Air Duct Cleaning in Rohnert Park, CA

Almost certainly in the attic, since most of Rohnert Park was built slab-on-grade with the duct runs overhead and registers in the ceiling. That means the work happens from inside the house at the registers and returns, with an attic trip to check the trunk and connections. Older phases often still have sheet metal or early fiberglass duct board, which gets cleaned differently than flex (metal takes brushing and agitation, duct board has a fragile lining that only handles gentler contact). We look at what you actually have before anything goes in the duct.

Sagging and fully disconnected flex is the most common thing we pull up. Attics here run past 130°F through July, August and September, and years of that heat plus the weight of the insulation jacket lets runs droop between supports or pull off a boot entirely, so a bedroom never cools and the system dumps air into the attic. The other routine find is a return grille coated in dust because the filter sat in place too long. Both are worth knowing about whether or not you clean the ducts.

Mostly the number of supply runs and returns, and what condition the attic is in. A compact single-story tract ranch with one return is at the lower end of the work. Two-story homes from the later subdivisions have more runs, longer attic routes and often a second system, so they take longer. Duct board in the earlier phases needs a slower, less aggressive approach than sheet metal. And if we find disconnected flex, repairs are separate from cleaning and we'll tell you what we see before deciding anything.

Usually within a few days. Spring and early fall are the busiest stretches: spring because of grass and oak pollen off the plain, fall because people want the system cleared after smoke has been in the air. If you call during the stretch when AC has been running daily for months, expect a slightly longer wait than in winter. We'll give you a real window, not a vague all-day one.

Sometimes, depending on the day and where our crew already is. Turnovers near the university are a common call for us, and they're often the homes that need it most, since filters in rentals can go unchanged for a long stretch and the returns show it. If same-day isn't open, tell us the move-in date and we'll work backward from it. Worth asking at the same time about filter sizing so the next tenant has something easy to replace.