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Honest air quality & ducts answers from the licensed pros serving Northern Virginia.

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Air Quality & Ducts

How Long Does Air Duct Cleaning Take? What the Visit Looks Like

It's most of a day for a whole house, a couple of hours for the returns, under an hour for a dryer vent. With…

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How Often Should Air Ducts Be Cleaned, and How Often the Dryer Vent?

Look every 3 to 5 years, clean only when dirty. Dryer vent cleaning every year: Comfort+ includes it for $199, normally $298.

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Is Air Duct Cleaning Worth It? When It Is, and When It Isn’t

Only when a look inside shows real buildup; the EPA says no health benefit is proven. We photograph yours first in Northern Virginia.

Give the gift of safety: all October, buy one SwiftPro dryer vent cleaning and gift one to someone you love in Northern Virginia, or pay it forward. A smiling SwiftPro technician in front of the company's wrapped vans. Rated 5.0 stars across 1,100+ reviews on Google, Angi, Yelp, the BBB and Facebook.

Air Quality & Ducts

Buy One Dryer Vent Cleaning, Gift One: The Gift of Safety This October

All October, book a dryer vent cleaning in Northern Virginia and SwiftPro cleans a second one free for a friend or neighbor. $199 with…

Two SwiftPro technicians working overhead on ceiling ductwork behind protective sheeting inside a Northern Virginia home

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Your Windows Are Sweating. Here Is What the House Is Telling You

Water on the inside of the glass is a humidity reading, not a window problem. What indoor humidity should be at each outdoor temperature,…

SwiftPro technicians inspecting water heater and HVAC system in a Northern Virginia basement.

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Should You Close the Crawl Space Vents for Winter?

Cold floors, a damp smell, and a pipe that freezes every January. What closing the crawl space vents actually does, what the code requires,…

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Leaky Ducts: The Invisible Reason Your House Is Dusty and One Room Is Cold

Roughly a third of the air you pay to heat can be lost to duct leaks. Why a return-side leak causes the dust no…

An ActivePure Air Scrubber installed in the supply ductwork of a Northern Virginia home, UV lamp lit

Air Quality & Ducts

Indoor Air in Winter: What an Air Scrubber Does, and What It Does Not

The honest order to spend money in: filter, hygrometer, return-duct leaks, media cabinet, humidifier, duct cleaning, then an air scrubber. What each actually fixes.

Two SwiftPro technicians in masks vacuuming a ceiling supply vent in a Northern Virginia home, before and after

Air Quality & Ducts

Air Duct Cleaning in Alexandria, VA: Prices, and Which Houses Need It

Whole home duct cleaning is $598 at SwiftPro, return-only $298. Which Alexandria houses actually need it, from Del Ray bungalows to Old Town rowhouses,…

Real before and after photos of a dryer vent cleaning by SwiftPro in Northern Virginia, showing a vent packed with lint and the same vent clean

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Does Your Ashburn HOA Require Dryer Vent Cleaning? Many Do.

Many Ashburn HOA communities require periodic dryer vent cleaning, and Virginia's fire code backs them up. How to check your handbook, and how SwiftPro's…

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