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 Marietta
Air duct cleaning in Marietta typically runs $380-$780 for a full residential system, and every job starts with a written price before a single panel comes off. We’re CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, independently owned and operated under the Haven Standard since 2013, and our crews serve Marietta from our Atlanta-area dispatch office. If your home sits in the 1970s-1990s Cobb County build wave - the ranch and split-level neighborhoods off Franklin Road, along US-41, or near Kennesaw Mountain’s eastern foothills - your ductwork has spent decades cycling between brutal attic heat and cooled airflow. That specific history changes what “cleaning” actually means here. Call (470) 516-9337 for a free estimate with a written price delivered before any work starts.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Marietta Is Marietta’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve served more than 52,000 homes since 2013, and Marietta’s share of that work has taught us something the coupon companies miss: this market’s duct stock is old enough to fail structurally while still looking intact from the outside. Our Air Duct Cleaning team doesn’t treat every system as a dirt problem. We treat it as a documentation problem first.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival - Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews. Every job concludes with a Documented Photo Record of every duct run, before and after, delivered to you as a standard deliverable. Not a marketing promise. A file you can scroll through on your phone while the truck is still in your driveway.
The 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every Marietta job in writing: if the work is not right, we make it right. No manager approval required. The full H.A.V.E.N. Standard governs every visit, and our license number is published on this page - not buried in a footer - because verifiable credentials matter more than decorative badges.
Scheduling is coordinated from our Atlanta office, with crews dispatched to Marietta daily. All calls are answered by a live person, 24/7.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Marietta
Residential Duct Cleaning
Marietta’s single-family homes - particularly the ranch and colonial builds from the Cobb County boom - carry original duct board plenums and flex branches that are now 30-50 years old. Our residential service starts with a camera inspection, then uses negative-pressure extraction (a sealed vacuum system that pulls debris out rather than blowing it through your house) with HEPA filtration. We photograph every run before and after. In neighborhoods near the Big Shanty Road corridor, we’ve found that pollen accumulation alone can reduce effective duct diameter by 15-20% in homes without media filtration.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Marietta’s commercial base - medical offices near Kennestone Hospital, retail along Roswell Road, and professional buildings in the 30062 and 30067 zip codes - runs rooftop package units with galvanized trunk lines that face different contamination patterns than residential flex systems. We scale our equipment to the building: Rotobrush for light commercial branch lines, Nikro and Abatement Technologies negative-pressure rigs for larger trunk cleaning. Every commercial job carries the same written price guarantee and photo documentation as our residential work.
Supply Duct Cleaning
The supply side pushes conditioned air into your rooms, and in Marietta homes it’s where we most often find the real problem. On a 1978 split-level off Franklin Road near the US-41 corridor, our tech pulled a register and found white fiberglass dust sitting on top of the supply boot - the original duct board plenum box had separated inside, not just collected dirt. We ran camera inspection first, switched to low-abrasion agitation tools under negative pressure with HEPA filtration, then sealed the failed plenum seams and rebuilt two crushed flex runs to the air handler. The customer’s complaint wasn’t dust - it was a musty smell every time the blower motor kicked on, and it disappeared after source removal. Supply duct cleaning without this level of inspection is vacuum noise. We document what we find.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the air handler, and in Marietta’s pollen-heavy environment they function as collection points for oak and pine debris, pet dander, and the fine particulate that slips past standard 1-inch filters. The return plenum - the large box where multiple return lines converge - is often built from duct board in local homes of a certain age, and it’s where we find the most significant delamination. Our return cleaning includes full camera inspection, mechanical agitation appropriate to the liner condition, and negative-pressure containment. If the return trunk is pulling from a vented crawl space or hot attic, we’ll show you that too.
Full System Cleaning
A full system cleaning in Marietta addresses supply trunks, return trunks, branch lines, boots, and the plenum connections at the air handler. Given the age of local housing stock, this is often where we discover that cleaning alone won’t solve the problem - a disconnected flex run, a crushed branch, or a plenum box with interior separation needs repair before the system can stay clean. We quote that work in writing before proceeding. No “while we’re here” upsells. Haven Standard Clause 1: written price before work starts, every time.
Video Inspection
Video inspection is not an add-on here. It’s the first step. In Marietta’s 1970s-1990s Cobb County housing stock, original fiberglass duct board plenums and flex branches have cycled between 130-140°F attic heat and AC-cooled airflow for 30-50 years, so a camera inspection is required before any brushing - standard rotary agitation tools can accelerate liner delamination and shed glass fibers into the airstream. We use professional-grade inspection cameras to map the interior condition of every run, identify structural failures, and determine the correct cleaning protocol. The footage belongs to you. We include it in the Documented Photo Record.
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Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies for mechanical cleaning and negative-pressure extraction, plus Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman filtration and air quality components. These are trade-recognized brands customers can verify independently - not proprietary tools with uncheckable claims. We stock common Guardsman plenum repair materials and Aprilaire media filter housings for Marietta installations, which means replacement work doesn’t wait on shipping. When we find a failed component during cleaning, we can quote the repair with known parts availability.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Marietta Homes
- Rotary brushing a 40-year-old duct board trunk line without camera inspection first. The brush shreds already-delaminated liner and pushes fiberglass into the supply ducts instead of removing it. We see this aftermath from cut-rate competitors in the East Cobb and Franklin Road areas - white dust blowing from registers after a “cleaning.”
- Treating a Marietta system as a dirt problem when it’s a sealing problem. The crushed or disconnected flex run in the attic is the actual failure, and cleaning without reconnecting it just re-dirties the system within a season. In the ranch neighborhoods near Kennesaw Mountain’s eastern slopes, attic storage activity often crushes flex branches that homeowners never see.
- Skipping negative pressure and HEPA filtration on Cobb County’s heavy oak and pine pollen loads. Without containment, source removal just redistributes the pollen and mold spores through the living space. Marietta’s spring pollen counts routinely exceed national “very high” thresholds by 5-10 times. The equipment matters.
- Missing the plenum box failure entirely. In post-1970s neighborhoods along the US-41 corridor, technicians frequently find that original duct board plenum boxes have developed interior liner separation - not just dirt accumulation - after decades of thermal cycling. A camera inspection before brushing is essential here because the failure mode is structural, not cosmetic.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Marietta, GA
Most full residential system cleanings in Marietta fall between $380 and $780, depending on system size, accessibility, and what the camera finds. A straightforward single-system ranch with accessible attic space and intact duct board typically lands in the $380-$520 range. Two-story colonials with multiple zones, hard-to-reach trunk lines, or plenum repair needs can run $580-$780. Commercial pricing scales with square footage and HVAC configuration.
What moves the number: the number of air handlers, the condition of original duct board versus modern flex, whether plenum sealing or flex run replacement is needed, and the level of contamination (heavy pollen and mold loading requires longer containment and filtration time). We don’t quote per-vent pricing - that’s the coupon-company model that turns a $79 offer into a $900 invoice. We quote one flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts, under Haven Standard Clause 1.
Bring us any competitor’s written estimate. We’ll deliver a Free Second Opinion, our number next to theirs, with no obligation. Estimates are free. Call (470) 516-9337.
| Service | Typical Range in Marietta |
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| Single-system residential cleaning (intact ductwork) | $380 - $520 |
| Multi-zone or larger home with plenum repair | $580 - $780 |
| Video inspection only (no cleaning) | $180 - $240 |
| Commercial system (per air handler) | $680 - $1,400 |
We Also Serve Cities Near Marietta
Our Air Duct Cleaning in Marietta crews also work in Smyrna, Kennesaw, Atlanta, and Woodstock. The same written pricing, camera-first protocol, and Documented Photo Record apply to every job in every service area. Scheduling is coordinated from our Atlanta office for efficiency, but the technicians who arrive at your door know the local housing stock and its specific failure modes.
Serving Marietta, GA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Marietta 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 - Air Duct Cleaning in Marietta
Because your ductwork may be deteriorating structurally, not just dirty. In Marietta’s 1970s-1990s Cobb County housing stock, original fiberglass duct board plenums and flex branches have cycled between 130-140°F attic heat and AC-cooled airflow for 30-50 years. Standard rotary brushes can shred already-delaminated liner and release fiberglass particles into your air. The camera shows us whether we’re dealing with contamination or structural failure - or both - before we select the right tools. Call (470) 516-9337 to schedule an inspection.
It’s usually both, but the source is often in the supply plenum or a crushed return branch. That musty smell is biological activity - mold or mildew - thriving on Marietta’s persistent humidity and the organic debris load from our severe pollen seasons. The air handler’s evaporator coil may be contaminated, but if the smell hits immediately when the blower starts, the problem is likely in the ductwork itself: a separated plenum liner trapping moisture, or a disconnected flex run pulling attic air. We camera-inspect first to locate the source, then clean or repair accordingly. The photo record shows you exactly what we found.
Cleaning alone is not worth it if the duct is crushed or disconnected. You’re paying to remove debris from a line that isn’t moving air properly, and the system will re-contaminate within a season. We quote the reconnection or replacement in writing before any cleaning begins - Haven Standard Clause 1 - so you know the full cost to actually fix the problem. In many Marietta attics, especially the older ranches near US-41, the crushed flex run is the primary failure and the “dirty ducts” are a symptom. We show you the camera footage and let you decide.
Every 3-5 years for most Marietta homes, with annual HVAC filter upgrades to media filtration if pollen sensitivity is an issue. The Atlanta metro’s oak and pine pollen loads - routinely 5-10 times national “very high” thresholds - plus Marietta’s humid subtropical climate create conditions for faster biological accumulation than drier, less vegetated markets. Homes with pets, recent renovations, or occupants with allergies may need more frequent service. We don’t push annual cleanings as a default; we push camera inspections that tell you what your specific system actually needs. Call (470) 516-9337 for an assessment.
Yes, our cleaning protocols align with NADCA (National Air Duct Cleaners Association) standards for source removal, containment, and mechanical agitation. What changes in Marietta is not the standard - it’s the condition of the systems we apply it to. NADCA assumes accessible, intact ductwork. In Marietta’s aging Cobb County housing stock, we frequently find that the ductwork fails the “intact” test: delaminated plenum liners, crushed flex branches, and moisture damage that standard cleaning alone cannot address. Following NADCA source-removal principles means we don’t just vacuum debris; we identify and document structural failures that compromise the system. The standard is the floor. Our camera-first, photo-documented approach is what this specific market requires.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Duct Repair & Cleaning, serving Marietta since 2013.