Air duct cleaning in Chantilly.
Duct and dryer vent cleaning in Chantilly, 20151 and 20152, from our shop on Lafayette Center Drive. You see camera photos of yours before any price.
- Camera photos first
- Priced by the system, in writing
- Dedicated HVAC team
Get your duct price in writing
Our shop’s own town, on both sides of the county line.
In 20151, most houses went up in the 1980s and 90s, and most still run their original ductwork: sheet-metal trunks, flexible runs off them, one big return in the hallway, and a bonus room over the garage that never quite gets enough air. The median house there was built in 1987, so a lot of those systems have close to forty years of air behind them, and plenty have never been opened up.
20152 is the South Riding side, in Loudoun County. The houses there are newer, the median one built in 2006, and nearly half are townhouses. In those townhouses the dryer vent often climbs through the house to the roof, and it gets cleaned with the ducts for $199 instead of $298 booked by itself.
The two sides don’t share a county, so they don’t share a water company or a permit office either. For duct cleaning that changes nothing: no permit on either side, the same tiers, the same camera photos first. For a furnace or water heater swap it does: in 20152 the permit comes from Loudoun County, not Fairfax.
About half the Chantilly addresses we work at are on the Loudoun side, where the mail still says Chantilly. Those South Riding houses are around twenty years old, and a lot of them still move air through the flexible duct the builder ran: fine with a gentle brush and a strong vacuum, easy to tear with anything rougher. If the camera photos show a run that’s crushed or torn, you hear about it before any cleaning starts.
What the ducts look like across Chantilly.
Census figures for the owner-occupied homes in each place, and what that usually means when we open the system.
| Place | Median home built | Most homes are | Heated with | What we usually find |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Riding | 2006 | single-family houses, about 5 in 10 | gas, about 8 in 10 | Townhouse streets: an air handler in a closet or attic, and a long dryer vent run. |
| Chantilly | 1987 | single-family houses, about 6 in 10 | gas, about 5 in 10 | 1980s and 90s houses: sheet-metal trunks, flexible runs and one big return. |
Chantilly houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey, owner-occupied homes unless it says otherwise.
20151, the Fairfax County side
- Median home built1987 Census
- Built before 1980about 2 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 2 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 6 in 10 Census
- Heated withgas, about 5 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 2 in 10 Census
- 1980s and 90s houses usually run one big central return for a whole floor, and it loads up fast.
20152, the South Riding side
- Median home built2006 Census
- Built before 1980hardly any Census
- Built since 2000about 8 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 5 in 10 Census
- Heated withgas, about 8 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 2 in 10 Census
- Newer houses run flexible duct, which needs a softer brush than sheet metal.
- Townhouse dryer vents run long, to the roof or the back wall, and long runs clog sooner.
What duct cleaning costs in Chantilly.
The same price book as our air duct cleaning page, for a home up to 2,000 square feet on one system. We look first: the tech takes a cover off, puts a camera in and photographs what’s in your ducts, then shows you, so you see their current condition before you decide. No charge, including when yours are fine. Then you get the price in writing, then we clean.
- Return Air Duct Cleaning$298
- Whole Home Air Duct Cleaning$598
- Whole Home Air Duct Cleaning with ActivePure Air Scrubber$1,798
- Dryer Vent Cleaning, on its own$298
- Dryer Vent Cleaning, added to a duct cleaning$199
A second system bills at 90 percent of the tier, because it’s isolated and cleaned on its own. The calculator on our air duct cleaning page does the arithmetic for a bigger house.
The dryer vent cleaning is the yearly one, and it’s in Comfort+ membership at $199 a year along with a water heater flush with a sewer camera inspection, a heating maintenance visit and a cooling maintenance visit.
When duct cleaning is worth it in Chantilly.
The hallway return is grey
In a 1980s Chantilly house that one big grille pulls air for the whole floor, so it’s where dust shows first. If it’s grey again a week after you wiped it, the duct behind it is worth a camera look.
The house is new to you, not new
A 2005 house has had twenty years of filter changes, some of them missed, and the system may have run while the drywall went up. Nobody has looked inside since.
The dryer takes two cycles
In a townhouse the vent usually runs a long way to the roof or the back wall. When clothes stop drying in one cycle, that line is the first thing to check, and it’s the one with a fire risk behind it.
What the county says about dryer vents.
Fairfax County
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue tells every household to clean the lint out of the dryer vent pipe once a year, sooner if clothes are taking longer to dry, and to have a gas dryer checked by a professional. Source.
Loudoun County
Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue, one of the companies in Loudoun County’s fire and rescue system, says the dryer vent, from the back of the dryer to the outside of the house, should be cleaned at least once a year, and that longer drying times are a sign it’s clogged. Source.
How to pick the best duct cleaning company in Chantilly.
Questions to ask anybody who quotes you, us included.
How far away are they?
Duct work is a long visit, so it helps when the crew isn’t coming across the county. Our shop is on Lafayette Center Drive in Chantilly, and the same crew covers 20151 and 20152 at the same price.
Do they look before they quote?
Ask whether they’ll put a camera in and show you photos of what’s inside first. A price given at the door, sight unseen, is a price for the average house, not yours.
Do they clean the returns, or only the supply vents?
The returns are the big grilles that pull air back to the system, and they’re the side that collects dust. A job that only counts supply registers leaves half the system alone.
Is the price for the whole system, in writing?
Ask what it covers: every supply and return, the main trunk, the blower compartment. The $59 mailbox coupon covers getting somebody into the attic.
What our customers say.
Arrived within an hour on a Sunday morning and provided great service.
Called SwiftPro around 5 am and their electronic system scheduled an appointment for us same day.
Aaron and Marshall were honest with me and did a good job cleaning the dryer vent.
5.0 stars across 884 Google reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
Duct cleaning questions from Chantilly.
Is the bonus room over the garage a duct cleaning problem?
Usually not. That room is at the end of the longest run and sits over an unheated garage, so it’s an airflow problem more than a dirty one. Cleaning won’t fix it; a damper adjustment, a zoning change or a ductless head will, and we’ll tell you which. The camera still earns a look there, because a flex run crushed somewhere over the garage starves that room just as badly.
Is South Riding covered from Chantilly?
Yes. The mail says Chantilly, the county is Loudoun, and it’s just down Route 50 from the shop. South Riding townhouses usually run one system. Bigger single-family houses there often have a second one for the upstairs, and that one is cleaned and priced on its own, at 90 percent of the tier.
Can you clean the ducts in a South Riding townhouse with the air handler upstairs?
Yes. A lot of those townhouses keep the air handler in the attic or a closet on the top floor. All we need is a clear path to it, so tell us about the access when you book and the crew brings the right ladder.
How much does air duct cleaning cost in Chantilly?
$598 for Whole Home Air Duct Cleaning on a home up to 2,000 square feet with one system, $298 for Return Air Duct Cleaning, and $1,798 with an ActivePure air scrubber installed. A dryer vent is $298 on its own or $199 added to a duct cleaning.
Is it worth it?
Sometimes, and the camera photos are how you find out. If the duct walls are furred over, cleaning takes that out of the loop your air runs through, and the before and after are obvious. If the metal is clean, it isn’t worth doing and we’ll say so. The EPA’s position is that routine cleaning hasn’t been shown to prevent health problems, so we don’t sell it that way.
Duct cleaning in the towns next door.
- Air duct cleaning in Centreville
- Air duct cleaning in Herndon
- Air duct cleaning in Oakton
- Air duct cleaning in Reston
- Air duct cleaning in Fairfax
More from SwiftPro in Chantilly
Camera photos first, at no charge.
Call, or book online and pick a window. The camera photos come first and cost nothing, including when yours turn out to be fine.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Chantilly and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 884 Google reviews. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing, 4230 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151, (703) 997-9757. Book online, read our reviews, or see every town we serve.