honeywell media filters and electronic air cleaners. We also install Aprilaire whole-home filtration upgrades where original Windcrest systems can accommodate them. These are trade-recognized brands customers can look up independently. We don’t make performance claims beyond manufacturer specifications. What we do guarantee is that the equipment on your job is the equipment we name, and that every filter or component we install is photographed as part of your documented job record.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Windcrest Homes
- Original fiberglass duct board shedding into the airstream. We regularly find that 1960s-era duct board liners in Windcrest attics have become brittle from decades of thermal cycling. The material flakes apart during routine air handler vibration, sending glass fibers and degraded binder into living spaces. A cleaning job often reveals this condition rather than solving it.
- Failed joints in 150°F attic runs. Windcrest’s slab ranch homes run ducts through unconditioned attics where summer temperatures exceed 150°F. Mastic and tape joints on original systems have dried and separated, creating leakage points that pull attic dust and insulation into the return side. We photograph every joint we find.
- Outbuilding and detached workshop duct runs left uncleaned. Many Windcrest properties on larger lots have secondary structures with independent duct systems or flex duct extensions from the main house. These outbuilding runs accumulate dust and pollen from unpaved access roads and open land, then recontaminate the main house through shared return pathways. We check for them on every job.
- Mountain cedar pollen loading in returns. The December-through-February Ashe juniper release in the San Antonio area drives massive allergen loads into Windcrest return systems. Homeowners who only clean supplies miss the primary collection point. Our full system service addresses both sides.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Windcrest, TX
Here is what air duct cleaning actually costs in Windcrest’s market:
| Service | Typical Range |
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| Video Inspection (standalone) | $180-$280 |
| Supply Duct Cleaning only | $280-$450 |
| Return Duct Cleaning only | $240-$420 |
| Full Residential System Cleaning | $480-$720 |
| Commercial Duct Cleaning | $720+ |
Factors that move a Windcrest job toward the higher end: homes over 2,500 square feet with extended duct runs, multiple air handlers, outbuilding systems that need inclusion, and degraded duct board that requires extensive documentation and customer consultation before cleaning proceeds. We don’t price per vent. Haven Standard Clause 1 means one flat price per system, agreed in writing, before any work starts. Free estimates are available at (726) 600-7155.
We Also Serve Cities Near Windcrest
Our crews work throughout the San Antonio metro area, including Windcrest and the surrounding communities of San Antonio, Alamo Heights, Castle Hills, and Terrell Hills. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our San Antonio office.
Serving Windcrest, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Windcrest 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 - Air Duct Cleaning in Windcrest
Every three to five years for homes with intact duct board, and more frequently if the liner is already degrading. Windcrest’s combination of mountain cedar pollen, continuous cooling season from May through October, and 150°F attic temperatures accelerates particulate loading compared to newer construction areas. Homes on larger lots with unpaved access roads or outbuilding duct runs often need service at the shorter end of that interval. Call (726) 600-7155 and we’ll inspect your system to give you a specific recommendation based on what the camera shows.
We can clean it, but we won’t pretend the cleaning restores structural integrity. When our camera shows friable fiberglass duct board liner, we document the condition for you with photos and video, then clean what can be safely cleaned without accelerating the degradation. Sometimes the liner is intact enough for source removal to be worthwhile. Sometimes it’s shedding actively enough that we recommend you see the documentation and consider duct repair or replacement. Haven Standard Clause 1 means you get this information in writing before any work proceeds, not after we’ve already run equipment through your system.
Yes, and we specifically look for them on Windcrest jobs. Many homes here sit on larger lots with secondary structures that have independent flex duct or extensions from the main house system. These outbuilding runs collect dust from unpaved roads and open land, and if they share return air with the main house, they recontaminate the entire system. We include outbuilding duct runs in our full system quote when we find them, or price them separately if you want only the outbuilding serviced. Mention any secondary structures when you call (726) 600-7155 so we can allocate appropriate time on the schedule.
Windcrest’s slab ranch homes run nearly all ductwork through unconditioned attics, and those attics exceed 150°F regularly in July and August. That thermal stress degrades mastic, separates tape joints, and causes fiberglass duct board binder to break down. The heat also expands and contracts metal components, loosening connections that were tight twenty years ago. We find more joint failures and liner degradation in Windcrest’s original housing stock than in newer San Antonio subdivisions with conditioned attics or crawl spaces. It’s why we start every job with a camera inspection rather than assuming the ducts are structurally sound.
A pleated media filter with a MERV 11-13 rating, properly sized to your return filter rack, changed every 60-90 days during peak cooling season and every 90 days in winter. Windcrest’s mountain cedar pollen load from December through February means your filter works harder in what many homeowners assume is the “off season.” We install Honeywell and Aprilaire whole-home filtration systems where the original duct board can support the static pressure load. During your cleaning, we’ll measure your system’s static pressure and recommend a filter grade that captures particulates without overworking a 60-year-old air handler. Call (726) 600-7155 to discuss filtration as part of your service.
We pulled a return drop on a slab ranch near Windcrest Drive and found the original fiberglass duct board interior flaking apart, shedding glass fibers straight into the air handler and blower motor. After we ran agitation tools through the supply and return ducts under negative pressure with HEPA filtration, a camera inspection still showed friable liner in two trunk runs, so we documented the condition for the homeowner instead of pretending a cleaning alone solved it.
Ready for a written estimate? Call (726) 600-7155. We’ll answer live, schedule a camera inspection of your Windcrest home’s duct system, and deliver a flat price in writing before any work begins. Every job includes our Documented Photo Record and the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, serving Windcrest since 2013.