Air Duct Cleaning in Van Nuys - Flat Price Per System, No Per-Vent Upsells

Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Van Nuys

Air duct cleaning in Van Nuys typically runs $450 – $900 for a full system on a single-story ranch, and $700 – $1,400 when a home has been expanded into two or three separately zoned HVAC systems. It usually takes half a day to a full day, depending on how many systems and registers are involved. If you live in Van Nuys, you already know the valley dust does not stay outside. It works into return vents, settles in sheet-metal trunks, and recirculates every time the AC kicks on from May through October. Onyx Duct Cleaning serves the whole Van Nuys area with professional Rotobrush contact-cleaning systems and Nikro HEPA vacuum equipment, not consumer-grade alternatives. We quote per system, document everything with before-and-after photos, and hand you a written report you can actually file. Call (833) 589-9715 for a free estimate. We answer 24/7. Fast dispatch from 7am to 7pm, Sunday through Friday.

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Why Van Nuys Homeowners Call Onyx Duct Cleaning for Air Duct Cleaning

Most of the homes we clean in Van Nuys were built between 1945 and 1965. That means something specific: the original sheet-metal supply trunks are undersized by modern standards, the seams have been leaking for decades, and many houses have since been expanded, adding a second or third system that nobody ever cleaned as a set. We walk into these jobs knowing what to look for. Our air duct cleaning process is built around source removal under negative pressure, with HEPA filtration capturing what comes out at 0.3 microns. We are not agitating dust and hoping it goes somewhere. We are containing it.

Local homeowners also tell us they want proof. They have heard stories about companies that show up with a shop vac and a sales pitch. Our team runs a camera before and after, verifies airflow and static pressure at the air handler, and photographs every register. You see the system, not just the invoice. That matters more in Van Nuys than in most places, because after a Santa Ana wind event or a mountain wildfire, the ash in your ducts is real and you should know it is gone. Stan Merrick set up Onyx Duct Cleaning to operate with the same equipment restoration crews trust. That is the standard we bring to every Van Nuys job.

Ductwork Cleaning in Van Nuys

Ductwork cleaning in Van Nuys means more than running a brush through the main trunk. It means opening the full pathway: supply ducts that push conditioned air into each room, return ducts that pull air back through the filter, and the plenum at the air handler. In a 1950s ranch that has not been touched, the returns have spent decades pulling unfiltered valley air, pet dander, and fine grit into the system. A proper cleaning uses contact agitation at the duct wall with a Rotobrush system, simultaneous HEPA vacuum to catch what dislodges, and negative pressure at the air handler so debris never re-enters the living space. For a standard single-system Van Nuys house, this runs roughly $450 – $750. When there are multiple systems, each one is scoped and priced separately.

Supply Duct Cleaning

Supply ducts carry the air you breathe into bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchens. Over years in Van Nuys’s hot, semi-arid climate, these lines accumulate a packed layer of dust and debris that bakes on during long AC seasons. We clean supply runs register by register, ensuring no room is skipped and no vent is left blowing old dust into a freshly cleaned home.

Return Duct Cleaning

Return ducts are the intake side, and in many Van Nuys homes they are the dirtier half. The original returns were often placed near the floor or facing the prevailing winds off the Sepulveda Basin, pulling in fine particles constantly. We clean returns with the same source-removal standard, because a clean supply duct does not matter if the return keeps feeding the system dirty air.

Air Duct Inspection in Van Nuys

Air duct inspection in Van Nuys is the step that separates a real cleaning from a guess. We use a high-resolution camera to look inside the trunk lines and branch runs before we start, so both you and our techs know exactly what is in there: dust depth, debris, disconnected sections, rodent evidence, or moisture staining. On a mid-century house with an original sheet-metal trunk, this is where we often find collapsed seams or sections that were never sealed correctly. An inspection costs $150 – $250 as a standalone service, and it is included with every full cleaning. On expanded homes with multiple systems, we document each system separately.

Video Inspection

The camera shows what is otherwise invisible. You do not have to take our word that the ducts were dirty or that they are clean afterward. We record the inspection, show you the stills on site, and include them in your written report. That is the documentation a homeowner should expect for work they cannot see.

Static Pressure and Airflow Check

An old undersized trunk with leaky seams starves rooms of air, especially during Van Nuys summers when the system runs hard. We verify static pressure and register airflow so you know whether the ductwork itself is restricting your system. If it is, we can discuss repair options, since air duct repair is one of our core services.

Trusted Brands We Service in Van Nuys

Our technicians work across the filtration brands most common in Van Nuys homes, including Honeywell and Aprilaire systems. That familiarity means we understand the whole air-quality pathway, not just the duct interior. We also stock and deploy Guardsman and Abatement Technologies filtration equipment, the kind of gear more common on remediation sites than residential jobs. For Van Nuys customers, that means we arrive prepared to contain what we remove, not simply bag it. We clean what is in your ducts. We also fix what is wrong with them.

Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Van Nuys Homes

• Original 1950s sheet-metal trunks that were never sized for today’s air conditioners. Many postwar ranch houses in Van Nuys were built with undersized ductwork. Decades of high summer demand have pulled dust into every seam and leak point, and a basic agitation cleaning does not address the airflow loss.
• Multi-system retrofits from piecemeal additions. A house that started as a two-bedroom ranch near Van Nuys Blvd may now have a flex-run addition and a converted garage on separate systems. The original trunk and the newer flex each need their own scope and cleaning, not one blended price.
• Return vents facing the Sepulveda Basin winds. South Van Nuys homes often pull more airborne dust and post-wildfire ash than the rest of the valley. After a fall Santa Ana event, these returns can look like sand traps, and smoke residue settles in the same ducts that supply the bedrooms.
• Shared ductwork in mid-century Van Nuys Blvd apartment buildings. Older low-rise complexes and commercial strips along Van Nuys Blvd often run central air through shared or semi-shared duct systems. Cleaning these requires coordinating access to each unit’s run and documenting the work per tenant space.

Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Van Nuys, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near Van Nuys

Our team covers the surrounding San Fernando Valley, including Van Nuys and the nearby communities of Valley Glen, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, and the NoHo Arts District. If you are just outside Van Nuys, the same equipment and per-system documentation standard apply. We are a local specialist, not a franchise.

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