Air Duct Cleaning in Cloverleaf, TX

Frequently Asked Questions

1. My ducts are original to the house — is cleaning worth it, or am I better off replacing them?

   Depends on what's still intact. A lot of Cloverleaf homes from the 1950s-70s still run original sheet metal with fiberglass wrap that has gone brittle and started shedding, or 1980s flex that's sagging between the attic joists. Cleaning makes sense when the metal is sound and the flex still holds its shape. If the inner liner is torn, the wrap is falling apart, or runs are crushed flat where they dip, you're cleaning a duct that will refill in months. We tell you which one you've got before anyone starts pulling registers.

2. How fast can you get someone out to Cloverleaf?

   We're usually out in a day or two for most of east Harris County, and Cloverleaf is an easy run off I-10 near the Beltway, so scheduling here isn't tight. The slower stretches are late summer, when everyone's AC is running nonstop, and the week after a heavy rain event when calls stack up. If you're trying to line the work up with an HVAC change-out or a flooring job, tell us and we'll work around that crew.

3. Why does dust come back so quickly in my house?

   Most of the time it's the attic, not the ducts. Older Cloverleaf homes tend to have poorly sealed attics and leaky return plenums, so the return side pulls attic air and insulation particulate straight into the system. With the freeway and the industrial corridor nearby and not much tree cover to slow it down, that attic air carries more grit than it would in a shaded neighborhood. Cleaning the ducts clears what's already in there, but if the returns are open to the attic, sealing those is what actually keeps it from coming back.

4. We took on water during a heavy rain. Does that affect the ductwork?

   It can, and it's worth checking. With bayou drainage close by, homes here see water in the slab floor. On a slab house the supply runs are usually overhead, so they often stay dry, but floor registers and boots can hold water and silt, and wet insulation above a ceiling return will sit damp for a long time. In older manufactured homes the ducts run under the floor, which makes them much more exposed. A musty smell that shows up when the blower kicks on is the sign to have it looked at.