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.
Fast, Reliable HVAC Cleaning Across New Braunfels
HVAC cleaning in New Braunfels typically runs $325 – $585 for a standard single-system home, with most jobs completed in two to four hours. If you’re noticing weak airflow, a dusty smell when the AC kicks on, or white residue around your supply registers, there’s a good chance your system is circulating construction dust, cedar pollen, or both. Our HVAC Cleaning team serves New Braunfels with professional-grade equipment and a written price before any work starts. Call (254) 347-3897 for a free estimate.
Why Cardinal Air Duct San Antonio Is New Braunfels’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
New Braunfels homes present a different set of HVAC problems than older cities. Where San Antonio crews spend their days clearing decades of accumulated debris from rigid metal ducts, our techs in New Braunfels are more often clearing post-build drywall fines from flexible duct runs in homes built within the last five to fifteen years. That distinction matters, and it’s why homeowners across New Braunfels call us when their registers start blowing white dust on the first hot day.
Omar Haddad leads our team with a simple operating rule: the price you’re quoted is the price you pay, in writing, before a single tool comes off the truck. Every tech is background-checked, uniformed, and arrives with equipment built for source removal, not shortcuts. If the work isn’t done right within 365 days, we return and correct it at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it applies to every job in New Braunfels without exception.
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Evaporator Coil Cleaning in New Braunfels
Evaporator coil cleaning in New Braunfels runs $180 – $320 for a typical attic or closet air handler. The coil sits inside your air handler and absorbs heat from the air moving across it. In New Braunfels’s humid climate, that coil stays damp through most of the cooling season, which means dust, pollen, and airborne particles stick to it like glue. A dirty coil forces your system to run longer cycles to hit the thermostat setpoint, and in peak summer, that’s money leaving your house every afternoon.
Signs Your Coil Needs Attention
If your electric bill climbs in July while your house stays a degree or two warmer than the thermostat says, a fouled evaporator coil is often the culprit. Another tell is a musty smell when the blower first starts, especially in two-story homes where the air handler sits in a hot attic.
What Our Crew Actually Does
We access the coil, inspect it with a camera, and apply a professional-grade cleaning agent that breaks down the biofilm and compacted debris. Then we flush and vacuum the coil so the loosened material leaves the system entirely. No caustic shortcuts, no surface-only wipe-down. The difference in temperature drop across the coil is measurable before and after, and we document it with photos.
AC Duct Cleaning in New Braunfels
AC duct cleaning in New Braunfels runs $325 – $585 for a typical single-family home with one HVAC system. The job involves cleaning the supply runs, return runs, plenums, and registers using negative-pressure extraction and agitation tools. Negative-pressure extraction means the loosened debris goes straight into the vacuum, not back into your living room. For New Braunfels homes built since the 1990s, this service addresses a specific problem: flexible ductwork in hot attics traps cedar pollen and drywall dust far more readily than the rigid metal ducts you’d find in an older San Antonio house.
Post-Build Dust in Newer Subdivisions
Fast-growing neighborhoods off FM 306 and around Creekside often see homes closed with ducts that were never cleaned after drywall work. The first 95°F day pushes that fine white powder through every register in the house. We handle that with full source removal per NADCA standards.
Allergen Control for Hill Country Living
Cedar season hits New Braunfels hard, and once that pollen makes it past your filter, it settles in your ductwork and recirculates for months after the trees stop blooming. A thorough duct cleaning removes what your filter can’t catch, which is why so many households here schedule service right after cedar season ends.
Trusted Brands We Service in New Braunfels
We service and clean components across all major residential HVAC brands, and we use professional-grade equipment from Rotobrush and Nikro for duct cleaning and HEPA filtration, plus Abatement Technologies containment units when a job calls for it. If your system uses Honeywell or Aprilaire filtration products, we can evaluate whether your current filter setup is doing enough for New Braunfels’s cedar and humidity conditions. We keep commonly needed replacement components stocked on our trucks, so a cleaning appointment rarely turns into a multi-visit project.
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AfterWe Also Serve Cities Near New Braunfels
Our crews cover New Braunfels and the surrounding communities, including Cibolo, Converse, San Antonio, and Floresville. If you’re located in one of those areas and dealing with the same post-build dust or cedar pollen problems, call (254) 347-3897 and we’ll get you on the schedule.
Key Takeaways
- New Braunfels homes built since the 1990s typically have flexible ductwork that traps cedar pollen and drywall dust more readily than older rigid metal ducts in San Antonio.
- Evaporator coil cleaning in New Braunfels runs $180 – $320; full duct cleaning runs $325 – $585 for a standard single-system home.
- Builders in subdivisions off FM 306 often skip post-construction duct cleaning, leaving drywall fines that clog registers and reduce airflow on the first hot day.
- Every New Braunfels job includes a written price before work starts and the 365-Day Done Right Promise, with a free second visit if any repair fails.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in New Braunfels Homes
- Drywall dust blowing from registers in 5 – 15 year old homes. Builders in fast-growing subdivisions off FM 306 and around Creekside rarely clean ducts after drywall work. First hot day, white powder coats every surface near a supply register.
- Microbial growth on attic evaporator coils. New Braunfels summers are hot and humid, and an attic air handler sitting in 130°F heat with a damp coil is a petri dish. That musty smell at startup is the sign you’ve got growth on the coil.
- Cedar pollen packed into flexible duct runs. Hill Country cedar season is brutal, and that fine pollen works past basic fiberglass filters into the ductwork, where it recirculates long after the trees stop shedding.
- Stacked dryer vent backflow in condos and apartments. Multi-story buildings where several units share a vent stack can see one unit’s lint blockage back up into a neighbor’s exhaust. That’s restricted airflow and, in the worst case, a fire risk. We inspect and clean the shared run.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in New Braunfels, TX
You’ll get a written quote before any work begins, and that number does not change at the door. For a standard New Braunfels single-family home with one HVAC system, expect:
- Evaporator coil cleaning: $180 – $320
- AC duct cleaning (full system): $325 – $585
- Blower cleaning: $120 – $220 (often bundled with coil service)
- Air handler cleaning: $200 – $350 depending on access and condition
Larger homes with multiple systems, long duct runs, mold remediation, or heavily soiled coils will land higher, and that’s reflected in the quote before anything starts. Every estimate for New Braunfels is free. Call (254) 347-3897 to get yours.
Serving New Braunfels, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the New Braunfels 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 HVAC Cleaning in New Braunfels
Builders in fast-growing subdivisions off FM 306 typically skip post-construction duct cleaning as a cost-saving measure. Drywall fines and debris from construction settle in the flexible duct runs during the build, and the first warm day pushes that dust through every register in the house. We find this in homes built as recently as 2022, and the fix is a full source-removal cleaning of the supply and return runs. Call (254) 347-3897 if you’re seeing white dust on your furniture near the vents.
High humidity shortens the interval between coil cleanings. The damp surface of a New Braunfels attic coil collects dust and biological growth faster than a coil in a dry climate, which means many local homes need coil service every 2 – 3 years instead of the 4 – 5 you’d see in West Texas. Homes running their AC from April through October put more runtime on the coil, and that accelerates buildup.
Stacked vents share a common riser, so one unit’s lint accumulates in the vertical run and restricts airflow for everyone above or below. A single heavily used dryer can clog the shared stack enough to push lint back into a neighbor’s exhaust, which is both a performance problem and a fire hazard. Condo and apartment dwellers in New Braunfels should clean shared dryer vents annually. Call (254) 347-3897 to schedule an inspection of your building’s vent stack.
A MERV 11 or MERV 13 filter is the right choice for New Braunfels during cedar season. MERV 8 catches larger dust and some pollen, but the fine Hill Country cedar particles slip right through it. The tradeoff is airflow: MERV 13 filters are more restrictive, so your blower has to work harder, and if your ductwork is already clogged with post-build dust, that’s a double load on the system. We recommend cleaning the ducts first, then upgrading the filter. Our techs can tell you whether your current Aprilaire or Honeywell filter cabinet will accept a higher MERV rating without reducing airflow too much.
No, and you wouldn’t want us to. Proper source removal requires accessing the duct interior through the registers and sometimes through small access holes we cut and seal in the plenum. A company that claims to clean ducts without touching the registers is selling you an inspection, not a cleaning. Our crews remove each register, clean the register and boot, and then seal everything back before the job is done.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct San Antonio, serving New Braunfels. Part of the Relay Home Co. family, founded 2005.