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Duct video inspection is a diagnostic service where a camera is run through your home’s duct system – recording footage and still images of what’s actually inside – before any Air Duct Cleaning services or repair decision is made. In Lewisville, most homeowners who call us have no idea what’s living in their ductwork until they see it on screen. A video inspection gives you documented evidence: debris depth, mold presence, collapsed liner sections, disconnected joints, or rodent activity – on record, in writing, before we quote a single dollar of work.
This is how our Air Duct Cleaning in Lewisville process starts. Not with a shop vac and a clipboard, but with a camera. If you’ve ever had a duct cleaning company quote you over the phone without ever seeing your system, that’s the problem this service exists to fix.
To schedule a video inspection with a written price before anything starts, call us at (940) 240-8552. A live person answers every call.
When You Need Video Inspection
Not every home needs a video inspection for the same reason. Below are the situations where we see it come up most often in Lewisville and the surrounding areas – Castle Hills, The Colony, Highland Village, Flower Mound, and Coppell.
- You’re buying or selling a home built before 2005. Lewisville has a large stock of homes in the 1990s-era subdivisions near Valley Ridge and Timber Creek. Older flex duct liner deteriorates from the inside out, and a home inspection rarely includes camera access to the duct runs. A video inspection documents liner condition before a transaction closes.
- You’ve noticed musty or dusty odors at the registers. A register is the vented opening where conditioned air enters a room. Odors at the register often point to debris accumulation or microbial growth inside the duct run – conditions a camera confirms in minutes and a nose alone cannot locate.
- Your allergies or respiratory symptoms worsen indoors. North Texas cedar and oak pollen loads are high from December through April. When that particulate is drawn into a return plenum – the main collection box that pulls air back to your HVAC unit – and accumulates on interior duct walls, it recirculates every time the system runs. Camera footage shows you exactly where the accumulation is concentrated.
- A previous cleaning company can’t show you before-and-after photos. If you paid for duct cleaning and received no photographic evidence, you have no way to know what was done. A video inspection after the fact establishes a baseline – and if the work wasn’t done, the footage shows that too.
- Your energy bills have risen without an obvious explanation. Collapsed or disconnected duct sections are common in Lewisville attics, where summer temperatures above 140°F degrade flexible duct over time. A disconnected joint means your HVAC is conditioning air that never reaches the room – the camera finds it; guesswork doesn’t.
- You’ve had evidence of rodent activity. Lake Lewisville’s proximity to the duct systems of older homes in the Lakeside and Mill Hollow neighborhoods creates conditions where rodents enter through exterior penetrations and nest inside the ductwork. A video inspection documents the extent of the intrusion before any remediation scope is written.
Our Video Inspection Process
Every inspection follows the same sequence. Nothing is skipped based on the size of the job or how clean the system looks from the outside.
- Written price before any panel comes off. Under Haven Standard Clause 1, you receive a written price for the inspection before we access your system. Not a verbal estimate, not a range – a number in writing. This applies to the inspection itself and to any cleaning or repair scope we develop afterward.
- System map and access point identification. Before inserting a camera, the technician walks the home to map the duct layout – supply runs, return runs, the plenum location, and the number of register drops. In Lewisville’s split-level and two-story homes, duct routing through interior walls is common and affects where camera access is most effective.
- Camera insertion and footage capture. We use professional-grade inspection cameras capable of reaching 40-plus feet into a duct run without losing image quality. The camera passes through each accessible run and records continuous footage. Still images are captured at every elbow, every joint, and any point where debris accumulation or physical damage is visible.
- Live screen viewing with the homeowner. You watch the inspection in real time on a monitor. When the camera finds a 2-inch debris mat at the first elbow off the supply plenum, you see it at the same moment we do. Nothing is described to you after the fact – you’re present for the evidence as it’s collected.
- Documented photo record compiled and delivered. Every still image captured during the inspection is assembled into a documented photo record – labeled by duct run, register location, and finding type. This record is delivered to you as a standard deliverable. It is yours to keep, share with a second opinion provider, or use as a baseline for future inspections. This practice has been standard on every CleanRun job since 2013.
- Written scope of findings – no pressure, no upsell scripting. If the footage shows conditions that warrant cleaning, repair, or further action, we put the scope in writing with line-item pricing. If the system looks clean, we tell you that – with the photos to back it. The camera result drives the recommendation. We don’t write a cleaning quote before we’ve seen the inside of your system.
BeforeAfterVideo Inspection Pricing in Lewisville
Video duct inspection in Lewisville typically runs between $89 and $175 for a standard single-system residential home. The range reflects differences in home size, duct layout complexity, and the number of accessible runs.
| Scope | Typical Price Range |
|---|---|
| Single-system home, up to 1,800 sq ft | $89 – $119 |
| Single-system home, 1,800 – 3,000 sq ft | $119 – $149 |
| Dual-system home or complex duct layout | $149 – $175 |
| Inspection credited toward cleaning/repair scope (same visit) | Inspection fee applied as credit |
Several factors can move the price within these ranges:
- Number of duct runs: A home with 18 register drops requires more camera passes than one with 10. The technician counts the runs during the system map step and the price reflects the actual count – not a per-room average.
- Attic versus crawlspace routing: Many Lewisville homes built in the 1990s route duct through unconditioned attic spaces. Accessing attic duct joints for camera insertion takes additional time and is reflected in the written price upfront.
- Dual HVAC systems: Larger homes in the Castle Hills and Pecan Square areas often run two separate air handler units with independent duct systems. Each system is inspected separately.
- Pre-purchase inspection requests: If you’re buying a home and requesting inspection before closing, the same pricing applies. We do not charge a premium for pre-purchase work.
If you have a written estimate from another provider, bring it. Under our Free Second Opinion policy, we put our number next to theirs – in writing, on the same page. Call (940) 240-8552 to get a written price before any visit is scheduled.
Every video inspection in Lewisville is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if the inspection scope isn’t completed as documented, we make it right. That’s written on the job record, not just stated in marketing copy.
What the Camera Actually Finds in Lewisville Homes
We’ve run cameras through duct systems across Lewisville since 2013, covering more than 52,000 homes across the region. A few patterns repeat in this market specifically.
In older Lewisville neighborhoods near the lake – Lakeside, Mill Hollow, Stewart Creek Estates – we regularly find flex duct liner that has collapsed inward at the elbows. Flex duct is a flexible tube with a wire coil core and an outer insulating jacket. When the liner collapses, airflow is partially or fully blocked at that point in the run. The block is invisible from the register and silent at the air handler. The camera finds it in under two minutes.
In newer construction closer to FM 423 and the SH-121 corridor, we see a different pattern: joints that were never properly connected at the time of installation. The insulated outer jacket hides the gap, so the system tests clean on a general home inspection. When the camera passes through, the joint shows daylight – conditioned air is dumping into the attic cavity, not the room. This is a common Lewisville finding in homes built between 2012 and 2020.
Debris accumulation patterns also vary. Return plenums – the large collection boxes that pull household air back to the air handler – show the heaviest buildup in homes near the SH-35 and I-35E corridor, where construction activity over the past decade has kept ambient particulate levels elevated. The camera shows the debris mat thickness at the plenum inlet, which determines whether a basic cleaning or a more involved negative-pressure extraction process is warranted for your Air Duct Cleaning Near Me in Lewisville, TX. Negative-pressure extraction means the system is placed under suction while agitation tools break debris loose – the camera findings tell us which approach the system actually needs.
If you’ve had a service where the technician quoted cleaning without camera access first, the CleanRun home page explains how our documented inspection process differs from a standard service call. The camera footage is the starting point for everything that follows.
The Documented Photo Record: What You Receive
Every video inspection in Lewisville concludes with a delivered photo record. This is not a summary paragraph or a verbal debrief. It is a labeled set of still images, organized by duct run and finding type, that you receive before we leave the property.
Each image is labeled with the run location (for example: “Supply Run 4 – Master Bedroom, first elbow, 6 ft from plenum”), the finding (“3-inch debris mat visible on liner floor”), and the date. If we perform cleaning or repair on the same visit, the after-image of that same elbow is labeled and matched to the before-image in the same record.
This is the record you use if you ever need to verify that work was done. It’s the record you give a future buyer if you sell the home. And it’s the record we stand behind under the 365-Day Done Right Promise – because the promise only means something if both parties can see what was promised.
This practice has been in place at CleanRun since the first job in 2013. It is not a premium add-on. It is the standard deliverable on every inspection we perform in Lewisville, TX.
FAQs – Video Inspection in Lewisville, TX
How much does a duct video inspection cost in Lewisville?
A duct video inspection in Lewisville costs between $89 and $175 for most single-family homes, depending on system size and duct layout complexity. The exact price is delivered to you in writing before the inspection begins – under Haven Standard Clause 1, no work starts without a written price. If you’re comparing this to a competitor’s estimate, call (940) 240-8552 and we’ll put our number next to theirs in writing at no charge.
Is a video inspection required before duct cleaning?
A video inspection is not legally required, but any cleaning quote written without one is guesswork. Without camera footage, a technician cannot tell you where debris is concentrated, whether the liner has collapsed, or whether a joint has separated – and you cannot verify that cleaning was performed in specific runs. CleanRun starts every Commercial Duct Cleaning and residential cleaning job with camera documentation specifically because it is the only way to produce a before-and-after record that means something. You’re welcome to call (940) 240-8552 to discuss the scope before scheduling anything.
Can a video inspection find mold inside the ducts?
A video inspection can identify visible microbial growth – dark discoloration, biological buildup on liner surfaces, or visible contamination at the plenum – but a camera image is not a laboratory test. If the footage shows suspicious growth, we note it in the documented photo record and explain what further testing would confirm. We do not write a mold remediation scope based on camera footage alone, and we don’t quote treatment without documented evidence of what’s there.
How long does a duct video inspection take in a typical Lewisville home?
Most single-system homes in Lewisville take between 60 and 90 minutes for a complete camera inspection, including the system map walk-through, footage capture on all accessible runs, live viewing with the homeowner, and delivery of the documented photo record. Dual-system homes or those with complex attic routing can run 2 to 2.5 hours. The written price accounts for the scope before we start, so the time estimate is part of what you receive upfront.
Schedule a Video Inspection in Lewisville
If you want to know what’s actually inside your duct system – not what a technician thinks is probably there – a camera inspection is the straightforward answer. CleanRun has been documenting duct conditions in Lewisville, TX since 2013, with a written price on every job before work begins and a photo record delivered when we leave.
Call (940) 240-8552 to get a written price for your inspection. A live person answers every call. Tomas Reyes and the CleanRun team serve Lewisville and the surrounding communities, including The Colony, Highland Village, Flower Mound, Carrollton, and Coppell.
Bring a competitor’s written estimate and we’ll put our number next to it – in writing, at no cost.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Lewisville, serving Lewisville since 2013.