Whole-home duct cleaning
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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 Fort Lauderdale
Air duct cleaning in Fort Lauderdale is a recurring need, not a once-a-decade event. The salt air and 70% average humidity work through your ductwork year-round, feeding mold and corroding galvanized steel. A full-system clean here typically runs $450 – $850 for a single-family home, with high-rise condos landing between $350 – $650 depending on duct-run length. Hollis Air Duct Fort Lauderdale serves every zip code from Victoria Park to Harbor Beach, and you can reach us at (754) 354-3644 for a written quote before any work begins.
Why Hollis Air Duct Fort Lauderdale Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We earn our place in this market by understanding what coastal air does to a system. Fort Lauderdale homes deal with a specific set of problems: rusted duct walls, salt-crusted registers, and microbial growth that thrives in the gap between the AC coil and the return plenum. Our crews work these issues daily, not occasionally. That repetition builds accuracy. When we quote a job in Coral Ridge or Rio Vista, the price is written, the scope is specific, and it does not move at the door.
Our Air Duct Cleaning team arrives in uniform, background-checked, with the equipment already staged for the building type: rotary brush systems for single-family runs, negative-air machines for condo common-ventilation lines. We answer phones with a live person 24 hours a day. No callback queues. No voicemail loop. If a problem shows up after the job, the 365-Day Done Right Promise puts the remedy in writing: we return at no charge and make it right.
The Garrison Standard was built for trades that attract corner-cutters. It requires arriving inside the quoted window, pricing in writing before any tool comes out, completing the work by the book, and leaving the site clean. Roy Castellanos leads our Fort Lauderdale operation under that standard, and every job reflects it.
Styles & brands we work with
Air Duct Repair in Fort Lauderdale
Air Duct Repair in Fort Lauderdale usually means one of three things: patching rusted-through duct sections, re-sealing joints that have pulled apart from humidity cycling, or replacing crushed flex runs in attics that bake under the Florida sun. Salt air accelerates all three. In older single-family homes along Sunrise Boulevard and around Middle River Terrace, we regularly find galvanized steel duct that has thinned enough to leak conditioned air into wall cavities. That leakage pushes your AC to run longer, and the moisture it draws in feeds the very mold you’re trying to eliminate.
Rusted Duct Section Replacement
When a section of metal duct has rusted through, patching it with tape is a scam. We cut out the affected run and replace it with sealed, insulated duct matched to the system. The cost for a typical repair in Fort Lauderdale runs $180 – $420 depending on access and run length.
Joint Re-Sealing and Leak Repair
Humidity cycling causes duct joints to work loose. We use duct sealing mastic, not tape, applied to every accessible seam. Mastic flexes with temperature changes and does not dry out like adhesive-backed products. A sectional re-seal in a Fort Lauderdale home typically costs $200 – $450.
Ductwork Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale
Ductwork Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale is not a surface wipe-down. It means mechanically agitating and extracting the biofilm that adheres to duct walls: the gray, gritty layer of mold, salt, and dust that forms faster in this climate than in most of the country. We use a HEPA-filtered negative-air machine to pull the loosened contaminants out under vacuum, so they do not redistribute through your living space. Full supply and return duct cleaning for a typical Fort Lauderdale home runs $450 – $850.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts carry conditioned air from the air handler to each room. In Fort Lauderdale, these runs collect salt residue and mold on the interior walls, which then recirculates every time the AC kicks on. We clean them with motorized agitation brushes sized to the duct.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the system. They load up with the same contamination plus whatever your home generates: skin cells, cooking residue, pet dander. In a high-humidity environment, that organic matter becomes a mold substrate. A full return-side clean is part of every job, not an add-on.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale
We work on systems built around Honeywell filtration, Aprilaire media cabinets, and Abatement Technologies air-scrubbing units. Because we stock common replacement filters and sealing components locally, our Fort Lauderdale customers are not waiting on a parts order when a clean reveals a corroded filter frame or a failed blower seal. If your condo or home runs one of these brands, our technicians already know the access points and the common failure modes. That means the quote is accurate from the start and the job gets done in one visit.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes
- Salt-crusted duct walls in beachfront and Intracoastal buildings. Salt spray migrates into common-ventilation runs, accelerates rust, and leaves a musty odor that residents often think is just “the ocean smell.” It is not. It is contaminated ductwork.
- Mold colonization behind visible registers. In 1950s-1970s single-family homes around Victoria Park and Sailboat Bend, original duct systems are undersized and uninsulated. Condensation forms inside, and mold follows.
- Crushed flex runs in hot attics. Fort Lauderdale attics regularly exceed 130°F in summer. Flex duct degrades, collapses, and strangles airflow. The AC runs longer, the humidity climbs, and the cycle accelerates.
- Shared ductwork in high-rise condos with no cleaning history. Dense condo stock along Galt Ocean Mile and the New River often has decades-old common ventilation that has never been source-cleaned. One unit’s contamination spreads through the stack.
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AfterPricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Expect to pay $450 – $850 for a full-system clean in a single-family Fort Lauderdale home. Condos and smaller units typically fall between $350 – $650. What moves the number: the number of supply and return runs, access difficulty in high-rise mechanical closets, the degree of rust or mold present, and whether duct sealing or repair is required afterward. We write the price before any work begins, and it holds. If a technician finds additional damage during the job, we stop and show you before proceeding. No surprise invoices. Call (754) 354-3644 for a free estimate on your specific system.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale
Our crews handle Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward County communities, including Plantation, Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, and Margate. If you are on the edge of town or in a neighboring zip code, call us. We will tell you straight whether we can get to your property and when.
Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale
The musty smell is almost always microbial growth inside the ductwork, not the AC itself. Fort Lauderdale’s humidity keeps duct interiors damp enough for mold to colonize, and salt from the ocean air makes it worse by corroding the metal and creating porous surfaces where mold anchors. A system that has never been source-cleaned will hold that odor indefinitely. Cleaning the supply and return runs with agitation and negative-air extraction removes the biofilm, not just the smell. Call (754) 354-3644 for an inspection and a written quote.
No, fogging is not enough. A fogger disperses a sanitizing mist into the duct, but it cannot remove the salt-and-mold biofilm stuck to the duct walls. Within weeks, the humidity reactivates whatever is left and the smell returns. You need mechanical source removal: agitation to break the biofilm loose, then negative-pressure extraction to pull it out. Anything short of that is paying for odor masking. A genuine NADCA-standard clean in Fort Lauderdale is the only approach we will sell.
Beachfront high-rises in Fort Lauderdale should have their ducts cleaned every 2 to 3 years. Salt spray infiltration and constant humidity mean contamination builds faster here than inland. If your building has shared common-ventilation ductwork, ask your association for the cleaning history. If there is none, your unit is breathing whatever has accumulated in the stack. We clean individual condo units and, where access permits, common runs.
Salt air corrodes galvanized steel, full stop. It is basic chemistry: salt accelerates oxidation. In Fort Lauderdale, homes within a mile of the ocean or Intracoastal show measurable rust on duct walls, registers, and air handler components within a decade. We have camera-inspected enough systems to show you exactly what it looks like in your building. If the metal is rusted through, repair or replacement is necessary before cleaning makes sense.
Supply ducts push conditioned air into your rooms, and return ducts pull air back to the handler. In a Fort Lauderdale condo, supply runs collect mold and salt from the humid outside air that infiltrates around windows and doors. Return runs collect organic debris from the unit itself: skin cells, pet dander, cooking residue. Both need mechanical cleaning, but the contamination profile is different. We clean both on every job. No partial scopes.
In a 1960s single-family home off Las Olas Boulevard, our techs camera-inspected the supply and return ducts and found salt-crusted galvanized steel with active mold growth. We used negative pressure and agitation tools under NADCA standards to source-remove the contamination, then sealed the registers to reduce moisture intrusion. The damp smell that had returned every summer for years did not come back. That is what a real clean does. Fogging would not have touched it.
Contact Hollis Air Duct Fort Lauderdale
If your Fort Lauderdale home or condo has ducts that have never been cleaned, or you have a musty smell that keeps coming back, call (754) 354-3644. We will give you a written price over the phone, show up inside the window, and back the work for a full year under the 365-Day Done Right Promise. Roy Castellanos and the Hollis team are ready.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.