Air duct work in New Braunfels, TX
New Braunfels has grown quickly, with a large share of its homes going up since 2010, but it also keeps a meaningful stock of manufactured housing and a river-corridor geography that changes the work. Manufactured homes have no attic duct at all; the runs sit in a belly board beneath the floor inside a moisture barrier, and the first thing to establish is whether that wrap is torn and whether anything has moved in.
01Where to start in New Braunfels
Not every city needs the same thing first.
A new-build system is usually carrying its own construction phase — drywall fines and sawdust — plus flex that was kinked on the day. The dust-out and the right filter matter more here than a full clean.
01$99Camera Duct Inspection & Air-Quality Assessment
See inside your ducts before you spend a dollar on cleaning.
02$449New-Construction Duct Dust-Out
Construction debris out of the ducts before you move in.
03$99Filtration 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
New Braunfels by the numbers that actually change the work.
- Housing units
- 41,814
- Built pre-1980
- 13%
- Built 2000s
- 30%
- Built since 2010
- 39%
- Gas heat
- 19%
- Electric heat
- 79%
- Single-family
- 69%
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
New-build ductwork
Roughly 39% of New Braunfels's homes were built since 2010. New does not mean clean: the commonest thing we pull out of a five-year-old system is the construction phase itself — drywall fines, sawdust, insulation fiber — plus builder-grade flex that was kinked or crushed on the day and has been throttling that run ever since. Photographs matter more here, not less.
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 New Braunfels
New Braunfels has grown quickly, with a large share of its homes going up since 2010, but it also keeps a meaningful stock of manufactured housing and a river-corridor geography that changes the work. Manufactured homes have no attic duct at all; the runs sit in a belly board beneath the floor inside a moisture barrier, and the first thing to establish is whether that wrap is torn and whether anything has moved in. That is a repair question before it is ever a cleaning question. Along the Comal and the Guadalupe, lots hold humidity longer, and cool supply surfaces sitting in damp crawl and slab-edge air will condense and stain. Heating here is nearly all electric. A vent pipe and a heat exchanger simply never enter the conversation. What does is the coil where moisture collects, and the strip heaters that scorch settled dust every first cold morning.
- Gruene ·
- Historic Downtown ·
- Vintage Oaks ·
- Veramendi ·
- River Chase
County
Comal County
03Everything we do in New Braunfels
The whole list, with the prices on it.
Duct Cleaning
5Inspection & Diagnostics
3Sealing & Repair
4Treatments & Purification
4Construction & Renovation
2Comfort & Scent
1Commercial
104Book in New Braunfels
We cover all 5 New Braunfels 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.
05Questions
Asked in New Braunfels.
We live in a manufactured home outside town. Is duct cleaning the same process?
No, and it matters here because manufactured housing is a real part of the New Braunfels stock. Those ducts run in a belly board under the floor inside a moisture barrier. Torn belly wrap and rodent entry are the usual findings, and both are repairs that come before any cleaning is worth doing.
Our house is close to the Comal. Does river humidity reach the ductwork?
It can. River-corridor lots hold humidity longer, and crawl or slab-edge moisture migrates toward cool supply surfaces. We check for condensation staining at boots and register edges. When we find it, the durable fix is insulation and sealing at that boot rather than a cleaning you would repeat every year.
Nearly everything here is electric heat. What does that change?
It takes combustion out of the picture. Without a burner there is nothing to vent and nothing to crack, which removes two standard inspection items. Attention moves to the indoor coil where moisture condenses, and to the strip heaters that scorch settled dust on the first cold morning. That burning smell people report is almost always dust, not equipment failure.