Whole-home duct cleaning
Dryer vent 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 runs between $425 and $780 for a full system on a typical 1,500 to 2,500 square foot home. Most jobs are done in a single day. If you’ve noticed dust settling back on furniture within days of wiping it down, a musty smell when the AC kicks on, or visible dust puffing from your registers, the ducts are doing exactly what coastal ductwork does: holding moisture, salt, and debris and blowing it back through your living space. We work in Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods from Victoria Park to Coral Ridge every week, and we know these homes. Call (754) 354-9798 for a written quote before any work begins.
Why Kestrel Air Duct Fort Lauderdale Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Fort Lauderdale homeowners call us because we answer the phone, show up in a defined window, and put the price in your hands before a single vent is touched. That’s the Kingswell Guarantee, and it’s been the same written standard since 2004, when Kestrel Air Duct Cleaning was founded under Dale Whitmore’s leadership. Dale built the company around one rule: say the price, do the work, stand behind it in writing. Every job gets a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work falls short, we return and make it right at no charge. Not a phone call of back-and-forth. A written obligation.
Customers across Fort Lauderdale, from the beachside condos along Galt Ocean Mile to the ranch homes off Sunrise Boulevard, tell us the same thing: they’ve been burned by a low teaser price that changed once the van showed up. We don’t work that way. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. They run Rotobrush rotary brush systems to dislodge debris at the duct wall, Nikro negative-pressure units to pull contaminants out, and Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration to keep loosened particles from re-entering your rooms. That’s real equipment, not a box-store shop vac with a wand on the end.
Dale and the Air Duct Cleaning team coordinate every Fort Lauderdale job through our South Florida office, and a live person answers the phone 24/7. You won’t get a voicemail tree. You’ll get a conversation about what’s actually happening inside your ducts.
Styles & brands we work with
Vent Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale
Vent cleaning in Fort Lauderdale means removing the salt-and-dust crust that builds up on register covers, vent openings, and the first few feet of visible duct behind them. In a coastal climate like ours, that buildup isn’t cosmetic. Salt is hygroscopic, meaning it pulls moisture out of the air. A vent caked with salt-laden dust becomes a damp surface, and damp surfaces grow things. Most Fort Lauderdale homes need register and visible-run cleaning every 3 to 5 years. A full vent and register cleaning on a typical single-family home here runs $140 to $260, depending on the number of vents and how much corrosion has taken hold.
What a Proper Vent Cleaning Actually Removes
We pull each register cover, wash it, and use a HEPA-filtered vacuum and agitation tool on the visible duct interior. What comes out is usually a mix of fine gray dust, salt crystals, and in older homes near the water, rust flakes from the duct walls themselves. You’ll see the difference, and we encourage you to look before we button things back up.
When Fort Lauderdale Homeowners Should Schedule It
If your registers look dusty within a week of cleaning, or you see a gray film on the louvers, that’s re-deposition from inside the duct run. It’s not that you’re a bad housekeeper. It’s that the duct interior is shedding particles every time the air handler runs. In homes within a mile of the beach, we see this happen faster because the salt content in the dust is higher and it sticks more tenaciously to metal surfaces.
Air Duct Repair in Fort Lauderdale
Air duct repair in Fort Lauderdale usually means addressing corroded joints, disconnected sections, or crushed return ducts in older homes, and when HVAC issues call for brand-specific expertise, homeowners also need Lennox repair in Fort Lauderdale they can trust. This is a salt air problem as much as an age problem. Our coastal climate attacks galvanized steel in a way the inland suburbs don’t experience. We regularly repair duct runs in homes along Las Olas Boulevard and in Harbor Beach where the original 1950s and 1960s ductwork has rusted through at the seams. A typical duct joint repair or short section replacement runs $220 to $480, and a full duct re-seal on a mid-century ranch home typically falls between $650 and $1,100 when the framing allows access.
Rusted Joints and Crushed Runs
In Fort Lauderdale’s mid-century concrete-block homes, the original galvanized ducts were often hung in attic spaces with minimal slope and zero moisture mitigation. Salt-laden attic air sits against the metal. The joints fail. We identify the failed sections with a camera, quote the repair in writing, and complete the repair with proper mastic and metal-rated materials, not duct tape.
When Repair Beats Replacement
Not every corroded duct needs to come out. If the metal is solid between joints and the interior rust scale can be removed, a targeted repair saves thousands compared to a full replacement. But if the duct walls are thinning and pinholing in multiple sections, replacement is the honest call. We’ll show you the camera footage either way. You decide with your eyes, not our word.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale
We service and clean systems running Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman filtration products, and our trucks carry common filter sizes and replacement components for these brands so Fort Lauderdale homeowners aren’t waiting on a second visit. Our cleaning equipment is Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies: Rotobrush rotary brushes break debris loose at the duct wall, Nikro negative-pressure extraction pulls it out, and Abatement HEPA units keep the living space clean while we work. If your home has a Honeywell media cabinet or an Aprilaire filter housing, we’ll check it as part of the job and tell you if it’s doing what it should.
See the difference
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AfterCommon Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes
- Rust scale inside original galvanized ducts. Homes built between the 1950s and 1970s in neighborhoods like Rio Vista and Sailboat Bend often still have their original metal ductwork. Salt spray from the Atlantic and humidity above 70% cause the zinc coating to break down, leaving rust scale that flakes into the air stream.
- Microbial growth on the AC coil and duct lining. The long cooling season in Fort Lauderdale means the air handler runs almost year-round. Condensation never fully dries, and in homes where the ducts are uninsulated or the attic ventilation is poor, that moisture feeds mold and mildew inside the duct run.
- Crushed return ducts in low-clearance attics. Concrete-block ranch homes from the 1960s in areas like Coral Ridge and Imperial Point were built with low-pitch roofs and minimal attic clearance. Return ducts, often flex or thin-gauge metal, get stepped on or crushed by cable installers, handymen, or simple age. A crushed return chokes airflow, forces the blower to work harder, and pulls dirty air from the attic through any gap.
- Salt-saturated dust re-depositing on registers. Homes within a mile of the beach, from Lauderdale-by-the-Sea down to Harbor Beach, collect dust with a high salt content. That dust sticks to metal more aggressively than inland dust and returns faster after a surface-only cleaning because the source, the salt-laden dust inside the duct run, was never removed.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A full system air duct cleaning in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $425 to $780 for a single-system home between 1,500 and 2,500 square feet. Smaller condos and apartments on Galt Ocean Mile or along the Intracoastal tend to fall between $325 and $500. Larger homes or those with two separate air handlers can reach $900 to $1,200. Vent cleaning alone runs $140 to $260. Air duct repair ranges from $220 for a simple joint repair to $1,100 for a more involved re-seal job on a mid-century home. What moves the number? Total number of vents, number of systems, access difficulty, and how much source removal is actually required. We give you one written price for your system before any work starts. Call (754) 354-9798 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale
Our Fort Lauderdale crews regularly work in Hollywood, where the same salt air and aging mid-century housing stock create similar duct conditions. If you’re in Hollywood and need Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale quality without the bridge traffic, call us and we’ll schedule a visit with the same written pricing and guarantee we give every customer.
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
Because salt air and humidity above 70% attack galvanized steel ducts directly. Homes within a mile of the Atlantic, in neighborhoods like Harbor Beach and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, accumulate salt crystals inside duct runs that pull moisture from the air and corrode the metal from the inside out. In a Harbor Beach ranch, our camera inspection once found rusted-out duct joints and microbial growth inside the original galvanized supply and return ducts, with the air handler pulling salt-laden air from the Atlantic. We used HEPA-filtered negative pressure and agitation tools to remove the corrosion and biofilm, then repaired the worst joints to stop the salt air from re-entering. Inland homes in Plantation or Davie don’t face this same salt load. Coastal Fort Lauderdale homes do. That’s the difference. Call (754) 354-9798 and we’ll tell you what your specific duct runs actually need.
No. Fogging can coat surfaces with an antimicrobial mist, but it does not remove the biofilm, salt deposits, and organic debris that the mold is feeding on. Moisture from Fort Lauderdale’s humidity keeps feeding new growth even after fogging, which means the problem returns. Source removal, physically agitating and extracting the material with HEPA-filtered equipment, is the only method that actually removes what the mold grows on. If a company’s main selling point is fogging, ask them how they remove the debris. Then call us at (754) 354-9798 for a straight answer.
Salt-laden dust can pull moisture into the air handler cabinet, accelerating corrosion on the blower motor housing, the fan blades, and electrical connections. Our technicians regularly see blower motors in beachside Fort Lauderdale homes with rust on the windings and salt crust on the fan blades. This is the result of positive-pressure blowing, a method some crews use, pushing salt-laden debris into the air handler and blower assembly. Negative-pressure extraction, which pulls debris out and away from the blower, avoids this entirely. If you want to know which method was used on your last cleaning, we can camera-inspect the air handler and show you. Call (754) 354-9798.
Clean them first, then decide. In many Fort Lauderdale ranch homes from the 1960s, the original galvanized ducts are rusted but still structurally sound. A proper cleaning removes the rust scale and salt residue, and a targeted repair fixes any leaking joints. Replacement makes sense when the metal has thinned to the point of pinholing, meaning small holes are forming in the duct walls. We’ll show you the camera footage either way. If the ducts can be saved, we’ll say so and quote the cleaning and repair honestly. If they’re beyond saving, we’ll tell you that too. Call (754) 354-9798 and we’ll schedule the inspection.
Yes. While air duct cleaning and dryer vent cleaning are separate services, our technicians inspect the dryer vent as part of the air duct job and flag any lint buildup or blockage they find. In Fort Lauderdale’s humid air, dryer lint can clump and adhere to the vent walls instead of blowing out the exterior termination, creating a blockage that a surface-level duct cleaning won’t touch. If you need a dryer vent cleaning, we’ll quote it separately and complete it the same day. Call (754) 354-9798 for details.
Written by Dale Whitmore, Owner at Kestrel Air Duct Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding communities under the Kingswell Guarantee since 2004.