Whole-home duct cleaning
Dryer vent cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-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 Bedford
Most Bedford homes run their air conditioning hard from May through October. That constant cycling pulls dust, pet dander, and pollen through ductwork that, in many houses here, has been sitting in the attic since the Nixon administration. We clean it out properly. A typical whole-home Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford takes 3 to 5 hours and runs $450 to $850 depending on home size and the number of returns. You get a written price before we touch anything, and the work is covered by our 365-Day Done Right Promise. Call (682) 255-2572 for a straight answer and a free estimate.
Why Hollis Air Duct Fort Worth Is Bedford’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve cleaned ducts all over Bedford, from the established streets near Forest Ridge to the townhome communities off Harwood Road. What we keep finding is the same: original ductwork that has never been opened, never sealed, and never cleaned. Bedford homeowners call us because they want the job done once, correctly, with a price that doesn’t change when the tech walks in the door.
Roy Castellanos runs our operation on The Garrison Standard. That means the crew arrives inside the quoted window, the price is in writing before work starts, and the site is left as clean as we found it. Every technician is background-checked and uniformed. You know who’s walking into your home before they arrive. And if something isn’t done right within a year, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing on every job. No fine print, no phone tag.
Styles & brands we work with
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford is not a quick vacuum job. It means pulling the registers, running a rotary brush system through the supply and return runs, and putting the entire system under negative pressure with a HEPA-filtered collection unit so the debris leaves the house instead of floating into it. We clean the supply ducts, the return ducts, the trunk lines, and the plenum. In a typical 2,000 square foot Bedford home built in the 1970s or 1980s, expect to pay $500 to $750 for a full-system clean.
What We Find in Bedford’s Older Ducts
In homes built between 1960 and 1990, we regularly pull out drywall dust from original construction, pet hair compacted over decades, and the gray, greasy film that forms when humidity meets dust. Some of this material has been recirculating through the house for 30 or 40 years. A clean system moves air without pushing that back into your living room.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
We clean both sides of the system. The supply ducts carry conditioned air into your rooms. The return ducts pull air back to the unit. If the returns are clogged, the whole system starves for air, runs longer, and costs more to operate. In Bedford homes with original returns, we often find them partially collapsed or disconnected in the attic.
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford covers offices, retail spaces, churches, and small industrial facilities throughout the city and up into the HEB area. These jobs are scheduled around your operating hours and typically run $1,200 to $3,500 for a full system, depending on square footage and the number of rooftop units. We use the same negative-air approach on commercial work that we use on homes, with Nikro and Rotobrush equipment rated for larger duct runs.
Retail and Office Spaces
Storefronts and offices along Airport Freeway and Harwood Road run their HVAC constantly during business hours. That puts a heavy dust load on the system. We clean the ducts, document everything with before-and-after photos, and give you a written report so your property manager or building owner can see exactly what was done.
Full System Cleaning with Video Inspection
Every commercial job includes a video inspection before we start and after we finish. We push a camera through the main trunk lines and show you what’s inside. If we find crushed duct, disconnected runs, or significant leaks, we document it and quote the sealing work separately so you can make an informed decision.
Trusted Brands We Service in Bedford
We work on systems connected to every major HVAC brand found in Bedford homes: Carrier, Trane, Lennox, Goodman, Rheem, and York. The ductwork doesn’t care what name is on the condenser. What matters is that we stock the sealing materials, flex duct, and mastic needed to repair aging systems without waiting on a parts order from across town. For filtration upgrades, we install products from Honeywell and Guardsman when a homeowner wants better particulate control after the clean.
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AfterCommon Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Bedford Homes
- Crushed flex duct in the attic. Bedford’s slab-foundation homes from the 1960s through 1980s typically run flexible duct through the attic. Years of stored boxes, foot traffic, and cable installers mean those ducts often get crushed or pinched, cutting airflow by half before the air ever reaches a register.
- Disconnected runs at the plenum. The connection between the main trunk and the branch lines is a common failure point. In one Bedford home off Forest Ridge Drive, we found two bedroom supply runs hanging completely off the plenum, pumping conditioned air into the attic for who knows how long.
- Disintegrating internal insulation. This one is specific to Bedford’s original 1970s ductwork. The internal fiberglass liner breaks down over time and starts shedding into the air stream. Aggressive cleaning tools make it worse. We use negative pressure and careful agitation to capture the loose material instead of blowing it into the house.
- Leaky sheet metal seams. Older sheet metal ducts were sealed with tape that dries out and peels. Hot humid Bedford summers push attic air into those gaps. The result is dust returning to the system weeks after a cleaning. The fix is mastic sealing at every accessible seam, which we do as a standard part of full-system work.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford, TX
A full-system residential cleaning in Bedford runs $450 to $850 for a typical single-family home. Smaller townhomes or condos with short duct runs start around $350. Larger two-story homes with dual systems can reach $1,000. Commercial pricing runs $1,200 to $3,500 depending on size and scope.
What changes the price: the number of returns, whether the ductwork has never been cleaned, and whether we find crushed or disconnected runs that need repair. Sealing work is quoted separately after the video inspection, so you know the difference between the clean price and the fix price before any work begins. We do not use per-vent pricing. You get one flat price per system, in writing, before the equipment comes off the truck.
We Also Serve Cities Near Bedford
Our crews work throughout the HEB area and surrounding Tarrant County. Beyond Air Duct Cleaning in Bedford, we serve Colleyville, Euless, Southlake, and Haltom City. If you’re anywhere in the mid-cities area, call and we’ll give you a straight answer on scheduling.
Serving Bedford, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Bedford 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 Bedford
Bedford’s housing stock was largely built between the 1960s and 1990s, and much of that original ductwork is still in place. Homes in Colleyville or Southlake are more likely to have been built after 2000, with newer duct systems. Older Bedford ducts have had four to six decades to collect construction debris, pet hair, dust, and the residue from thousands of hours of humid air moving through them. A full cleaning typically runs $500 to $750 for a standard Bedford home. Call (682) 255-2572 for an exact quote.
Forest Ridge and similar 1970s-era neighborhoods have internally insulated metal ductwork that breaks down over time. The fiberglass lining sheds into the air stream, and aggressive cleaning can force that material through the registers. Our techs use negative pressure with HEPA filtration to capture the loose insulation rather than distribute it, then seal the interior with mastic to stop further degradation. This is not a problem you’ll find in newer construction.
Bedford’s summers are hot and humid, and the HVAC system runs almost continuously from May through October. That means more air, more dust, and more moisture moving through the ductwork every year. When dust and humidity combine inside a duct, you get the gray paste that reduces airflow and feeds microbial growth. Cleaning removes that buildup. Duct Sealing in Bedford keeps the moisture out afterward.
Yes, particularly in Bedford’s older homes where crushed or disconnected flex duct means the system is working against itself. When we restore airflow and seal the leaks, the HVAC unit doesn’t have to run as long to hit the thermostat setpoint. A home with clear, sealed ducts will move more of the air you pay to condition into the rooms where you actually live, instead of the attic.
Yes. Every residential and commercial cleaning follows NADCA methods: source removal, negative pressure containment, and HEPA filtration. We also document every job with before-and-after photos so you can verify the work was done correctly. If anything doesn’t look right within a year, the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we return and correct it at no charge. Call (682) 255-2572 for a free estimate.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Fort Worth, serving Bedford and the surrounding Tarrant County area since 2004.