Air duct cleaning has a reputation problem. Homeowners have seen the very low price ads that turn into big bills, and they’ve heard health claims that don’t hold up. The way to win is to be the opposite: real prices, a written quote, before-and-after photos and honest advice. Obravetta helps you do all of that, and reminds customers when their dryer vent is due. From $27/month.
Bait-and-switch duct cleaning ads have trained homeowners to be suspicious of the whole trade.
So the honest company has to prove it: show the price up front, show what was actually in the ducts, and don’t oversell.
Do that and you get the reviews, referrals and repeat dryer vent work the scammers never will.
One duct and dryer vent customer from the first call to the next year. Here’s where honest companies lose the job, and what has to run on its own.
| Stage | What's happening | Where it dies | What has to run automatically |
|---|---|---|---|
| The search | Homeowner sees a $49 ad | Suspicious of everyone | Real prices on your website |
| The call | They call to ask | Voicemail, they book the cheap ad | Missed-call text back and online booking |
| The quote | What will it really cost? | Price changes on site | Written quote before you start |
| The work | Ducts and dryer vent cleaned | “Did they do anything?” | Before-and-after photos |
| Payment | Job done | Invoice later | Pay link before you leave |
| Next year | Dryer vent full of lint again | Nobody reminds them | Yearly dryer vent reminder |
Not a feature list. This is one customer when booking, proof and reminders run for you.
A homeowner moving into an older house books a duct and dryer vent cleaning at your published price.
Online booking · WebsiteA quote confirms the price and what’s included, signed on their phone.
Proposals with e-signatureYou photograph the ducts and the dryer vent before cleaning.
Mobile app with photosThe after photos go out with the invoice and a pay link.
Invoicing · Text-to-payA review request goes out with the photos still fresh in their mind.
Automated review requestsA reminder goes out that the dryer vent is due, with a booking link.
Recurring reminders · Online bookingDryer vents collect lint every year. Put in your own numbers to see what reminding past customers is worth.
The math: past dryer vent customers × (rebook rate with reminders − rebook rate today) × your average ticket. Any duct work you book on those visits would come on top.
The honest company wins by being clear, showing proof and not overselling.
Is this price real? Do I even need this? Will they try to upsell me on site? Will they actually clean anything?
Published prices, a written quote, honest advice and before-and-after photos answer most of that.
On Obravetta Growth and Obravetta Pro, a professional duct cleaning website is built for you as part of the plan, not quoted separately by an agency for a few thousand dollars.
Duct cleaning visitors are skeptical. Your site should publish real prices, explain honestly when cleaning makes sense, show before-and-after photos and make booking easy.
On Obravetta Starter at $27 you get the builder and build it yourself. On Growth and Pro we build it for you.
Obravetta isn’t an HVAC parts tool. It’s the whole customer side of the business, and for a duct cleaning company it breaks into six jobs.
Published figures, sourced below.
The numbers make dryer vents an easy, honest sell. EPA’s three conditions tell you when duct cleaning is worth recommending.
Every plan includes a 14-day free trial, month-to-month with no contract. Annual billing charges for ten months instead of twelve.
1 team member
Owner-operator. Website builder, online booking, missed-call text back, unlimited reminder workflows, invoicing and review automation.
Up to 3 team members
Adds AI voice answering, a professional website built for you, and 5,000 contacts. Most small duct cleaning companies land here.
Unlimited team members
Unlimited contacts, done-for-you setup, custom automations and referral campaigns. Where multi-van companies end up.
Honest note on seats: Starter is one user and Growth covers up to three. A duct cleaning company with several vans and an office will want Pro at $297, where seats are unlimited.
It depends on your work. If you also run a full HVAC service department with equipment and parts, you may want an HVAC-specific tool. For duct and dryer vent cleaning, Obravetta handles online booking, upfront quotes, photo proof, reminders, invoicing, reviews and the website.
EPA's guidance says homeowners should consider duct cleaning if there's substantial visible mold growth in hard-surface ducts or other heating and cooling parts, if ducts are infested with vermin, or if ducts are clogged with excessive dust and debris or particles are released from the supply registers. EPA does not recommend routine duct cleaning, but says no evidence suggests that properly done cleaning is harmful.
Be careful here. EPA's guidance says duct cleaning has never been shown to actually prevent health problems, and that a light amount of household dust in ducts isn't shown to pose a health risk. Honest companies sell duct cleaning for the situations EPA describes, not with health promises.
Because it's a real safety service. The US Fire Administration estimated about 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings each year, and found that failure to clean was the leading factor contributing to them, at 34%. A yearly reminder makes it easy for customers to keep up.
Publish your prices and stick to them. Many homeowners have seen very low duct cleaning ads that turn into big bills. Put your real pricing on your website and booking page, send a written quote before you start, and show before-and-after photos when you finish.
No, and we'd rather say so. We don't track HVAC equipment, filters in stock or service agreements with parts. Duct and vent companies that also do HVAC repair often use an HVAC tool for that and Obravetta for the customer side.
Ask after every job, and share the before-and-after photos. Google's own Business Profile documentation says more reviews and positive ratings can help local ranking, and in a trade with a reputation problem, honest reviews matter a lot.
Importing your customer list from a CSV takes an afternoon, and online booking plus missed-call text back can be live the same day. The part with a real wait is 10DLC registration, the carrier approval required to send business texts in the US, which takes a few business days on any platform. A built-for-you website takes longer because we need your services, prices and service area.
Yes. Obravetta Starter at $27/month is one seat and covers booking, reminders, invoicing and reviews. AI voice answering and the built-for-you website start on Growth at $97, which covers up to three users. Companies with several vans usually need Pro at $297 for unlimited seats.
Fourteen days is long enough to import your customers, get texting approved, and have online booking, photo proof and dryer vent reminders running. It doesn’t need a demo call.
14-day free trial · No long-term contract · Cancel anytime
When to consider duct cleaning and health evidence: US EPA, Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned?. Clothes dryer fires: US Fire Administration, Clothes Dryer Fires in Residential Buildings (2008–2010) and Claims Journal summary of the USFA report. Local ranking factors and the statement that more reviews and positive ratings can help local ranking: Google Business Profile Help. All verified November 2026. Obravetta pricing from our own pricing page.
Nothing on this page is medical, fire safety or legal advice. Duct cleaning, licensing and advertising rules vary by state and city, so check your local requirements. Job stages are illustrative of how residential duct cleaning work typically flows, not guarantees of results. Calculator results are estimates based only on the numbers you enter, not a prediction or guarantee of results. Google does not disclose how heavily any individual ranking factor is weighted, and no platform can promise a ranking outcome. Google are trademarks of their respective owners; Obravetta is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them. Figures change, so verify current details at the sources above.