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 Cibolo
Air duct cleaning in Cibolo typically costs $375 – $575 for a full residential system in a standard two-story home, and most jobs are finished in an afternoon. If you live in Turning Stone, Buffalo Crossing, or anywhere off FM 1103, you’ve probably noticed how much dust settles on furniture within days of wiping it down. That’s not just Texas pollen. In many post-2000 Cibolo homes, it’s construction debris and drywall dust still circulating through ductwork from the original build. Call Cardinal Air Duct San Antonio at (254) 347-3897 for a written quote before any work starts.
Key Takeaways:
- Most Cibolo whole-home duct cleanings run $375 – $575 depending on system size and accessibility.
- Newer homes in master-planned communities often need cleaning sooner than older ones due to construction debris left in ducts.
- Every job includes before-and-after photos, a written price upfront, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
- We use Rotobrush agitation tools and Nikro HEPA extraction, not a shop vac.
Why Cardinal Air Duct San Antonio Is Cibolo’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Cibolo homeowners call us because we treat a new house the same way we treat a 1990s resale: with a camera inspection first. Omar Haddad, who leads our team, built our process around one uncomfortable truth in this industry: most people never see inside their own ducts. In Cibolo specifically, that’s a bigger problem than in older cities. When a builder hands over keys in Buffalo Crossing or Turning Stone, the registers look clean. The duct runs behind them often are not.
We know Cibolo’s housing stock. The flexible attic ductwork, the two-story layouts, the near-identical floor plans across master-planned communities. That familiarity means we can often tell you exactly where a junction box sits or where a previous cleaning skipped a run before we even set up equipment. And because we operate under The Relay Standard, you get a live trackable arrival window, photo documentation of the actual work, and a digital invoice payable from your phone. No wondering when the truck shows up. No guessing whether anyone actually cleaned anything.
Styles & brands we work with




Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Cibolo
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Cibolo usually means one thing: clearing out what the builder left behind and what the HVAC system has been recirculating ever since. A standard job includes supply and return duct cleaning, blower motor cleaning, and coil inspection. In a two-story Cibolo home, the supply runs through the attic stay hot during summer, which bakes dust and pollen onto the interior duct walls. Agitation tools loosen that material, and a Nikro HEPA negative-pressure unit pulls it out at the air handler. Negative-pressure extraction means the loosened debris goes straight into the vacuum, not back into your living room.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air into your rooms, and return ducts pull air back to the HVAC system. Both need attention. In many Cibolo homes, the return side hides construction debris because builders often leave registers off during trim work. Drywall dust settles into the return cavities, and every time the system cycles, that dust moves past the filter and into the blower. Cleaning both sides takes about half a day for a typical single-family home.
Full System Cleaning
Full system cleaning adds the blower motor, evaporator coil, and plenum to the ductwork. If you’ve lived in your Cibolo home for three or more years and have never opened the filter compartment, you’ll probably find a gray layer on the blower cage. That layer reduces airflow and forces the system to run longer. For homes built before about 2005, we also check for loose duct connections at the plenum, which are common as attic heat degrades tape and mastic over time.
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Cibolo
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Cibolo covers retail spaces, offices, and small medical or dental practices along and around FM 78 and Main Street. These buildings often run HVAC systems constantly during business hours, which pulls in customer foot traffic dust, construction particulate from nearby development, and high spring pollen loads. Commercial jobs take longer than residential ones because the duct runs are longer and the systems often have multiple zones. We schedule around business hours and provide documentation for property managers and lease compliance.
Office and Retail Duct Cleaning
Offices in Cibolo’s newer commercial strips often share a problem with the residential stock: builder-grade flex duct in tight ceiling spaces. If your employees complain about stuffy air or visible dust on desks within a day of cleaning, the ducts are usually the source. A full commercial cleaning includes supply and return runs, diffuser cleaning, and blower motor maintenance.
Property Management and Multifamily
For property managers handling move-ins and move-outs, duct cleaning is one of the highest-ROI items you can add to a turnover checklist. New tenants in Cibolo apartments and rental homes expect clean air, and cameras make it easy to prove the work happened. We provide the same before-and-after photo documentation for commercial clients that we do for homeowners.
Trusted Brands We Service in Cibolo
We work on systems from every major manufacturer, but in Cibolo specifically we see a lot of Honeywell filtration setups and Aprilaire media cabinets in the newer construction. Those are solid systems. The problem is that a high-efficiency filter only works if the ducts feeding it aren’t already packed with dust. Our techs carry replacement media for most Aprilaire models and can tell you if your Honeywell bypass humidifier needs attention. We use Rotobrush agitation systems and Nikro HEPA vacuums on every job, and we stock common filter sizes and access panels so a simple fix doesn’t require a second visit.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Cibolo Homes
- Builder dust left in brand-new ducts. In homes built within the last two decades, drywall dust and construction debris often sit in the supply and return runs from day one. Registers look clean, but the interior duct walls hold a fine powder that recirculates constantly.
- Attic flex duct damaged by heat and pests. Cibolo summers push attic temperatures well past 140 degrees. Flexible ductwork degrades faster here than in cooler climates, and small tears or crushed sections quietly reduce airflow to second-story rooms.
- Upstairs rooms with noticeably weaker airflow. Two-story layouts across Turning Stone and Buffalo Crossing often share the same long flex runs from a single attic-mounted unit. The longer the run, the more dust buildup affects airflow, and the bigger the temperature difference between upstairs and downstairs.
- Previous “cheap” cleanings that skipped half the system. Camera inspections often reveal that a discount cleaning only addressed the first few feet of each register. The main trunk line stays coated with years of debris. If you can’t verify what was done, you can’t verify it was done right.
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AfterPricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Cibolo, TX
A standard whole-home residential air duct cleaning in Cibolo runs $375 – $525 for a single system. Two-story homes with longer runs and multiple returns typically land between $475 and $575. Commercial jobs depend on square footage and zone count, but most Cibolo retail and office spaces fall in the $600 – $1,200 range. What affects your price: system size, number of returns, accessibility of the air handler, and whether you add dryer vent cleaning or a coil cleaning. You get a written price before any work starts, and that price does not change at the door. Call (254) 347-3897 for an exact quote. Estimates are free.
The Cibolo New-Home Duct Problem Most Owners Miss
Cibolo’s rapid suburban growth over the past two decades has filled the city with newer, tightly-sealed, energy-efficient homes that often recirculate indoor air more than older stock. That’s a selling point until you realize whatever was in the ducts at move-in is still there at move-in plus five years. In a neighborhood like Buffalo Crossing, where floor plans repeat across dozens of homes, we know the duct layout before we arrive. That’s not a party trick. It means we know where the builder cut corners, where flex runs sagged, and where a previous cleaning likely stopped short.
We pulled a camera inspection in a two-story Buffalo Crossing home and found drywall dust and debris from the original build still caked in the supply and return ducts. The homeowner had no idea because the registers looked clean. After negative-pressure source removal with agitation tools and HEPA filtration at the air handler, the airflow was noticeably stronger and the family’s morning congestion cleared up within a week. That’s the kind of before-and-after result we document with photos on every job. If your Cibolo home is under ten years old and you’ve never had the ducts cleaned, there’s a good chance you’re breathing construction debris.
Builders should have cleared the ducts before handover. Most don’t. The drywall phase alone fills every open register cavity with fine dust, and unless someone seals every opening during construction, that dust settles into the duct system before the first owner ever turns down the thermostat. A tight post-2000 build then recirculates that same dust daily. It gets blamed on “Texas allergies.” Sometimes it isn’t allergies. It’s the house. Our full system cleaning includes supply and return duct cleaning, blower motor cleaning, and a camera verification pass so you can see the result. This is the Air Duct Cleaning work we do every week across Cibolo, and it’s why we recommend a camera inspection even if a previous owner claimed the ducts were already done.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cibolo
Need duct cleaning in a neighboring community? Our crews cover Converse, New Braunfels, San Antonio, and Floresville as well. If you’re a few minutes down the road and want the same written-upfront pricing and before-and-after photo documentation, give us a call at (254) 347-3897.
Serving Cibolo, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cibolo 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 Cibolo
Yes. Most newly built Cibolo homes have construction dust and drywall debris inside the supply and return ducts from the build phase. Registers look clean because the visible metal surfaces were wiped down at closing, but the duct interiors were never touched. If your home is under ten years old and has never had the ducts cleaned, there’s a very high chance builder debris is still in the system. Call (254) 347-3897 and we’ll run a camera inspection to confirm what’s actually in there before quoting any cleaning.
Weaker upstairs airflow in a Cibolo two-story home is usually caused by long flex duct runs in the attic, dust buildup inside those runs, or a squeezed or sagging section of duct. In neighborhoods like Turning Stone, repeated floor plans often share the same long attic runs, which makes the problem common and predictable. A camera inspection shows exactly where the restriction is. The fix is often a targeted cleaning of the supply run plus repair of any kinked or separated duct sections. Call (254) 347-3897 to schedule an inspection.
You don’t, unless you have a dated invoice describing a full source removal with agitation and HEPA extraction. Most builder “cleaning” is surface-level: wiping registers and maybe vacuuming the first few inches of the visible runs. A camera inspection through the supply and return plenums reveals whether the full trunk line was actually cleaned. We provide before-and-after photos so you’re not relying on someone’s word. Call (254) 347-3897 to book an inspection.
Flex duct requires lower-pressure agitation than rigid metal duct, and our techs adjust accordingly. The cleaning method is similar, but we’re more careful around the inner liner because torn flex duct is a common Cibolo problem in high attic heat. We inspect the full run as part of the job and flag any sections that need repair. If we find damaged flex, we’ll quote the repair separately and in writing before doing any work.
You usually can’t tell from looking at registers. The only reliable way is a camera inspection of the trunk line and branch runs. We can show you live footage of the duct interior and point out whether the coating is loose debris that should have been removed or the expected thin film of normal accumulation. If a previous cleaning was done properly, the trunk line will look noticeably different. Call (254) 347-3897 and we’ll show you exactly what’s in your ducts.
Ready to see what’s actually inside your Cibolo home’s ductwork? Call Cardinal Air Duct San Antonio at (254) 347-3897 for a free estimate. You’ll get a written price before any work begins, before-and-after photos of your own ducts, and a full year of coverage under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct San Antonio, serving Cibolo with documented, camera-verified duct cleaning.