What duct cleaning, furnace cleaning and dryer vent work cost around Schaumburg, with the ranges taken from per-furnace price lists that Chicagoland companies publish, the EPA's own range, and the Illinois rules on written contracts.
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Or call (224) 524-0789The EPA's own guidance gives this as the usual range per system, though not always, moving with the size of the system and how contaminated it is. Posted Chicagoland per-furnace prices start below it.
Under 815 ILCS 513/15 a contractor must furnish a written contract or work order stating the total cost, with parts and materials itemized, before starting home repair work over $1,000. The state pamphlet is required for any contract.
Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act, 815 ILCS 513/15, via FindLaw
NWS 1991-2020 normals, against 1,003 cooling degree days. The furnace blower carries most of the year's air through a Schaumburg duct system, and its wheel is often the dirtiest part of the job.
Paid through a program-approved contractor and taken off the final invoice, with eligibility varying by project. Sealing is a separate job from cleaning, but the same inspection usually finds the leaks.
Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program, 2026 seal and insulate fact sheet
Every range below is what companies working in Schaumburg publish for that job, gathered from the numbered price pages under the table. It spans what several of them show, so the figures move with the specifics of the property and with who does the work. Nothing here is a quote, and no business has set a price on this page. A real number comes from whoever looks at the job.
| The job | Range seen | Billed as | What moves it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole-system duct cleaning, one furnace, supply and return runs and main trunk lines | $299–$1,0001234 | per system | Four Chicagoland operators post per-furnace prices across this band, two naming Schaumburg. Check that returns and trunk lines are included. |
| Each additional furnace system cleaned on the same visit | $299–$400123 | per system | One list goes from $550 for one furnace to $950 for two; others price each furnace as its own system. |
| Per-opening pricing, each supply register or return grille | $11–$7556 | per opening | An Elgin-area list posts $10.95 an opening plus $39.95 per trunk line; national 2026 figures run $25 to $50, returns higher. |
| Dryer vent cleaning, side-wall or roof termination | $100–$300678 | per visit | Two companies serving Schaumburg post $149 flat. Roof runs and bird nests push other quotes toward the top. |
| Furnace blower, heat exchanger and coil cleaning added to a duct job | $60–$150468 | added | The blower wheel is often the dirtiest part of a Chicago-area system. Ask whether it is in the base price. |
| Condo or small townhouse with one small system | $349–$840458 | per system | Small units often hit a company's minimum charge. A Chicago metro estimate for a 1,000 square foot condo tops out near $840. |
Prices each of these companies publishes on its own site, read on the date shown in each listing. A published price can change without notice, so treat a number here as what was posted rather than what you will be told today.
Duct cleaning prices in the northwest suburbs follow a fairly simple structure once it is laid out. Most companies here price per furnace, not per vent: one figure for the furnace and every duct run it feeds. A few still price by the opening. On top of that sit separate jobs that often ride along on the same visit, like a dryer vent or a deeper furnace cleaning. And there is what the inspection finds, which can range from ordinary dust to a mouse nest in a basement trunk line.
Chicagoland companies that name Schaumburg in their service areas post a single-furnace cleaning at a few hundred dollars, and other metro operators run higher, up to around a thousand for a large or complicated system. The difference is mostly scope. Some entry packages cover the supply vents only, without the returns or the main trunk lines, and without negative air pressure. A full cleaning puts the whole system under negative pressure, works every supply and return run back to the trunk, and cleans the furnace cabinet and blower. When comparing quotes, line them up by what they include, not by the headline figure.
Larger houses and some additions run two systems. Each one is its own duct network. Posted prices around Chicagoland reflect that: one list goes from $550 for one furnace to $950 for two, and others simply quote each furnace as its own system. Doing both on the same visit saves a trip, but the second system is still close to a second job.
Where a company prices per opening, the count matters. One Elgin-area list charges about eleven dollars an opening plus a separate charge per trunk line, with a minimum for small homes, while national 2026 figures run higher per vent and higher still per return. Per-opening pricing is fair when every register and return is counted before work starts. The problem is the mailer promising the whole house for $99. One company serving this area warns that those offers tend to turn into per-vent charges once the crew is at the door, and NADCA tells homeowners to avoid whole-house offers at that level. The fix is simple: the full scope and total in writing before anyone starts.
The Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act requires a written contract or work order stating the total cost, with parts and materials listed, before home repair work over $1,000 begins, and it requires the state pamphlet Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights for any contract. Whether a particular cleaning is covered is a legal question. Asking for the number in writing is not, and a legitimate company will provide it without hesitation.
A dryer vent is not part of the furnace or the ducts, so it is its own line. Two companies that serve Schaumburg post a flat figure for it, and national 2026 numbers put roof terminations and bird nest removal higher than a short side-wall run. When added to a duct cleaning it is often priced a little lower than on its own.
In a climate with close to six thousand heating degree days a year, the blower wheel collects more dirt than most of the duct runs. Chicago metro price lists put a furnace component cleaning, covering the blower, the coil and the heat exchanger area, at a modest addition to a duct job. If the base price does not say whether the blower is cleaned, ask.
Schaumburg has a lot of condos and townhouses with one small system. Those often land at a company's minimum charge rather than its per-furnace price, and Chicago metro estimates for a unit around a thousand square feet run into the high hundreds.
Cleaning removes what is inside the ducts; it does not close the gaps that let dust in. Nicor Gas's 2026 program pays a duct sealing rebate through program-approved contractors, so if an inspection turns up loose joints, check eligibility before paying for sealing outright.
How many systems, what is included in each, which extras are being done, and one total, written down before a panel comes off. Any repair found along the way gets its own price before it is done. Measure every quote you hear against that, and against the posted ranges in the table.
Get the furnace, the blower and every run of ductwork in scope, with the total written down before anything is opened. If the furnace smells electrical, short-cycles or shows soot around the burners, shut it off at the switch and say so when you call.
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