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 Hollywood
Air duct cleaning in Hollywood, FL typically costs between $350 and $650 for a full residential system, and most homes are done in a single visit lasting four to six hours. We work throughout Hollywood, from the 1950s concrete block homes in Hollywood Hills to the Lakes neighborhood’s wall-cavity returns, and we know exactly what hides inside these older systems. If you’ve been living with dust that resettles two days after you wipe the counters, or a musty smell that kicks on with the AC, your ductwork is telling you something. Call (754) 354-9798 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Kestrel Air Duct Fort Lauderdale dispatches crews into Hollywood daily, and our trucks carry the equipment that actually fixes old duct problems rather than just stirring them up. We’re not the highest-volume shop in town. We’re the one that documents what we find, seals what’s leaking, and puts a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. For homeowners in Hollywood who’ve already been burned by a no-show or a price that changed at the door, that’s the difference between a cleaning that lasts and one that doesn’t.
Why Kestrel Air Duct Fort Lauderdale Is Hollywood’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Hollywood homeowners keep calling us back because we treat the whole system, not just the visible grilles. A lot of companies in this market blow out the supply registers and call it done. In Hollywood’s older homes, that’s a half-measure with real consequences, because the return side of the system is often where the real filth lives. We built our reputation in this city on finding the problems other crews miss: the collapsed flex run in the attic, the stud-bay return cavity packed with dust behind a bedroom register, the salt-corroded steel trunk that’s been quietly shedding rust into the air stream for years.
Dale Whitmore, who leads our team, insists on one standard for every Hollywood job: the written price goes in your hand before a single screw comes off a register. No exceptions, no door-step revisions, no “we found something extra.” That standard is the Kingswell Guarantee, and it’s been part of how we operate since the company was founded in 2004. We answer the phone with a live person 24/7, so when you’ve got a scheduling question at 9 p.m. or a problem on a Saturday afternoon, you’re not leaving a voicemail and hoping.
Our techs know Hollywood’s neighborhoods because we work them every week. We know the flat-roofed single-story blocks in Emerald Hills with their unconditioned attics and sagging flex duct. We know the beachside condos where salt air has been chewing at the metal for decades. We know the Lakes homes with their wall-cavity returns that most companies never even inspect. That local knowledge is why our Air Duct Cleaning team can quote accurately over the phone instead of giving you a vague range that balloons when the van arrives.
Styles & brands we work with
Air Duct Inspection in Hollywood
Air Duct Inspection in Hollywood is the first step we recommend for any home older than 20 years, especially in the concrete block and stucco neighborhoods that make up so much of this city. We run a Rotobrush camera through the trunk lines and flex runs, and we document what we find with photos you can see. That matters in Hollywood because the housing stock carries specific problems: original flex duct from the 1960s has gone brittle, wall-cavity returns in Lakes homes were never sealed, and salt-laden air near the beach has been corroding metal components for years. A thorough inspection in Hollywood runs $99 to $199, and if you book a cleaning with us, we credit that amount toward the job.
Camera Inspection of Supply and Return Runs
We snake a camera through the full path: registers, boots, trunk lines, flex runs, and the return side. This shows us whether your ducts are actually connected, whether the flex has collapsed or pulled loose, and whether the return path is pulling air through sealed ductwork or through open wall cavities.
Moisture and Mold Assessment
Hollywood’s wet season runs May through October, and the humidity it brings is relentless. During an inspection, we check for moisture staining inside the ducts and look for the specific conditions that let mold take hold in our subtropical climate. If we find moisture, we’ll tell you where it’s coming from and what it costs to address the source.
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Hollywood
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Hollywood means something different here than it does in a newer city like Weston or Parkland. In a 1955 concrete block home, you’re dealing with six decades of accumulated dust, original duct materials that were undersized even when new, and return paths that may run through wall cavities instead of ductwork. Our process uses negative-air extraction: we connect a Nikro negative-pressure unit to the system, which pulls a vacuum on the entire ductwork while we agitate the debris loose with Rotobrush rotary brush tools. Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration captures the loosened particles before they can escape into your living room. A full residential cleaning in Hollywood runs $350 to $650 for a typical single-story home, with return duct cleaning included.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
Most Hollywood homes have supply ducts in the ceiling or floor delivering conditioned air, and return ducts pulling air back to the air handler. We clean both sides separately because they collect different debris: supplies carry dust from the blower and flex degradation, while returns collect the household air, pet hair, and sometimes attic air if there’s a leak. In Lakes homes, the return side often isn’t a duct at all.
Stud-Bay Return Cavity Cleaning
When a Hollywood home uses wall cavities as return air paths, we have to clean those open stud bays, not just the metal trunk. In a 1962 concrete block home off North 46th Avenue in Hollywood Hills, our crew’s Rotobrush camera inspection found two crushed flex duct runs in the unconditioned attic and a 12-inch return cavity filled with an inch of gray dust behind a 10×6 register. We pulled the debris under negative pressure, scrubbed the stud bay with HEPA-filtered agitation tools, then sealed the cavity and added a 14-inch flex return to cut static pressure. That’s the difference between cleaning registers and cleaning the actual air path.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We maintain and clean systems built around Honeywell and Aprilaire filtration components, and we stock the parts Hollywood customers need for those brands so Carrier repair in Hollywood and other work doesn’t stall waiting on an order from out of state. When a system calls for a HEPA upgrade or a better media cabinet, we install Abatement Technologies and Guardsman products that hold up to Hollywood’s humidity. Our techs are background-checked and uniformed, and they arrive with Rotobrush, Nikro, and Abatement Technologies equipment on the truck – not a box-store shop vac and a drill attachment. For Hollywood homeowners who want to keep their air clean between service visits, we can recommend the right filtration from those brands based on what we actually found in your ducts.
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AfterCommon Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Crushed or disconnected flex duct in unconditioned attics: Hollywood’s flat-roof concrete block homes bake in the Florida sun, and attics here hit 130 degrees in August. Original flex duct from the 1960s and 70s sags, kinks, and tears under that heat, and when it does, the system pulls attic air instead of room air.
- Wall-cavity returns packed with decades of dust: In the Lakes neighborhood, many homes were built with return air paths through open stud bays rather than dedicated ducted returns. Those cavities have been collecting dust since the Eisenhower administration, and most air duct companies never even open them, so the mold and debris blow right back into the living space after a “cleaning.”
- Salt-corroded steel ductwork near the coast: Hollywood’s sea air carries salt particles that settle on metal surfaces and accelerate corrosion, especially in older galvanized steel trunks. We regularly find rust-through in coastal Hollywood homes built before 1980, and the rust shed into the air stream is exactly what you don’t want your family breathing.
- Bathroom exhaust vented into the attic instead of outside: Many Hollywood homes from the 1950s-1970s never had dedicated ventilation for bathrooms, so humid shower air ends up in the duct system or the attic. That’s a mold factory in a city with 75 percent average humidity, and we find it in roughly one out of every three older Hollywood homes we inspect.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Hollywood, FL
A full residential air duct cleaning in Hollywood runs $350 to $650 for a typical single-story home under 2,000 square feet. That includes supply ducts, return ducts, registers, boots, the air handler cabinet, and video inspection. Two-story homes and properties with multiple systems fall between $550 and $900. If we find crushed flex duct that needs replacement, that runs $18 to $28 per linear foot. Sealing a wall-cavity return path in a Lakes home runs $150 to $300 depending on access. Commercial air duct cleaning in Hollywood runs by the square foot of the building, typically $0.25 to $0.45 per square foot. Every quote is a flat written price agreed upon before work begins, and estimates are free. Call (754) 354-9798 for an exact quote on your Hollywood home.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Kestrel Air Duct Fort Lauderdale serves Hollywood and the surrounding South Florida communities, including Air Duct Cleaning in Hollywood residents who know us by reputation. We also run regular routes into Fort Lauderdale for homeowners dealing with the same aging duct systems and coastal humidity. If you’re just outside our Hollywood service area, call (754) 354-9798 and we’ll confirm coverage for your street.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood 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 Hollywood
Yes. In Hollywood’s Lakes neighborhood and other mid-century areas, many homes have return air paths that run through open wall cavities between studs rather than through sealed metal ducts. A standard vacuum cleaning of the visible registers will not clean those stud bays, and the dust, mold, and debris inside them will keep blowing into your living space. The cavity must be accessed, agitated with HEPA-filtered tools, extracted under negative pressure, and then sealed so it can’t pull attic air again. If your Hollywood home has this type of return path, ask any company you’re considering whether they open and clean the wall cavities. If they say no or seem unsure, call us at (754) 354-9798.
Because in a 50-year-old Hollywood concrete block home, the duct system is almost certainly leaking, and cleaning a leaking system is throwing money away. Concrete block construction transfers heat into unconditioned attics, which cooks the original flex duct until it tears and pulls loose. The joints between trunk sections and boots were often sealed with dried-out tape or nothing at all. When we quote a system that needs sealing, we’re quoting the repair that makes the cleaning actually hold: mastic-sealed joints, reconnected flex, and sealed return paths. The sealing work is separate from the cleaning and we’ll show you exactly what we’re sealing and why before you commit to anything.
Hollywood’s ocean air carries salt particles that settle on metal duct surfaces and accelerate galvanic corrosion. In steel ducts, this shows up as rust flaking into the air stream. In aluminum components, it causes pitting that weakens the material at seams and joints. Homes within a mile or two of the beach see it faster, but onshore breezes carry salt several miles inland. During an inspection, we check for corrosion on the trunk lines, plenum, and boots, and we’ll tell you honestly whether your ductwork can be cleaned or whether it’s too far gone and needs partial replacement. Call (754) 354-9798 for an inspection in any Hollywood neighborhood.
Often yes, but only if the cleaning addresses the source. In many 1950s-1970s Hollywood homes, bathroom exhaust fans vent into the attic or directly into the return duct path, which pushes humid, moldy air through the entire system. Cleaning the ducts removes the settled mold spores and debris, but if the bathroom fan still dumps moisture into the attic, the smell returns within one wet season. We can tell you during the inspection whether your bathroom exhaust is connected properly and what it costs to route it outside. That’s the fix that makes the smell stay gone.
A thorough cleaning of a single-story Hollywood concrete block home typically takes four to six hours, sometimes more if the system includes wall-cavity returns or multiple air handlers. Anyone who promises to finish in under two hours is not cleaning the full system, they’re vacuuming registers. A proper job covers every supply and return register, the boots, the full trunk lines, all flex runs, the air handler, and the plenum, with camera verification before and after. Our crews don’t rush and we don’t leave until the system is documented clean. Call (754) 354-9798 for a written quote with a defined arrival window.
Written by Dale Whitmore, Owner at Kestrel Air Duct Fort Lauderdale, serving Hollywood, FL under the Kingswell Guarantee.