How Much Does Air Duct Cleaning Cost In Boise? Real Numbers, No Call Required.
The one page that answers the question the way you actually asked it: what will it cost for my house. Our price, worked out on real Boise-area homes, next to every other kind of quote you will see around the valley and what each one actually buys.
Air Duct Cleaning In Boise Costs $0.30 Per Square Foot — Here Is What That Means For Your Home
Our price is thirty cents per square foot of living space, with a $399 minimum, for the complete system: every supply and return line, the main trunk lines, both plenums and the furnace coil, plus hospital-grade sanitizing and a camera inspection before and after. A second furnace in the same home is $249. That is the whole price list. There is nothing to add once we are in your house.
minimum job1,000–1,300 sq ft$399
single system1,600 sq ft$480
single system2,000 sq ft$600
single system, attic flex runs2,600 sq ft$780
each system cleaned and filmed3,400 sq ft$1,020 + $249
roof or side exit, connection replaced free if needed— sq ft$49
Not sure of your square footage? Send us the address and we will look it up before we quote. Get your exact number here →
Five Things That Change What Duct Cleaning Costs — And Why Only One Of Them Changes Ours
Across the industry, a duct cleaning quote moves on five things. We price on one of them, tell you about a second before we book, and absorb the other three.
1. Square footage
The more living space, the more ductwork — more branches, longer trunks, more registers. This is the only variable in our price, and you can check it yourself on the county assessor site.
2. Number of furnaces
Each furnace or air handler has its own trunk, plenums and coil, so each one is a separate cleaning. Larger Eagle, Hidden Springs and Harris Ranch homes often run two. We tell you the second system is $249 when we quote, not when we open the mechanical room.
3. Access
Basement trunks in a North End home, attic flex runs in a Meridian two-story, underfloor ducts in a Nampa manufactured home. Some are slower than others. We do not charge differently for any of them.
4. Condition
A house that has never been cleaned in forty years takes longer than one done five years ago. Cheap operators price this on site — "this one is a deep clean." We do not. The quote is the quote.
5. What is actually included
This is where most price comparisons fall apart. A $99 cleaning and a $600 cleaning are not the same service at different prices; they are different services. The section below explains why.
What The Other Prices In Boise Usually Mean
Here is how to decode the quotes you will run into around the Treasure Valley. None of these are illegal; most of them are just not what they sound like.
| What you see | What it usually means | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $99 – $149 "whole house special" | A shop-vac and a brush cleans the first two or three feet inside each register. Trunks and plenums are never opened. The real bill arrives on site as a mold "finding" or a mandatory "deep clean" — typically $800 to $1,500. | Bait. Read our scams page before you book one. |
| $25 – $45 per vent | Sounds cheap until you count vents. A 2,000 sq ft home has 15 to 20 registers plus returns, so $35 a vent is $600 to $800 — and per-vent pricing almost never includes the trunk lines, which is where the debris is. | Ask what happens to the trunk. Usually nothing. |
| $300 – $500 flat rate | A real company with portable equipment. Portable units pull a fraction of the air a truck-mount does, so long attic runs and two-story homes are cleaned partway. Often no sanitizing, no camera. | Fair for a small single-story. Ask about CFM and whether trunks are opened. |
| $450 – $1,000+ full system | Truck-mounted negative air, trunks and plenums opened, coil cleaned, sanitized, camera-verified. This is what industry certification bodies describe as a complete cleaning, and it is the range most honest full-service companies land in for an average home. | This is us. $600 on a 2,000 sq ft home, everything included. |
The Equipment Is The Price
The difference between a $99 cleaning and ours is not markup. It is a truck.
Compressed air and a shop-vac
The cheap version blows compressed air into each register and catches what it can with a portable vacuum. It moves the dust you can see and pushes the rest deeper into the trunk. It cannot generate enough negative pressure to pull debris out of a 40-foot attic run, so it does not.
A stiff, fast-spinning brush
The mid-priced version adds a rotary brush on a cable. Better — it agitates the branch lines — but with a portable vacuum behind it, most of what the brush knocks loose settles back down in the trunk. On flex duct, an aggressive brush can also tear the liner.
A 14,000+ CFM truck-mounted system
Our vacuum is mounted in the truck and puts negative air on the whole duct system at once. Every branch is agitated back toward the trunk while the truck pulls, so debris moves out of the house instead of around it. Then the trunks and plenums are opened and cleaned by hand, the coil is cleaned, and a hospital-grade botanical sanitizer is fogged through the entire system. A camera pass before and after shows you it happened.
That equipment costs more to own, more to run and more to staff. It is also the only way to actually clean a duct system rather than the ends of it. It is also what QUADCA certification checks for →
One Price. This Is The Whole Job.
Nothing below is an add-on. If a quote you are comparing does not include every line, it is not the same job.
How To Get An Exact Price In About A Minute
Tell us the address and the square footage (or just the address — we will look it up). We text back the exact price and the next open appointment. No site visit needed to quote, because the price is the square footage.
Want to see what a proper full-system cleaning looks like before you decide? The video on our homepage is our actual process, unedited → And if you are comparing us against another quote, text it to us — we will tell you honestly what it covers.
Questions first? Call or text (986) 386-4495.
Questions People Ask Right After This One
Heated living space — what the county assessor lists as finished square footage. Garages and unfinished basements do not count unless they are ducted.
No. Price is by square footage only. Attic runs take us longer; that is our problem, not yours.
$399. That covers small homes, condos and townhomes up to about 1,300 sq ft.
Because the second system usually serves a smaller area and shares the same truck setup. $249 covers its trunk, plenums and coil, cleaned and filmed like the first.
$119 for a side-wall exit or $149 for a roof exit for a new customer, $96 for repeat customers within two years. Added to a duct cleaning it is $49 either way. Details on our dryer vent page.
No. The price is the same for everyone, every day, which is how we keep it honest. The one exception is the $49 dryer vent bundle, because the truck is already in your driveway.
Want The Exact Number For Your House?
Send us the address and the square footage. We text back your price and the next open appointment — usually within minutes.