Blower, Coil and Plenum Cleaning in West Palm Beach
Blower and coil cleaning: $249 to $349
Cleaning the ducts without cleaning the air handler leaves the dirtiest part of the system untouched. The blower wheel collects a dense layer of dust that cuts airflow, the evaporator coil clogs with the same dust mixed with condensation and grows biological growth, and the drain pan under it turns into a sludge tray. Palm Beach County systems run all year and hardest from May into October, and most molds do best above 60 percent relative humidity, so a coil coated in dust and growth is the most common reason a system cools poorly, freezes up in August or smells musty at startup.
What HVAC system cleaning includes
- Blower wheel and housing: removed or cleaned in place depending on the unit, every blade degreased and the housing vacuumed.
- Evaporator coil: cleaned with a coil-safe foaming cleaner and rinsed, fins straightened where bent.
- Drain pan and condensate line: pan cleaned, line flushed and treated so it stops backing up.
- Supply and return plenums: cleaned and sealed where joints are leaking.
- Filter rack checked for gaps that let air bypass the filter.
When you need it
- Airflow is weak at the registers even after a new filter.
- A musty smell when the system first turns on.
- The system freezes up or the drain line backs up repeatedly.
- The coil has never been cleaned and the system is more than five years old.
- Duct cleaning camera shows the blower compartment caked.
Licensing
Florida law puts duct cleaning and equipment sanitizing that requires taking the system at least partly apart inside the scope of a licensed air conditioning or mechanical contractor. Opening the air handler to clean the blower wheel and coil is that kind of work, so it is done by or under a state-licensed contractor. We tell you when a problem is a repair rather than a cleaning and do not sell you one disguised as the other.
Pricing
Blower and coil cleaning in West Palm Beach runs $249 to $349 per system, less when done with a whole-house duct cleaning. A coil fouled badly enough to need pulling gets a new number after the crew has looked at it.
Weak airflow after a fresh filter, or a musty smell at startup, points at the air handler. Call (561) 708-5460 and we will put a camera in the blower compartment in West Palm Beach and across Palm Beach County.