Air Duct Cleaning in Pacific Palisades - Flat Price Per System, No Per-Vent Upsells

Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Pacific Palisades

Air duct cleaning in Pacific Palisades costs between $450 and $1,100 for a full system, depending on home size, number of zones, and whether fire-related ash remediation is required. Most homes in the 90272 zip code can be serviced in a single visit, typically within a week of booking. We work throughout Pacific Palisades, from the canyon ridges above Via de las Olas to the hillside streets off Sunset Boulevard, with professional-grade Rotobrush and Nikro equipment that removes what shop vacs leave behind. Call (833) 631-4988 for a free estimate.

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Why Duct Cleaning Brentwood Is Pacific Palisades’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company

Rick Sommer leads our crew, and his approach to Air Duct Cleaning is built on one principle: inspect first, clean second, verify third. Pacific Palisades homeowners call us because they’ve dealt with companies that rush through the job, skip the camera inspection, and leave ash packed into return ducts. We don’t. Every job starts with a video assessment of the ductwork, because in this area, what you can’t see is usually the problem.

We know the housing stock here. Mid-century ranch homes off Chautauqua Boulevard with original galvanized duct runs. 1970s canyon houses where flex duct has sagged and separated in the attic. Large modern rebuilds with multiple HVAC zones and attic-mounted air handlers. Each requires a different cleaning approach, and we’ve worked on all of them throughout Pacific Palisades.

Our response time to Pacific Palisades is consistently short. We schedule from Brentwood, so we’re not driving across the county. For homes near the Highlands or the El Medio bluffs, we can often be on site within a day or two of your call. That matters when you’re looking at ash-covered return grilles after a wind event and want the system cleaned before your family keeps breathing it in.

Vent Cleaning in Pacific Palisades

Vent Cleaning in Pacific Palisades means more than wiping down grilles. The supply registers and return vents in canyon and ridge homes here collect a fine orange-brown ash during Santa Ana events, and that ash works its way into the duct runs themselves. We remove each vent cover, clean it properly, agitate the duct interior with a Rotobrush system, and run HEPA-filtered negative pressure to capture what gets dislodged.

Supply and Return Vent Work

Supply vents push conditioned air into your rooms. Return vents pull air back to the air handler. In Pacific Palisades homes, return vents are where we see the heaviest ash accumulation, especially in houses where windows stay open during the shoulder seasons and the system cycles that smoky outside air through the returns. We clean both sides of the system because cleaning only the supply side leaves half the problem in place.

Grille Removal and Deep Cleaning

Vent grilles themselves trap a layer of residue that ordinary vacuuming never touches. We remove, wash, and reinstall every grille as part of the service. For homes near Temescal Canyon or the Palisades Village area, we often find decades of dust buildup on the grilles even when the ducts themselves are in decent shape. This full-vent cleaning runs $120 to $250 depending on the number of vents and their condition.

Ductwork Cleaning in Pacific Palisades

Ductwork Cleaning in Pacific Palisades involves more than running a brush through the main trunk line. The duct systems here are often original to homes built in the 1950s through 1970s, with aging flex duct, loose joints, and sections that have never been properly serviced. We use Nikro agitation tools to break debris free from the duct walls, then extract it with a HEPA-filtered vacuum under negative pressure so the debris doesn’t recirculate into your living space.

Full System Agitation and Extraction

The full system includes supply ducts, return ducts, the air handler cabinet, and the plenum. In Pacific Palisades homes with attic-mounted air handlers, we access the unit from the attic side and clean the blower assembly, evaporator coil, and housing. This is the difference between a surface cleaning and actual contaminant removal. Full system cleaning for a typical three-bedroom home runs $650 to $950.

Camera Inspection After Cleaning

After the agitation and extraction, we run a camera through the main supply and return runs. This catches what other companies miss: disconnected flex duct joints, crushed sections, gaps where attic insulation falls into the air stream, and residual ash pockets. In our experience with older Pacific Palisades homes, at least one in three has a disconnected joint somewhere in the attic that the homeowner never knew about. We repair what we find, not just clean around it.

Trusted Brands We Service in Pacific Palisades

We work with the equipment brands that Pacific Palisades homeowners already have in their systems. Honeywell and Aprilaire filtration components are common here, and we stock replacement filters and media for both so we can service your IAQ components during the same visit. For post-fire remediation, we use Abatement Technologies HEPA units and Guardsman products to address contaminant control beyond surface dust. Our Rotobrush and Nikro cleaning systems are the same contractor-grade equipment used in commercial remediation, not consumer vacuums adapted for duct work. If your Pacific Palisades home has a Honeywell media cabinet or Aprilaire air cleaner, we can inspect it and replace the media while we’re on site.

Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Pacific Palisades Homes

• Santa Ana ash loading: Fine orange-brown ash from wildfire events settles into return grilles and duct interiors during wind events along the ridge and canyon streets. This ash bonds to the duct surface and requires agitation tools, not just vacuum extraction, to remove completely.
• Disconnected flex duct in attics: Older canyon homes in Pacific Palisades often have original flex duct that has sagged, separated, or collapsed in attic runs. A camera inspection is the only way to find these failures, and we’ve found them in homes from Marquez Avenue to the Via Mesa area.
• Attic-mounted air handler neglect: Many Pacific Palisades homes have the air handler in the attic, which is harder to access and often skipped by companies that work only from the vents. We service the air handler, blower, and coil as part of every full system cleaning.
• Outbuilding and detached unit neglect: Homes with detached garages, studios, or guest houses often have separate duct systems that get skipped. We clean those too, because a dirty outbuilding system feeds contamination into the main house if they share a return path.

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We Also Serve Cities Near Pacific Palisades

Our team works throughout the Westside and nearby foothill communities. If you’re in Pacific Palisades or the surrounding area, we cover Brentwood, Sawtelle, Bel Air, and Wilshire Center with the same equipment and the same flat-price approach. Same crew, same Rotobrush and Nikro systems, no shortcuts.

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