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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.
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AfterFast, Reliable Air Duct Repair Across Cloverleaf
If you need air duct repair in Cloverleaf, TX, the likely culprits are the same ones we find in most homes built here between the 1950s and 1970s: collapsed flex runs in the attic, mold-colonized return plenums left over from Harvey, and joints that have pulled apart after decades of near-constant AC use. A full duct replacement in Cloverleaf typically runs $1,800 to $4,600 depending on the home’s square footage and how much of the original ductwork remains. Targeted repairs like sealing a disconnected boot or replacing a crushed 25-foot flex run usually land between $450 and $1,200. Call (980) 447-2498 and we’ll give you an honest assessment before any work begins.
Our Air Duct Repair team works throughout the Cloverleaf area off Beltway 8 and Sheldon Road every week. We know these slab-on-grade ranches. We know what the attics look like in July. And we know what Harvey left behind in the systems that never got properly addressed.
Why Linden Air Duct Cleaning Is Cloverleaf’s Preferred Air Duct Repair Company
Cloverleaf homeowners call us because our technicians understand the specific failure patterns of this neighborhood’s housing stock. The homes here weren’t built with modern R-8 insulated flex or sealed plenum boxes. They were built with what was available in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, and a lot of that original material is still in service. Marcus Veale leads our crew, and he’s spent years diagnosing exactly the kinds of duct failures that keep showing up in Cloverleaf’s east Harris County homes. When we arrive at a job off Freeport Street or near the Cloverleaf Elementary area, we already know what we’re likely to find before we pull the attic ladder down.
Every technician who comes to your door in Cloverleaf has passed a background check, is identity-verified, and arrives in a marked uniform with a photo ID badge shown at the door. You get the tech’s name and photo sent to you before the visit. That’s the Threshold Standard, and we’ve operated under it since 2004 as part of the Threshold Group family. Homeowners letting a stranger into the house deserve to know exactly who is coming. We put the price in writing before any work starts, and every repair carries a written 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the repair fails within that window, we come back at no charge.
We also answer our phones with a live person 24 hours a day. No voicemail loops when you’re standing in a hot house with a musty smell coming from the vents.
Duct Replacement in Cloverleaf
Duct replacement in Cloverleaf means pulling out the old, failed flex runs in your attic and installing new R-8 insulated ductwork sized correctly for your air handler. In homes built between the 1950s and 1970s, the original flexible duct has usually gone brittle from four to five decades of attic heat, and many sections have collapsed completely where truss staples cut through the inner liner. A full duct replacement in Cloverleaf generally runs $1,800 to $4,600, with most three-bedroom slab ranches landing between $2,200 and $3,400. We replace everything from the supply plenum to the floor boots or ceiling registers.
What a Cloverleaf Duct Replacement Covers
We remove every failed section, not just the visibly collapsed ones. We inspect the plenum connections at the air handler, replace any rusted or mold-contaminated boots at floor level or in the ceiling, and seal every joint with mastic and foil tape. The job isn’t finished until we’ve checked static pressure and confirmed the blower motor amp draw is back within spec for your system. That matters in Cloverleaf because under-sealed ductwork means your AC is pushing cooled air into a 140-degree attic instead of into the house.
When Replacement Beats Repair
If the inner liner of a flex run has torn, if mold is growing inside the duct wall itself, or if multiple sections have collapsed, cleaning won’t fix it. Repair might buy you a few more years, but on a 1960s system with original ductwork, replacement is usually the honest answer. We’ll show you camera footage before we recommend anything, so you can see the condition with your own eyes.
Ductwork Installation in Cloverleaf
Ductwork installation in Cloverleaf is typically part of a larger repair job where the existing system is beyond saving, or where a homeowner is replacing an HVAC unit and wants to stop losing conditioned air through damaged attic runs. Full ductwork installation in Cloverleaf runs $1,800 to $4,600, which includes new supply and return plenums, R-8 flex or rigid duct where appropriate, and complete mastic sealing at every connection. We do not do partial jobs that leave old runs in place just to hit a lower number.
Return Plenum and Boot Work
In Cloverleaf’s slab homes, the return-air plenum often sits at floor level in a closet, and after Harvey, many of those sheet-metal pans got saturated and stayed wet for weeks inside the wall cavity. We remove the contaminated pan, treat and seal the surrounding chase, and install a properly sized replacement. The same goes for supply boots at the floor, which are frequently the last place any remediation crew looks.
Attic Distribution Systems
New attic runs in Cloverleaf need to be sized correctly and supported so they don’t sag and collect condensation. We hang flex with proper straps, not truss staples, and we make sure the R-value of the duct insulation matches the attic environment. The near-year-round AC runtime in this part of Harris County means any installation mistakes get punished fast with sweating ducts and mold.
Trusted Brands We Service in Cloverleaf
We install and repair duct systems that work with equipment from Nikro, Honeywell, and Aprilaire, among others. If your Cloverleaf home already has a Honeywell media cabinet or an Aprilaire filter housing, we stock compatible transitions and replacement parts so you’re not waiting on a special order. Our trucks carry the most common sizes of R-6 and R-8 flex, sheet metal plenums, mastic, and foil tape, which means we can complete most Cloverleaf duct repairs in a single visit without running back and forth to the supply house.
Common Air Duct Repair Problems We See in Cloverleaf Homes
- Collapsed flex runs in 1950s-70s attic installations. Decades of attic heat plus poor original support leave inner liners torn and airflow strangled. We find this on nearly every Cloverleaf home that still has its original ductwork.
- Harvey-flooded return plenums that were never addressed. Homeowners replaced drywall and flooring, but the return-air pan at floor level kept circulating mold spores. The musty smell comes back every time the AC cycles.
- Condensation-driven mold inside attic ducts. Dew points above 70°F from May through September keep the inside of attic-run flex damp almost continuously. In Cloverleaf’s humidity, a clean that skips source removal fails within a year.
- Disconnected floor boots and wall stack connections. In slab homes, boots at floor level pull away from the duct over time, especially after flood saturation. Conditioned air leaks into the wall cavity and framing instead of the room.
Pricing for Air Duct Repair in Cloverleaf, TX
Targeted duct repairs in Cloverleaf, like resealing a disconnected boot or replacing one crushed flex run, typically run $450 to $1,200. A full duct replacement across a three-bedroom ranch generally falls between $2,200 and $3,400, with larger homes or systems with asbestos-wrapped trunks going up to $4,600 or more. Ductwork installation with new plenums and full sealing lands in the $1,800 to $4,600 range for most Cloverleaf houses. The price you get from us is one flat number for the entire system, put in writing before any work starts, and it covers everything: the new duct, the mastic sealing, the boot replacement, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise. Call (980) 447-2498 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Cloverleaf
While this page is written for homeowners in Cloverleaf, our crews also handle duct repair and installation in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth. If you’re in one of those cities and dealing with the same attic-duct problems we’ve described here, call (980) 447-2498 and ask about scheduling.
Serving Cloverleaf, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Cloverleaf area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Air Duct Repair in Cloverleaf
Because the drywall and flooring got replaced, but the return-air plenum and floor-level supply boots inside the slab chase were never opened, cleaned, or replaced. In Cloverleaf’s slab-on-grade homes, floodwater sat in those sheet-metal pans for weeks, and the mold colonies that formed there are still inside your duct system, actively releasing spores every time the blower runs. The fix is removing the contaminated plenum, treating the surrounding cavity, and replacing the affected boots. Call (980) 447-2498 and ask for a camera inspection of your return plenum before you spend another dollar on air fresheners.
Yes. Cloverleaf sits in the east Harris County industrial corridor, and the particulate load inside your ducts includes chemical residues and industrial dust that western or northern Houston suburbs don’t see. That residue mixes with ordinary household dust and pet dander into a film that clings to the duct wall and resists simple brushing. It’s one reason we use negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration on every Cloverleaf clean and repair, because blowing that material around the house with a shop vac style system makes the problem worse, not better.
If the inner liner is intact and the duct is still round, it can usually be cleaned. But most 1960s-era flex in Cloverleaf has gone brittle, and sections have collapsed where the liner tore. Once a run has collapsed or the inner wall is compromised, cleaning can’t restore airflow. We’ll scope the entire attic system with a camera and show you what’s salvageable versus what needs replacement before we quote anything.
Dew points in Harris County sit above 70°F from May through September, which means the inside surface of your attic-run ducts gets wet nearly every time the AC cycles. Dallas and El Paso have much drier summer air, so their ducts dry out between cycles. Here in Cloverleaf, the ducts almost never get a rest cycle to dry, and that chronic moisture is exactly what mold needs. Any repair that doesn’t address the moisture source, meaning the condensation inside under-insulated attic runs, is temporary.
Every connection point gets sealed with mastic and foil tape: the plenum to the air handler, the flex to the plenum, the boots at the floor or ceiling, and the return-air path through the closet chase. In slab homes, we also seal the transition where the floor boot meets the slab, because that’s where floodwater wicked up through the concrete and into the duct. A proper seal job stops conditioned air from leaking into the attic or the wall cavity, and it stops unfiltered attic air from being pulled into the return side.
Written by Marcus Veale, Owner at Linden Air Duct Cleaning, serving Cloverleaf since 2004.