Whole-home duct cleaning
Dryer vent cleaning
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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.
Lennox Air Duct Cleaning in West Hollywood, CA
We provide independent Lennox air duct cleaning service across West Hollywood, and the one thing that separates our work here is understanding how shared systems in dense mid-century buildings fail. A single Lennox air handler often feeds a dozen apartments along the 90069 corridor, which means one clogged return plenum recirculates dust, ash, and dander to every tenant on the stack. We clean the full pathway: return ducts, air handler, supply runs, and the coil. Call (833) 589-9715 for a free estimate.
We’re not a Lennox dealer and we’re not authorized by the manufacturer. We’re an independent shop that has spent 13 years taking Lennox equipment apart in West Hollywood and putting it back together the right way. That independence matters when the honest answer is “clean it” rather than “replace it.”
Why West Hollywood Residents Choose Us for Lennox Service
Stan Merrick grew up in the Lankershim Arts District and studied air distribution at Los Angeles Valley College before starting Onyx Duct Cleaning in 2013. His background matters on Lennox jobs because he reads air movement the way a mechanic reads an engine. When a tenant complains about smoky air three floors away from the source, he traces the return path before touching a single register.
We run Rotobrush contact-cleaning systems and Nikro HEPA vacuum equipment on every Lennox job. That’s the same platform restoration crews use when they need to contain what they extract, not blow it through a building. For West Hollywood property managers, we also give you something a cheap shop won’t: documentation. Photos from the video inspection, notes on what we found, and a clean read on the follow-up walkthrough. That paper trail holds up in habitability disputes between landlords and renters.
Scheduling works around tenant access and property-manager sign-off. We know how mid-century buildings on narrow lots complicate a job: tight mechanical closets, original sheet-metal ductwork, and unit-after-unit coordination. We plan for it.
Styles & brands we work with
- Whole-home duct cleaning
- Dryer vent cleaning
- Camera inspection
- Sanitizing & deodorizing
Common Lennox Air Duct Cleaning Problems We Solve in West Hollywood
- Ash infiltration through failing cabinet seals. Lennox return-air cabinets on many residential air handlers use minimal mastic at the seams. During Santa Ana events, fine ash gets pulled straight past the filter into the return plenum. We clean the plenum and re-seal the cabinet so the next wind event doesn’t do the same thing.
- Dust-caked evaporator coils on older variable-speed blowers. The EL296V-era ECM motors were built for partial-load heating in cooler climates. Year-round AC duty in West Hollywood wears them down, airflow drops, and dust settles onto the coil. We clean the coil and verify the blower is still moving air properly.
- Standing water in shallow condensate drain pans. Lennox cased coils have shallow pans, and in tight mid-century mechanical closets, they don’t always drain completely. The result is microbial growth that gets blown through the supply ducts. We inspect the pan during every cleaning and flag it if the drain line needs attention.
- Return plenum debris from years of tenant turnover. A unit that never got duct cleaning between tenants accumulates a dense layer of dust, pet dander, and hair in the return side. One cleaning on a shared Lennox system can resolve air complaints for an entire stack of apartments.
- Cracked secondary heat exchangers on older EL and G-series furnaces. These cracks don’t always show up as a mechanical failure. They show up as a smoky smell that tenants report. We use video inspection on the return side to check for signs before recommending a repair or replacement.
Lennox Service in West Hollywood: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
West Hollywood’s housing stock is predominantly 1950s to 1970s low- and mid-rise apartment buildings and condos, plus Spanish-style duplexes and newer mixed-use developments all packed onto narrow lots. Dozens of individual units often share a single aging central HVAC system. When fine ash from a nearby fire in the hills gets pulled into a shared Lennox return, it doesn’t stay in one apartment. It recirculates through the entire building, and the property manager starts getting calls from tenants who have never met each other but are all describing the same smell.
That’s why return-duct and air-handler cleaning on a single Lennox system in West Hollywood is fundamentally different from cleaning a standalone house in Beverly Hills. We coordinate unit-by-unit access, work around tenant schedules, and give the property manager signed documentation at the end. The work is the same mechanically; the accountability is not. A landlord in a rent-controlled building isn’t paying for clean air alone. They’re paying for a record of the duct condition that holds up if a habitability dispute goes to the housing department.
Lennox Models & Products We Service in West Hollywood
We service the full range of Lennox residential equipment: Merit Series air conditioners, Elite Series furnaces and AC units, Signature Collection variable-speed systems, and Dave Lennox Signature air handlers. Most of our West Hollywood work involves shared residential air handlers and the return-side ductwork feeding them.
When a part needs replacing, we use OEM components where the exact match matters: blower motors, control boards, secondary heat exchangers. For consumables like filter racks, flex duct fittings, and mastic, we use quality aftermarket parts that fit the system without inflating the invoice. Our recommendation is whatever actually fixes your equipment, not whatever a manufacturer program tells us to sell.
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AfterLennox Service Pricing in West Hollywood
Air duct cleaning for a Lennox system in West Hollywood typically runs between $450 and $900 for a full system, depending on the number of units fed by the air handler, the length of the duct runs, and how much debris has accumulated. Dryer vent cleaning runs $150 to $250 and is a separate service. Duct repair, when we find a compromised section, is quoted per job after the video inspection.
The biggest cost driver in West Hollywood is access. A tight mechanical closet in a 1960s mid-rise takes longer to work in than an open utility room, and a twelve-unit stack takes more coordination than a duplex. The estimate is free and the written estimate sets the final price before any work begins. Call (833) 589-9715 to get yours.
Serving West Hollywood, CA – Our Local Coverage Area
We serve West Hollywood and nearby communities. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs – Lennox Air Duct Cleaning in West Hollywood
Because the filter only catches what passes through it. Lennox return-air cabinets often have minimal mastic at the seams, and during a Santa Ana event, fine ash gets pulled past the filter and into the return plenum. Once it’s in the cabinet, it recirculates every time the blower runs. Changing the filter helps, but the ash inside the cabinet stays until the return side is cleaned and the seams are re-sealed. Call (833) 589-9715 for a free estimate.
We can clean a single unit’s branch runs, but if the shared return plenum and air handler are contaminated, the benefit is limited. Air moves through the shared system first, then branches to each unit. We’ll give you an honest read after inspecting the return side: if your branch runs are clean but the plenum is loaded, the plenum is the job.
Usually yes. A cracked secondary heat exchanger on an older Lennox EL or G-series furnace is a safety issue, not a cleaning issue. In rent-controlled West Hollywood buildings, the payback math is different for a landlord: replacement is often the only defensible answer once a crack is confirmed. We’ll show you the video inspection footage and tell you plainly which path makes sense.
Every three to five years for a single-family home. In West Hollywood’s shared multifamily buildings, every two to three years is more realistic, especially after a Santa Ana wind event or a nearby fire in the hills. If tenants are complaining about smoky air, don’t wait for the calendar. Schedule an inspection and find out what’s actually in the return side.
Yes, if the coil is caked with dust. A dirty coil forces the system to run longer to move the same amount of heat, and on a warm Southern California day, that shows up directly on the electric bill. We clean the coil as part of a full air-handler service. Call (833) 589-9715 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what we find.
Service Areas Near West Hollywood
We work throughout West Hollywood and the surrounding areas, including North Hollywood, Toluca Lake, the NoHo Arts District, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, and Woodland Hills. If you manage a building in one of these neighborhoods, the same equipment and process applies. Call (833) 589-9715 to schedule.
Book Your Lennox Service in West Hollywood Today
If you own a Lennox system in West Hollywood or manage a building with one, we’ll show you what’s in the ducts and tell you what needs to happen next. Call (833) 589-9715. We answer 24/7. Fast dispatch from 7am to 7pm, Sunday through Friday. Estimates are free.
Written by Stan Merrick, Owner at Onyx Duct Cleaning, serving West Hollywood since 2013.