Whole-home duct cleaning
Dryer vent cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-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.
Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Calabasas
Air duct cleaning in Calabasas usually runs $450 – $900 for a full single-system home, with larger multi-zone canyon properties landing in the $900 – $1,600 range. What drives the cost here is the housing stock itself: big Mediterranean-style homes in communities like The Oaks and Mountain View Estates run long flex-duct stretches from attic-mounted air handlers, so the job takes longer than a standard suburban tract house. We send our own crew from Simi Valley, and in Calabasas we’re typically on the property within 60 to 90 minutes on a scheduled visit. Call (855) 353-2270 for a free written estimate. We answer 24/7. Fast dispatch from 7am to 7pm, Sunday through Friday.
Why Calabasas Homeowners Call Duct Cleaning Simi Valley for Air Duct Cleaning
Most companies that clean ducts in Calabasas bring a truck-mounted vacuum and call it a day. We bring a different approach: rotary-brush extraction with Rotobrush and Nikro systems, HEPA filtration under negative pressure, and a camera we run through the ducts before and after. That matters in Calabasas specifically because the ducts here collect what the canyon and the Santa Anas push into them: fine chaparral dust, wildfire ash, and the grit that settles out of dry hillside air. We know where it accumulates, because we’ve opened hundreds of returns and attic flex runs in this area. Our team is led by Earl Conway, and the service standard is the same one we’ve held since 2013: document what’s in the ducts, remove it at the source, and show the homeowner the after photos.
Calabasas customers appreciate that we don’t send a salesman with a brochure. The technician who works on your home is the same person who runs the camera and explains what’s on the screen. You see the inside of your own supply and return ductwork. If a flex duct is collapsed, leaking, or disconnected, we can repair it on the spot rather than scheduling a second contractor. That single-visit capability is what turns a routine cleaning into a full-system correction, and it’s why homeowners across Calabasas, Hidden Hills, and the western San Fernando Valley keep us on speed dial.
Styles & brands we work with
- Whole-home duct cleaning
- Dryer vent cleaning
- Camera inspection
- Sanitizing & deodorizing
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas covers office condos along Park Granada and Las Virgenes Road, retail spaces around The Commons, and the smaller medical and professional buildings scattered through the 91302 corridor. A typical commercial job runs $900 – $2,800 depending on square footage, number of rooftop units, and how long the ducts have gone untouched. The work itself involves depressurizing the trunk lines, brushing each branch with a rotary system, and running HEPA-filtered negative air so dust removed from the ducts doesn’t end up in the occupied space. Many Calabasas commercial tenants request documentation for their own records, so we provide before-and-after camera stills alongside the invoice.
Post-Renovation Cleanouts
Commercial buildouts in Calabasas leave drywall dust and construction debris in the ductwork. We clean supply and return lines, replace or wash accessible registers, and verify airflow at the diffusers before signing off.
Recurring Maintenance for Property Managers
Gated office parks and multi-tenant buildings benefit from a set schedule. We work with property managers to clean systems during off hours, with straightforward per-system pricing that makes budgeting predictable.
Air Duct Cleaning Services in Calabasas
Air Duct Cleaning Services in Calabasas mean removing what’s actually in the ducts: wildfire ash, fine hillside dust, pet dander, and the construction debris that lingers in homes built from the 1980s through 2000s. A single-system home with one air handler typically runs $450 – $900. A 5-bedroom custom build with two or three zones often lands between $900 and $1,600. We clean the full pathway, not just the visible trunk line: supply ducts, return ducts, register boots, plenum, blower, and coil. Our air duct cleaning crew runs a camera before starting, then again after, so you see exactly what was removed.
Full System Cleaning
Every register, every return, and the equipment itself get addressed. This is the right scope for a Calabasas home that has never been cleaned or that sits below a hillside that sheds dust with every wind event.

Video Inspection
The camera finds what a visual check misses: collapsed flex duct, disconnected branches, and debris packed around elbows. We include inspection with every cleaning and show you the footage.

Trusted Brands We Service in Calabasas
We work around the equipment already in your home, not past it. That means we’re familiar with Honeywell filtration and Aprilaire humidity control systems, and we understand how a whole-home filter interacts with duct cleanliness. If you have a Guardsman system or a Nikro installation, we know those too. Our extraction equipment uses Rotobrush rotary brushes, and we carry the HEPA filtration and negative-air setup to keep the work contained. For Calabasas homes with multi-zone handlers and long attic flex runs, brand familiarity isn’t a talking point. It’s the difference between cleaning a system properly and cleaning around it.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Calabasas Homes
- Exterior return grilles packed with ash. Santa Ana events push wildfire ash and fine hillside dust directly into side-wall and soffit returns on canyon-view homes. If we skip those grilles, the next system start blows that ash right back into the house.
- Attic flex ducts acting as debris reservoirs. Long flex runs above steep lots sag and pinch in places, and dust settles in those low spots over years. A camera inspection catches the dips and the buildup that a basic vacuum pass won’t reach.
- Multi-zone systems with one side running dirty. Calabasas homes often have separate air handlers for different wings. We’ve seen one zone run clean while the other pushes dust because a return path was partly blocked or a flex section had separated.
- Shared dryer vent stacks in condos and apartments. Dense attached housing along Las Virgenes and Park Sorrento often routes dryer exhaust through a common stack. Lint accumulates in the shared run, and cleaning only the unit-level segment leaves the fire hazard in place.
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AfterPricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas, CA
A typical single-system home in Calabasas runs $450 – $900 for full air duct cleaning. Multi-zone custom homes with two or more air handlers run $900 – $1,600. The written estimate sets the final price, and we don’t tack on per-vent charges after the fact. What moves the number is access: gated-community entry procedures, attic-mounted equipment on steep lots, and how many air handlers feed the system. Dryer vent cleaning is priced separately, usually $125 – $200 for a standard single-family run. Commercial work runs $900 – $2,800 by square footage and system count. Call (855) 353-2270 for a free estimate. We answer 24/7. Fast dispatch from 7am to 7pm, Sunday through Friday.
We Also Serve Cities Near Calabasas
Our crews work across Calabasas and the surrounding communities. You’ll find us in Hidden Hills, where gated estates require coordinated access and careful equipment staging. We also handle Woodland Hills, West Hills, and Canoga Park, where older HVAC systems and denser housing present a different set of duct problems. Wherever the job is, the same crew, the same equipment, and the same camera-first process apply.
The Ash Trap Problem: How Calabasas’s Canyons Change Duct Cleaning
Calabasas sits in the Santa Monica Mountains where dry, dusty chaparral, seasonal Santa Ana winds, and wildfire ash push fine debris into HVAC returns year after year. In flat coastal Los Angeles neighborhoods, duct cleaning is mostly about urban soot and household dust. Here it’s about ash. The canyon topography concentrates debris in exterior returns and attic ductwork in a way that generic service pages never mention. Homes along Mulholland Highway and the ridge lines above Las Virgenes see their exterior return grilles cake with fine particulate after every wind event. The ductwork inside those homes, especially the attic flex runs feeding second-zone air handlers, then becomes the storage point for everything that entered through those grilles. This is not a cosmetic issue: the next time the system cycles, that ash gets pulled through the coil and blown back across the living space. You might be producing the very dust you’re trying to clean off surfaces.
After a Santa Ana event, we serviced a 5-bedroom Mediterranean-style home in The Oaks, where ash had packed the exterior return grille and attic flex duct feeding a second-zone air handler. Using a Rotobrush with HEPA filtration under negative pressure, we removed the ash and fine hillside dust, then cleaned the registers and blower motor; the homeowner reported noticeably cleaner air and less dust on surfaces within days. That pattern repeats across Calabasas: the homes most likely to need duct cleaning are the ones with canyon views and long flex runs, because the same topography that gives them the view is what funnels the debris into the mechanical system.
Gated-community access adds a logistical layer no generic duct company plans for. The Oaks, Mountain View Estates, and the guard-gated enclaves along Parkway Calabasas all require prior approval for service vehicles. Steep driveways and tight street parking on hillside lots mean the HEPA rig has to be staged carefully, sometimes a hundred feet from the door. Our crew handles this routinely. We coordinate entry with the guard, plan equipment placement before arrival, and build the extra staging time into the schedule instead of pretending it doesn’t exist. Calabasas homeowners notice when a contractor knows how to work in this environment, and they notice quickly when one doesn’t.
Dense attached housing adds another failure mode: shared dryer vent stacks. In condos and apartments along Las Virgenes Road and Park Sorrento, dryer exhaust often routes through a common run that nobody owns individually. Lint builds up in the shared portion, which means unit-by-unit dryer vent cleaning never actually addresses the fire risk. We clean the shared run when access allows, and we tell the HOA or property manager what we found and what needs attention. That’s the kind of information a homeowner can’t get from a one-truck coupon operation.
Serving Calabasas, CA – Our Local Coverage Area
We serve Calabasas and nearby communities. Use the map below to see the area we cover. If you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Air Duct Cleaning in Calabasas
Wildfire ash settles into exterior returns and attic flex ducts, especially on ridge and canyon-view lots, and recirculates through the home every time the system runs. In Calabasas specifically, we treat ash removal as a targeted job: inspect the exterior grilles, run camera checks through the attic flex runs, and extract at the source using HEPA-filtered negative pressure rather than blowing it through the rest of the system. If your home sits below a burn-scarred hillside or faces the Santa Ana wind path, assume the ash is in the ductwork until proven otherwise. Call (855) 353-2270 and we’ll show you what the camera finds.
Yes. Our crews enter gated communities throughout Calabasas every week, including The Oaks and Mountain View Estates, and we coordinate guard access and equipment placement before the scheduled visit. Steep driveways and narrow hillside streets are routine here, so we plan staging for the HEPA rig and rotary extraction system as part of the job. Estimates are free, and the written estimate includes whatever access coordination the property requires.
We clean shared dryer vent stacks when the HOA or property manager authorizes access, because the common run is where lint actually accumulates in attached housing. A unit-level cleaning only addresses the short section behind the dryer, which does not remove the fire risk in the shared portion. We’ll clean what’s accessible, document the condition of the shared run, and tell the association what we found.
We work with the full range of residential and light-commercial components found in Calabasas homes: flexible and rigid duct, metal trunk lines, Honeywell and Aprilaire filtration and humidity systems, and Guardsman and Nikro installations. Our cleaning equipment uses Rotobrush rotary brushes. For system-specific questions, call (855) 353-2270 and describe what’s in the home; we’ll tell you how the job goes from there.
We follow NADCA’s source-removal method: rotary brush extraction, HEPA-filtered negative air, and visual verification by camera after the work. The standard isn’t a checklist we mention for credibility, it’s the minimum bar for actually removing debris rather than redistributing it. In Calabasas, that means the exterior returns, attic flex runs, and multi-zone branches all get inspected and cleaned, not just the main trunk a homeowner can see in the garage. Call (855) 353-2270 for a free estimate. We answer 24/7. Fast dispatch from 7am to 7pm, Sunday through Friday.
Written by Earl Conway, Owner at Duct Cleaning Simi Valley, serving Calabasas since 2013.