Air Duct Cleaning in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County
Whole house, flat rate: $395 to $495
Whole-house duct cleaning in West Palm Beach is a flat $395 to $495, and the number is only worth paying for one method. The industry standard is source removal: the entire duct system is put under negative pressure with a truck-mounted or high-powered portable vacuum, every duct run is agitated with rotating brushes and compressed-air whips to break loose what is stuck to the walls, and the debris is pulled to the collection unit instead of being blown around the house. That is what the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) specifies, and it is what we do.
What a whole-house cleaning includes
- Every supply register and return grille removed, cleaned and reinstalled.
- Every supply and return duct run agitated and vacuumed under negative pressure.
- Main supply and return trunk lines cleaned.
- Return plenum and supply plenum cleaned.
- Air handler blower compartment vacuumed; full blower and coil cleaning is a separate service if it is needed.
- New filter installed.
- Before and after photos of the inside of the ducts, texted to you.
West Palm Beach runs from 1920s boom houses in Flamingo Park, Old Northwood and El Cid to the newer towers downtown, and about two thirds of its homes were built before 2000, a quarter of them before 1970. In the older houses central air came later, so the ducts are retrofits in a hot, humid attic that sweat wherever the insulation has slipped, and the newer condos and townhomes often still hold construction dust.
When it is worth doing
- You moved into a home and do not know its history.
- Renovation or new construction left drywall dust in the system.
- Pets, smoking, or a prior water leak.
- Visible dust blowing from registers, or dust that returns a day after cleaning.
- Allergy symptoms that improve when you leave the house.
When it is not worth doing: a clean system in a newer home with no visible buildup. If the camera inspection shows clean ducts, we will tell you and charge only the inspection.
Pricing
The flat $395 to $495 covers a typical single-system home. A second system on the same visit is $250, and homes over about 3,500 square feet are priced from the square footage when you book. Dryer vent cleaning added to the same visit brings the pair to $475 to $575. Nothing is priced per vent, and nothing gets added once the crew is in the house.
Gray registers a week after a new filter mean the dust is coming from inside the ducts. Call (561) 708-5460 for West Palm Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County; the price is set on that call, not in the hallway.