Whole-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.
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AfterFast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Selma
Air duct cleaning in Selma, TX typically runs $300-$550 for a whole-home system and takes two to four hours for a standard ranch or tract home. Most Selma homeowners schedule after the late-summer harvest season, when agricultural dust loads are at their heaviest. We’re Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning, and our crews have been driving out to Selma from our San Antonio dispatch office for years. We know the 1960s-through-1980s housing stock, the original flex and sheet-metal ductwork that still runs through attics and crawlspaces, and the particular way Valley dust works its way into systems that were never sealed tight to begin with. Call us at (323) 918-4345 for a free written estimate before any work starts.
Why Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning Is Selma’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Selma homeowners call us back because we treat the house like it’s our own. Our technicians wear shoe covers and lay drop cloths from the moment they walk in, work quietly around nap schedules when kids are down the hall, and choose pet-safe products wherever the option exists. Every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise, stamped on the paperwork, not offered only if you ask. We’ve built our reputation in Selma on one thing: doing exactly what we said we’d do, at exactly the price we wrote down before we touched anything.
Our Air Duct Cleaning team arrives in uniform, background-checked, with professional equipment from Rotobrush and Nikro. A live person answers our phone 24/7, and every completed job includes a photo of the clean-up before the crew leaves. No voicemail trees, no chatbots, no invoice surprises.
We coordinate dispatch from our San Antonio office, but our crews serve Selma locally and understand the specific conditions here. The combination of original 1970s ductwork, maximum summer HVAC runtime, and the annual agricultural contamination surge means Selma systems need a different approach than newer suburban construction elsewhere in the metro area.
Vent Cleaning in Selma
Vent Cleaning in Selma means pulling the supply and return registers, agitating the full duct run with professional brushes and HEPA-contained vacuums, and inspecting what we find. In Selma’s 1960s-through-1980s ranch homes, we regularly encounter vent covers painted over multiple times, original sheet-metal boots corroded at the connection, and flex duct crushed behind drywall where a previous owner stored holiday decorations. A typical residential vent cleaning in Selma runs $180-$340 for a partial system or $300-$550 for whole-home service.
Supply Vent Cleaning
Supply vents push conditioned air into your rooms, so debris here recirculates visibly. In Selma homes near active agricultural processing, we often find a fine layer of organic dust coating the first few feet of duct past the register, evidence of infiltration through leaky connections upstream. We remove each vent cover, protect the wall and floor with drop cloths, and run agitation tools to the trunk line.
Return Vent and Plenum Cleaning
Return vents pull air back to the handler, and they’re the most neglected part of most systems. Homeowners who clean only supply vents leave the return plenum and blower motor coated. In Selma’s older homes with original ductwork, the return side is often where we find the heaviest accumulation of Valley dust and agricultural particulates.
Air Duct Repair in Selma
Air Duct Repair in Selma addresses the leaky connections, crushed flex runs, and disconnected boots that make cleaning alone a temporary fix. Original 1960s-1980s ductwork in Selma tract homes was never designed for the particulate loads this valley now carries. We regularly find plenum connections that have separated entirely, dumping conditioned air into attics or crawlspaces while pulling unfiltered outdoor air back into the system. Typical air duct repair in Selma ranges from $200-$450 for sealing and reconnection work to $600-$1,200 when multiple runs need replacement.
Duct Sealing and Reconnection
Our field crews carry mastic sealant, mechanical fasteners, and replacement flex duct in common diameters. We seal every accessible joint after cleaning, because re-contamination through the same gaps is inevitable otherwise. In one recent job near Selma’s agricultural processing area, re-sealing disconnected boots dropped the homeowner’s static pressure and restored airflow to a rear bedroom that hadn’t received proper conditioning in years.
Flex Duct Replacement
Original flex duct in Selma homes has often torn at hanger points, collapsed under storage weight, or degraded from decades of attic heat. When we find crushed or separated runs during cleaning, we’ll show you the camera footage and quote replacement before proceeding. No work starts without a written price.
Trusted Brands We Service in Selma
We clean and service systems built around equipment from Rotobrush, Nikro, Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies. Our vans stock common replacement parts and sealing materials so Selma homeowners aren’t waiting on a second trip. The Rotobrush brush-and-vac system we use for residential agitation is specifically designed for the kind of original ductwork found in Selma’s older homes, where aggressive high-pressure methods can damage aging connections. When we encounter systems with electronic air cleaners or media filters from Honeywell or Aprilaire, we clean those components as part of the full service rather than treating them as separate add-ons.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Selma Homes
- Original 1970s sheet-metal trunks with disconnected flex boots. The sheet metal itself often survives fine, but the flex connections have separated at the collar, dumping conditioned air into the crawlspace and pulling agricultural dust straight into the return. We find this in maybe half the Selma ranch homes we enter.
- Harvest-season re-contamination. Ducts cleaned in July or August often test nearly as dirty by October, because the August-September raisin harvest pumps vineyard dust, dried grape particulates, and sulfur compounds through every infiltration path. Post-harvest timing matters here in a way it doesn’t in purely residential Fresno neighborhoods.
- Supply-only cleaning leaving the return side loaded. Homeowners focused on visible vent covers often miss that the return plenum and blower motor are coated with the same debris. The system redistributes that residue every cycle, regardless of how clean the supply vents look.
- Valley fever spore concentration in late summer. San Joaquin Valley summers push past 105°F, forcing continuous HVAC runtime through the same window when Coccidioides spores are most prevalent from disturbed agricultural soils. The combination of maximum airflow and peak spore loads is a genuine local concern for Selma families.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Selma, TX
Whole-home air duct cleaning in Selma typically runs $300-$550 for a standard residential system, with vent cleaning for partial systems at $180-$340 and air duct repair ranging from $200-$450 for sealing work up to $600-$1,200 when multiple flex runs need replacement. What moves you within those ranges: the number of supply and return vents, whether the system includes a main trunk and multiple branches or just a simple radial layout, accessibility in attic versus crawlspace, and whether we find disconnected or damaged ductwork that needs repair before cleaning is worthwhile.
We give one flat price per system, agreed in writing before any work starts. No per-vent add-ons, no equipment surcharges, no invoice that grows once the van is in your driveway. Every estimate is free, and we carry the full pricing conversation before scheduling so you can plan. Call (323) 918-4345 for your written quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Selma
Our crews travel throughout the region from our San Antonio dispatch office, and we regularly schedule Air Duct Cleaning in Selma alongside routes through Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. If you’re managing properties across multiple cities or coordinating service for family members in different metros, one call to our live answering line handles scheduling across our full service area.
Serving Selma, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Selma 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 Selma
Selma sits at the geographic center of California’s raisin belt, and every August-September harvest season, vineyard dust, dried grape particulates, and sulfur compounds from agricultural processing spike sharply in the surrounding air. Homes within close proximity to Selma’s raisin packing sheds and dehydrator yards consistently show heavier organic dust loads inside ducts than comparable homes in purely residential Fresno neighborhoods insulated from active farming operations. For these homes, post-harvest duct cleaning is a genuinely justified annual service rather than an upsell. Call (323) 918-4345 to schedule after the harvest dust settles.
Expect us to find leaky connections at boots and plenum, possible crushed flex runs, and heavier accumulation than newer systems due to decades of infiltration through gaps that were never sealed. Our techs pulled a camera inspection on an original 1970s sheet-metal trunk in a ranch home near Selma’s raisin packing sheds and found one flex run to a rear bedroom crushed flat against a joist, plus disconnected boot connections dumping conditioned air into the crawlspace. We set the system under negative pressure with HEPA filtration, ran agitation tools through the supply and return ducts, performed source removal on the visible organic dust, then re-sealed the disconnected runs and re-insulated where the flex had torn. The homeowner’s return static dropped and the rear bedroom finally got airflow it hadn’t seen in years. We’ll show you what we find on camera and quote any repair before proceeding.
Late October through November, after the raisin harvest and dehydrator yard activity has wound down, is when outdoor agricultural particulate loads drop to their annual low. Cleaning during or immediately before harvest means ducts fill again within weeks as grape dust, dried particulates, and sulfur compounds keep pulling through infiltration paths. Timing matters more in Selma than in non-agricultural communities. Call (323) 918-4345 and we’ll schedule you for the window that actually lasts.
Yes, dryer vent cleaning is part of our service offering in Selma and is often scheduled alongside whole-home duct cleaning. Lint accumulation in dryer vents is a genuine fire hazard, and the same older construction era that left original ductwork unsealed in Selma homes often means longer, more convoluted dryer vent runs that trap debris. We clean the full run from appliance to exterior termination and verify airflow with a meter. Call (323) 918-4345 to add dryer vent service to your appointment.
If you have rooms that never reach temperature, visible dust puffing from vents when the system cycles, or energy bills that climbed without explanation, you likely have disconnected or leaking ductwork that cleaning alone won’t fix. During our pre-service inspection, we test static pressure and run camera footage to show you exactly what we’re seeing. Repair gets quoted separately with a written price before any work starts. Call (323) 918-4345 for a free evaluation.
Written by Paul Adeyemi, Owner at Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning, serving Selma and the greater San Antonio area since 2005.