Post-Renovation Air Duct Cleaning in Chicago

After. Cleaning ducts before the work is finished just lets fresh drywall dust, sanding fines, and sawdust settle right back into the system. We recommend a whole-system cleaning once the dusty phases — demolition, drywall, sanding, and painting — are complete, so we capture the construction debris in one pass. If your renovation is ongoing, keeping the registers covered and the system off during heavy dust work helps limit how much gets in.

Yes. Drywall sanding produces an extremely fine dust that stays airborne for hours and is easily pulled into open return vents, then distributed through the whole duct system every time the furnace or AC runs. Sawdust, joint-compound powder, and general debris collect in the trunk lines, on the blower, and behind registers. Because it keeps recirculating, homeowners often notice a gritty film returning on furniture for weeks after the contractors leave.

As soon as the dust-generating work is done and the space is cleaned up. The longer construction dust sits in the ducts, the more it circulates and the more it settles onto the blower and coil, where it can affect airflow. Booking the cleaning at the tail end of your project — before you move furniture back or settle in — gives you the cleanest possible fresh start.

We work directly with homeowners and can schedule around your contractor's timeline so we arrive after the dusty work wraps up. Our job is the duct system itself — we remove the construction dust and debris that settled inside your supply and return ducts, trunk lines, and furnace blower. General jobsite cleanup is typically your contractor's responsibility, but we leave the ductwork and registers clean and protected.

It uses the same transparent pricing as our standard whole-system cleaning. We start with a $175 inspection so we can see exactly how much construction debris is present, and that fee is credited toward your cleaning if you move forward. Whole-system cleaning is priced by furnace count: $550 for one furnace, $950 for two, and $1,250 for three, including unlimited return and supply vents, all main trunk lines, and the furnace blower.

The same whole-system scope as our core air duct cleaning, focused on construction debris. We clean unlimited return and supply registers, all main trunk lines, and the furnace blower, using professional negative-air equipment with HEPA filtration and mechanical agitation. Cleaning the whole system matters after a remodel because dust that stays in even one section will recirculate and recontaminate the parts we cleaned.

Removing the settled construction dust and debris from your ducts helps stale, dusty odors fade, and we offer optional sanitizing where appropriate. If odors or particles persist after cleaning, the cause may be elsewhere in your home — for that we also offer indoor air quality testing to identify the real source before you spend more money.