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Air duct work in Arlington, TX

Arlington filled in through the 1980s and 90s and has added very little new housing since, which makes it one of the most consistent duct-age markets in Tarrant County. The typical system here is a quarter century to forty years old: flex duct run through a vented attic, insulation compressed at every strap and bend, sometimes sagging low enough to hold settled debris in the belly of a run.

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01Where to start in Arlington

Not every city needs the same thing first.

Mixed-era stock is where guessing from the curb goes wrong most often — two houses on the same street can need completely different work, so the camera comes first.

  1. Camera Duct Inspection & Air-Quality Assessment
    01$99

    Camera Duct Inspection & Air-Quality Assessment

    See inside your ducts before you spend a dollar on cleaning.

  2. Full-System Air Duct Cleaning
    02$349

    Full-System Air Duct Cleaning

    Whole-home source-removal cleaning of every supply and return run.

  3. Filtration Upgrade Consultation
    03$99

    Filtration Upgrade Consultation

    The right MERV rating for your system — no guesswork, no overkill.

An ordering suggested by the city’s housing record below — not a diagnosis of your home. Prices shown are starting estimates and may change with the condition, access, and scope we find on site. Only a written quote from an on-site visit is a price we commit to.

02The record

Arlington by the numbers that actually change the work.

Arlington — housing recordACS 2023
Housing units
150,519
Built pre-1980
16%
Built 2000s
30%
Built since 2010
7%
Gas heat
26%
Electric heat
71%
Single-family
60%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023), tables B25034, B25040 and B25024. Percentages are rounded and describe the city, not your house.

What that means for ducts

Mixed-era stock

Arlington splits across build eras — 16% pre-1980, 7% since 2010 — so two houses on the same street can need completely different work. It is the case where guessing from the curb is worst, and where a camera before a quote saves the most money.

That is a reading of the city’s stock, not a diagnosis of your home. Which of it applies to you is exactly what the camera settles — and why we would rather run one than quote from a postcode.

On the ground in Arlington

Arlington filled in through the 1980s and 90s and has added very little new housing since, which makes it one of the most consistent duct-age markets in Tarrant County. The typical system here is a quarter century to forty years old: flex duct run through a vented attic, insulation compressed at every strap and bend, sometimes sagging low enough to hold settled debris in the belly of a run. Electric heat dominates. A gas furnace is the exception on these streets; the rule is a heat pump feeding an air handler, and the rule changes what is worth inspecting. Heat pumps run long, low-temperature cycles, and the indoor coil is where moisture actually condenses. When there is a biological problem in an Arlington house, it usually starts at that coil and in the first few feet of supply plenum, not deep in the branch runs. Cleaning branches while ignoring the coil is money spent on the wrong end of the system.

Neighborhoods17 ZIPs
  • Pantego ·
  • Dalworthington Gardens ·
  • Viridian ·
  • Lake Arlington ·
  • South Arlington ·
  • North Arlington ·
  • Entertainment District

County

Tarrant County

03Everything we do in Arlington

The whole list, with the prices on it.

Duct Cleaning

5

Inspection & Diagnostics

3

Sealing & Repair

4

Treatments & Purification

4

Construction & Renovation

2

Comfort & Scent

1

Commercial

1

04Book in Arlington

We cover all 17 Arlington ZIP codes.

Leave three fields and a person calls back. Nothing is charged until you have approved a written quote — and if the camera says your system is fine, that is what we will tell you.

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Arlington, TX

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Tell us the ZIP and we will tell you what your system likely needs — including, sometimes, that it needs nothing yet.

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05Questions

Asked in Arlington.

My Arlington house is from 1993 and still has its original flex duct. Is cleaning enough, or is it worn out?

Flex has a finite life. At thirty years the inner liner is often torn and the insulation is compressed flat at every strap, and a run that sags between supports holds debris no brush reaches. We inspect and photograph before quoting, then tell you plainly when replacing a section beats cleaning it.

We have a heat pump, not a gas furnace. Does that change what needs cleaning?

It does, and it matters here because electric equipment is the norm across Arlington. There are no combustion byproducts to deal with. Instead, the indoor coil is where moisture condenses and where biological growth begins. Any quote that covers a hundred feet of duct but never opens the coil is incomplete.

Arlington attics get brutally hot in summer. Does that damage the ductwork itself?

Heat ages materials. In these 1980s and 90s subdivisions we regularly find dried-out mastic, failed cloth tape at boots and brittle flex cores. A boot that has pulled loose lets superheated attic air and loose insulation fibers into your supply. Worth checking before assuming the problem is dirt.

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