How CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Aurora Was Born in Aurora
Back in 2013, we were working out of another shop when a call came in from a woman in Aurora’s Meadow Hills neighborhood. She’d paid a company to clean her ducts the week before, and her registers were still blowing dust. We opened one with a borescope camera and found caked debris six feet down the main trunk. The previous crew had run a vacuum at the return for twenty minutes and called it done. She’d paid full price for a performance.
That evening, we drove home through Aurora along Smoky Hill Road with the windows down, still angry. The industry was full of coupon bait: $79 whole-house specials that ended with upsold “sanitizing,” no photos, no proof, no accountability. We called the CleanRun headquarters that night and asked what it would take to bring the brand here. The answer was simple - agree to photograph every run, quote every job in writing, and never leave a customer guessing whether the work happened. We signed the agreement in September 2013. Our first truck rolled out of Aurora the following month. The woman in Meadow Hills became our first scheduled job under the new branch. We photographed her after shot next to the before, and she kept that printout on her refrigerator for two years.
Tomas Reyes’s Personal Connection to the Air Duct Cleaning Trade
Tomas Reyes didn’t stumble into this work; he was pulled in by the mechanics of it. Growing up, he spent weekends helping a tradesman who cleaned and repaired HVAC systems across the Denver metro. The first time Tomas peered into a duct with a flashlight, he smelled the stale heat of accumulated dust, saw the way it clung to the galvanized steel in patterns that told you how air moved through a house. He was sixteen. By nineteen, he could read a duct system like a map - where the airflow choked, where moisture pooled, where a poorly sealed boot was dumping conditioned air into a crawl space.
The work means something specific to him. It’s not the equipment, though he’s particular about his Rotobrush setup and maintains it himself. It’s the moment a homeowner sees their own ductwork for the first time. Most people have never looked inside. When Tomas shows them the photo of what was there, and the photo of what’s left, there’s a visible shift - relief, sometimes embarrassment, usually surprise. That moment is why he’s still in trucks thirteen years later rather than behind a desk.
If he weren’t doing this, he’d probably be restoring vintage motorcycles, another pursuit where patience and clean metal matter. But the truth is, Tomas gets restless when he’s not solving something physical for someone local. The trade gave him a way to be useful in a tangible, measurable way. Every cleaned run is a small, completed fact. He collects them.
Meet Tomas Reyes - The Person Behind Every Job
Tomas Reyes is the Owner and Founder of CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Aurora. He holds state-licensed credentials for HVAC and duct cleaning work in Colorado, carries full insurance and bonding, and has spent thirteen years working directly in homes across Aurora, Denver, Centennial, and the surrounding communities.
Unlike a rotating franchise technician, Tomas knows the local housing stock - the original duct layouts in Aurora’s older ranch homes near Expo Park, the newer flex-duct systems in Stonegate and Parker, the specific challenges posed by Colorado’s dry climate and seasonal wildfire smoke infiltration. He still rides along on jobs regularly, especially complex whole-system cleanings or cases where previous companies left debris behind.
On weekends, you’ll find him at the Aurora Reservoir with his family or working on a 1974 Honda CB750 in his garage. He believes in doing a thing until it’s done right, which is why he personally reviews every photo set before it goes to a customer. His direct commitment: if your ducts aren’t cleaner than when we arrived, we’ll return and correct it. That’s not a slogan - it’s how he works.
Before
AfterOur Promise to Aurora Homeowners
Our values aren’t framed on a wall. They’re practiced on every job, under The Haven Standard that CleanRun established in 2013.
Have it in writing. Every quote is a flat price per system, agreed before anyone starts. No per-vent add-ons, no surprise charges when the truck is in your driveway. We learned this the hard way early on - a homeowner in Glendale once showed us a competitor’s invoice that tripled from the phone quote. We don’t do that. Clause 1 of Haven means the price on the page is the price you pay.
Evidence on every job. We photograph the inside of every run before and after. You receive the documentation. In 2013, this was unusual. It’s still not universal. We use Nikro equipment and Rotobrush systems because they let us reach and document the full length of each line, not just the first few feet.
No surprises. If we find something unexpected - a disconnected duct, mold, a failing component - we stop, show you, and quote it separately. No “while we’re in here” pressure. A homeowner in Cherry Hills Village once thanked us specifically for this; she’d been burned by a previous company that invented “urgent” repairs mid-job.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed for HVAC and air duct cleaning work in Colorado
- Insured & bonded for residential and commercial service
- 13 years of local experience serving Aurora, Denver, Centennial, Stonegate, Greenwood Village, Glendale, Parker, Cherry Hills Village, Lone Tree, Commerce City, Derby, and Englewood
- Strong local reputation built on documented work and repeat customers
These credentials matter because you’re letting someone into your home to work on a system that moves the air your family breathes. State licensing means we’ve met Colorado’s technical and safety requirements. Insurance and bonding protect you if something goes wrong. Thirteen years in this specific market means we’ve cleaned ducts in homes like yours, dealt with the same local building practices, and understand how Aurora’s elevation and dry climate affect what collects in your system. A strong local reputation, earned one photographed run at a time, means you can verify our work through neighbors, not just marketing.
Every pro working under our name is required to hold the license and insurance their state requires. We don’t send untrained crews or day laborers into your home.
Rooted in Aurora
Our trucks leave from Aurora every morning. We’ve cleaned ducts in the original homes near Aurora Hills Golf Course, in the newer builds south of E-470, in the townhomes off Havana Street. Tomas lives here. His kids attend school here. We’ve worked through the pollen-heavy springs that blanket the city in cottonwood fluff, and the dry winters when forced-air systems run constantly and homeowners notice the dust most.
We don’t sponsor little leagues or claim to be everyone’s neighbor. We’re a working business in a working city. What we do is show up on time, do what we said we’d do, photograph it, and leave your system cleaner than we found it. For Aurora homeowners, that’s enough - and it’s what we intend to keep doing.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Aurora, serving Aurora and surrounding communities since 2013.