About 35 minutes south from our door
Air duct cleaning in Plano, TX
Plano has the oldest housing stock we work in, and the systems here have the most history buried in them.
Plano's median construction year is 1993, with a large share of the city built between 1970 and 1999.
That means thirty to fifty year old systems: original rigid trunk lines, flexible branches added and replaced piecemeal by different companies over decades, and returns that in some houses have genuinely never been opened.
The oddities are here too. One Plano customer had vents that a previous owner had painted over and sealed shut around the edges, which had to be freed before anything could be cleaned at all.
Older Plano systems carry decades of other people's work. Reading that history correctly is most of the job.
What we usually find in Plano systems
Plano systems carry the most history of anywhere we work. Original rigid trunk from the seventies or eighties, flexible branches replaced piecemeal by three different companies, returns that have genuinely never been opened, and the occasional register painted shut by a previous owner. Reading what happened before you is most of the job. It is also why we will not quote a Plano house sight unseen. A nineteen eighties system that has been maintained is a straightforward clean. The same house neglected for forty years is a different conversation and a different number, and you deserve to hear which one you have before you agree to anything.
Worth calling us about
- Vent covers look painted in around the edges
- The house is from the seventies or eighties and you do not know what has been replaced
- You have been told by someone else that the whole system needs replacing and want a second opinion
- Nobody can tell you when, or whether, the ductwork was last replaced
Zip codes we cover in Plano: 75023, 75024, 75025, 75074, 75075, 75093.
Questions from Plano homeowners
- Our vents look painted over. Can they still be cleaned?
- Usually yes, and it is more common in older Plano homes than you would think. A previous owner rolls the ceiling and the vent covers get sealed in around the edges. They have to be freed and cleaned properly rather than forced, and then the system underneath can be done. We have handled exactly this before.
- The house is from the 1970s. Is the ductwork even worth cleaning?
- Sometimes the honest answer is no, and that replacement is the better use of your money. We will show you photographs from inside your own system and tell you which it is. We would rather lose a cleaning than take payment for one that will not help.
- Are you coming from Dallas?
- No, from Anna, about thirty five minutes north. We work Plano regularly and there is no trip charge.