Whole-home duct cleaning
Dryer vent cleaning
Camera inspection
Sanitizing & deodorizingWhole-system duct and dryer vent check with before-and-after photos - you see exactly what came out of your vents
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.
Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across SoMa
Air duct cleaning in SoMa means dealing with salt-fog wind, shared duct shafts, and rooftop packaged units that most residential cleaners never touch. This is not a tract-home job. If you live or manage property in a converted warehouse on Folsom Street, a mid-rise off Howard, or a live/work loft near the Moscone Center, your ductwork has a specific set of problems: persistent moisture, corrosion, and microbial growth accelerated by the marine air that rolls up from the Bay every afternoon. Our crews know those buildings. We bring Rotobrush rotary brush systems and Nikro HEPA-rated vacuums into SoMa lofts, offices, and residential towers, and we clean the entire path: supply ducts, return ducts, the coil, the blower, and the rooftop unit itself. Call (833) 620-5944 for a free estimate, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s in your ducts before we touch them.
Why Everclear Air Duct Cleaning Is SoMa’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Most duct cleaning companies in the Bay Area treat SoMa like a residential neighborhood with small houses. It isn’t. The housing stock here is dominated by early-1900s masonry warehouses converted into lofts and offices, plus newer mid- and high-rise towers. That means rooftop units, exposed spiral ductwork, shared shafts, and building management protocols. We have worked these buildings long enough to know how a 1920s industrial conversion on Brannan Street behaves differently from a 2015 residential tower near the Embarcadero. Our customers in SoMa call us because we bring commercial-grade equipment to jobs that cut-rate crews attempt with a shop vac and a fogging wand. That distinction matters. A Nikro HEPA system holds negative air so the debris we dislodge is captured, not blown back into your living space. An Abatement Technologies containment setup does the same for dusty shafts and mechanical rooms. We show you before and after. Not just a claim. Footage.
Bruce Lowry founded this company on a simple position: clean air should be verifiable, not something you take on faith. That is how we run every SoMa job. We inspect, we clean, we show the results, and we leave the system better than we found it.
Styles & brands we work with
- Whole-home duct cleaning
- Dryer vent cleaning
- Camera inspection
- Sanitizing & deodorizing
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in SoMa
Residential air duct cleaning in SoMa almost always involves a converted loft, a live/work unit, or a condo in a building with shared rooftop equipment. Most SoMa residents do not have a single-family forced-air furnace in a garage. They have a rooftop packaged unit feeding multiple floors, with supply and return ductwork that runs through old masonry chases or exposed spiral metal runs across high ceilings. That changes the job. We clean the full path from the rooftop intake down through the supply registers, and the return side back up. We also clean the coil and blower motor on the rooftop unit itself, because in SoMa’s salt-fog wind those components corrode and foul faster than anywhere else in San Francisco.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air into your space. Return ducts pull it back. In a SoMa loft with exposed spiral ductwork, both are constantly exposed to whatever the Bay wind pushes through the intake: salt, construction dust from the constant build-outs, and street grit from Folsom and Howard. We clean both sides under negative pressure so nothing we dislodge ends up on your countertops.
Full System Cleaning With Video Proof
Before we start, we run a camera through the duct runs. You see what we see. After we finish, we run it again. Most SoMa customers are shocked by the first footage and satisfied by the second. That is the point. A typical residential full-system clean in SoMa runs $450 to $850 depending on the number of units tied to the duct run and whether the rooftop coil needs serious descaling.
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in SoMa
Commercial air duct cleaning in SoMa is the bulk of the work we do here, and it should be. The district is a dense grid of office conversions, restaurants, galleries, and tech spaces, nearly all served by rooftop packaged units that sit in salt-fog wind every day of the year. Building engineers and property managers call us when tenants complain about musty air, uneven airflow, or visible dust on registers. The fix is almost never a quick spray. It is source removal: cleaning the duct runs, the coil, the blower, and the drain pan, and verifying it with camera footage. A commercial clean in SoMa typically runs $900 to $2,200 depending on square footage, duct configuration, and how long it has been since the last real cleaning.
Rooftop Packaged Unit Cleaning
Your rooftop unit is the front door for salt-laden air. In SoMa, those coils corrode fast. Corrosion insulates the coil, which reduces heat transfer, which makes the unit work harder, which pulls more damp air through already-fouled duct runs. We clean and descale coils, clear blower motors, and check drain pans for the microbial sludge that builds in this marine climate.
Shared Shaft and Floor Coordination
Many SoMa buildings share a single vertical duct shaft across floors. You cannot clean one unit in that shaft and call it done. We coordinate with building management to schedule cleaning across the affected floors, and we use negative air containment so contaminants from one tenant’s run do not migrate into a neighbor’s space. That is NADCA-aligned work, and it is what most bargain cleaners ignore.
Trusted Brands We Service in SoMa
We work on equipment from every major manufacturer found in SoMa buildings, and we stock maintenance parts locally so we don’t have to order a coil brush or a filter frame from a warehouse in Tracy while your building waits. Our techs service and clean rooftop packaged units, exhaust fans, supply and return duct systems, and in-line components from brands including Carrier, Trane, Lennox, York, and Rheem. If you are considering an air-quality upgrade during a cleaning, we also install Honeywell filtration and Aprilaire purification products, often the same day, since we are already on the roof and inside the duct run. One call. One crew. The whole system handled.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in SoMa Homes
- Salt-corrosion on rooftop coils and duct seals. The marine wind that blows over SoMa carries salt that settles on every exposed metal surface. Coils and duct joints corrode, air leaks form, and the system pulls in damp, dirty outside air instead of recirculating clean air.
- Microbial growth in supply ducts from persistent moisture. Cool, damp air off the Bay keeps duct interiors humid even when the cooling load is light. In the mild SoMa climate, ventilation systems run nearly continuously, so that moisture never dries out. You get biofilm. Not dust. Biofilm.
- Cross-floor contamination in shared duct shafts. Converted warehouses and mid-rises often route duct runs through a single masonry chase. A cooking odor, pet dander, or cigarette smoke from one unit finds its way up or down, and no amount of register cleaning stops it. The shaft itself needs cleaning under negative pressure.
- Construction dust from constant infill and build-outs. SoMa never stops building. Office conversions, condo rehabs, and street work on Folsom, Howard, and Mission Street throw fine concrete and sheetrock dust into the air. Rooftop intakes pull it straight into duct runs, where it coats coils and blower motors.
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AfterPricing for Air Duct Cleaning in SoMa, CA
Residential duct cleaning in SoMa runs $450 to $850 for a full system clean, including supply and return ducts, the coil, and the blower motor. Commercial jobs in the district run $900 to $2,200 depending on square footage and how many units share a shaft. What moves the number is not square footage alone. It is access: how many floors, whether the rooftop unit is reachable by ladder, whether the duct runs are exposed spiral or ceiling-concealed metal, and how corroded the coil has become. We give you one flat price per system before any work starts. That price is based on a camera inspection we do upfront, at no charge. You will know the number before we turn a machine on. Call (833) 620-5944 and we’ll schedule the inspection.
Our Air Duct Cleaning crews serve the full SoMa district, and this same flat-price, show-the-work standard applies to every Air Duct Cleaning in SoMa job we take.
We Also Serve Cities Near SoMa
We regularly run jobs in Embarcadero, where the waterfront towers have the same roof-level salt exposure. We also cover Chinatown, the Mission District, and Daly City. If you are just over the line, call us. We know those buildings too, and the equipment does not change.
Serving SoMa, CA – Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the SoMa 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 Cleaning in SoMa
SoMa sits directly in the fog belt. Cool, damp marine air and onshore wind work on duct interiors all year, maintaining moisture levels that let biofilm form on duct walls, coil fins, and drain pans. The mild climate means your ventilation system runs nearly nonstop, so that moisture never gets a chance to dry out. Inland neighborhoods with warmer daytime temperatures dry out between fog cycles. SoMa does not. That is why a fogging sanitizer is the wrong answer here. The moisture source remains, the salt remains, and the biofilm returns in weeks. Source removal with HEPA filtration is the only approach that actually clears the system. Call (833) 620-5944 for a camera inspection and we’ll show you exactly what is growing in your ducts.
Yes, and this is the core of our SoMa work. Rooftop packaged units are the lungs of nearly every converted warehouse and residential tower in the district, and exposed spiral ductwork is common in live/work lofts. We clean both. The rooftop unit gets coil cleaning, blower motor cleaning, and drain pan service. The spiral ducts get agitated and extracted under negative pressure using a Nikro HEPA vacuum so debris is captured, not scattered into your space. Camera footage before and after is standard. Call (833) 620-5944 to book an inspection.
Yes, but only if the entire shared shaft is cleaned, not just your unit’s portion. Air from a neighboring tenant’s space moves through the same vertical chase, and contaminants cross freely. We recently serviced a converted warehouse live/work loft on Folsom Street where the exposed spiral ductwork shared a shaft with a neighboring tenant. Our techs used camera inspection and agitation tools under negative pressure to remove salt-laden dust and microbial buildup from the supply and return ducts, then cleaned the corroded rooftop coil and blower motor with HEPA filtration. The tenant’s musty odor and uneven airflow were resolved without any fogging sanitizer upsell. That is the correct approach. We coordinate with building management and other tenants to clean the full shaft. Call (833) 620-5944 and we’ll walk your building’s configuration with you.
No. Fogging a sanitizer into ductwork leaves salt-laden biofilm and corrosion in place, especially in the exposed spiral ductwork common in SoMa warehouses. The spray may knock down odor for a few days, but it does not remove the source material. Salt from the marine wind stays embedded. Moisture from the fog belt stays present. Within weeks the microbial growth returns, and now you have sanitizer residue mixed into it. The only fix that lasts is mechanical source removal: agitate the duct walls, extract the debris under negative pressure with HEPA filtration, and clean the rooftop coil and blower. Then address the moisture source at the coil and drain pan. Call (833) 620-5944 for an estimate that covers actual cleaning, not a spray wand.
Every 2 to 3 years is the right interval for most SoMa commercial spaces. Buildings near the waterfront or heavy construction corridors, think Folsom Street, Howard Street, or anywhere within a block of a build-out, may need annual coil cleaning because salt corrosion and concrete dust accumulate faster. Restaurants and gallery spaces with high foot traffic should lean toward every 2 years. We handle full commercial duct cleaning, rooftop coil service, and ongoing maintenance scheduling for property managers across SoMa. Call (833) 620-5944 and we’ll set up a schedule that fits your building.
You see it. We run a camera through your duct runs before cleaning and again after. You get before-and-after footage of your own ducts, not stock photos. The difference is visible: clean metal, clear coil fins, dry drain pan. If you are a landlord or property manager in SoMa, we can provide the footage to your tenants as verification. That transparency is why we keep getting called back to SoMa buildings. Call (833) 620-5944 for a free camera inspection before you commit to any cleaning.
Contact Everclear Air Duct Cleaning in SoMa
If your SoMa loft, condo, or commercial space has ducts that have never been properly cleaned, or if you have been burned by a cheap fogging job before, call us. We will inspect, give you one flat price, and show you the work when it is done. No mystery. No upsell. Clean air you can verify. Call (833) 620-5944 for a free estimate.
Written by Bruce Lowry, Owner at Everclear Air Duct Cleaning, serving SoMa and the greater Bay Area since 2017.