Whole-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.
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AfterFast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Fort Lauderdale
Air duct cleaning in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $450-$950 for a full single-family system, and most jobs take a half day once our crew arrives. The bigger variable here isn’t square footage; it’s what forty years of canal humidity has left inside your ductwork. We work in Coral Ridge, Rio Vista, Victoria Park, and every neighborhood between Las Olas and the county line, and we answer the phone at (806) 606-6902 when you call.
Fort Lauderdale isn’t like Naples or Boca when it comes to ductwork. The canals that give this city its character also keep ambient moisture pressed against your home year-round, and that changes what we find inside supply and return runs. You deserve a company that knows what that means before they quote you a price.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning has been doing Air Duct Cleaning in South Florida since 2013. We’re independently owned and operated under the Haven Standard, and Tomas Reyes leads our crews. Every job gets a written price before a single panel comes off, and every job ends with a documented photo record of the inside of every duct run. That’s the standard we built the company on, and it’s written into Haven Standard Clause 1.
What does that actually mean for a homeowner in Fort Lauderdale? It means when you schedule with us, you’ll know the full price before we start. You’ll see before-and-after photos of your own ducts, not stock images. And if the work isn’t right, the 365-Day Done Right Promise means we make it right. In writing. Not subject to a manager’s mood.
Our Fort Lauderdale customers tend to ask the same questions: how do I know the work was actually done, and how do I know the price won’t change when you get here? Both answers are already handled by how we operate. The photo record shows what we found and what we left behind. The written price is the written price.
Our Air Duct Cleaning Services in Fort Lauderdale
Residential Duct Cleaning
Most Fort Lauderdale homes we clean are CBS construction from the 1950s through the 1970s, and many still run their original flex duct systems through attics that hit 140°F in August. That heat doesn’t just make the attic miserable; it bakes the inner liner of older flex duct until it separates from the coil wire. We run professional-grade negative-pressure extraction through every supply and return run, photographing each section as we go. If you live in Rio Vista or Coral Ridge, the odds are decent that nobody has actually looked inside your ducts since the house was built.
Commercial Duct Cleaning
Restaurants, medical offices, and retail spaces along Federal Highway and Sunrise Boulevard have their own problems: constant AC runtime, high occupancy, and kitchen exhaust that recirculates grease-laden air through return plenums. We schedule commercial work around your operating hours and deliver the same written price and photo record we provide to homeowners. If you manage a property in Fort Lauderdale, we’ll give you a documented scope of work your tenants or ownership can review.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts are the pressurized side of your system, and in canal-front Fort Lauderdale homes, they’re where salt-air corrosion does its worst. Metal connectors rust, flex duct clamps fail, and the run disconnects. When that happens, your supply side starts pulling attic air before it ever reaches your registers. We find this constantly in Coral Ridge and along the Las Olas corridor. A standard cleaning won’t catch it. Our video inspection does, and we seal it before we finish.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts in Fort Lauderdale pull air from your living spaces back to the air handler. In a city where relative humidity rarely dips below 75%, return runs develop condensation every time the system cycles off. That moisture traps dust, and that dust becomes a biological colony. We clean return ducts with the same negative-pressure equipment and HEPA filtration we use on supply runs, and we document the before and after. If your return grille smells musty, the problem is rarely the grille.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We run Rotobrush and Nikro equipment on most Fort Lauderdale jobs, and we stock Guardsman and Abatement Technologies replacement components for the repairs that older duct systems routinely need. If your flex duct was installed in the Johnson administration, we can source the right clamps, collars, and liner material without making you wait three weeks for a part. Our techs carry what canal-corridor homes actually need, not just what’s on a standard truck manifest.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes
- Mold growth from canal humidity even when the AC runs daily. Fort Lauderdale’s year-round humidity above 75% means condensation forms inside ductwork whenever the system cycles off. In homes near the waterway network, that’s a structural reality, not a seasonal risk. The result is persistent musty odor and spores distributed through every register.
- Crushed or collapsed flex duct in older attics. In Coral Ridge, Rio Vista, and Victoria Park, original 1960s and 1970s flex duct is still in service. Summer attic temperatures exceed 140°F, the inner liner breaks down, and cable installers or previous tradespeople flatten runs accidentally. You get weak airflow to certain rooms and dust that cleaning alone can’t fix.
- Salt-air corrosion on connectors and dampers. Canal-front and beachside homes deal with Atlantic salt air accelerating rust on metal duct fittings. Disconnected runs then suck attic air into the supply side, bypassing your filter entirely. Registers end up coated in fine dust within a week of wiping them down.
- Snowbird units incubating mold from July through September. Thousands of Fort Lauderdale condos sit empty each summer with the AC off or set to minimal cooling. That’s 90%+ relative humidity inside the ducts for eight to twelve weeks. When owners return in October and turn the system on, the first thing they smell is months of accumulated spore growth blowing through the unit.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A full system cleaning for a single-family Fort Lauderdale home runs $450-$950 depending on the number of duct runs, access difficulty, and whether the system is single or multi-zone. High-rise condo units typically run $300-$550 for a complete cleaning. If we find crushed flex duct, deteriorated liner, or disconnected runs, we give you a separate written line item for the repair before we do anything. No per-vent pricing. No coupon that becomes a different invoice once the van is parked. You’ll know the full number before work begins, and the photo record afterward shows what that number bought. Call (806) 606-6902 for an exact quote on your Fort Lauderdale home; estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale
Our Fort Lauderdale crews also handle work in Plantation, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, and Coconut Creek. If you’re on the edge of any of those cities, the same written pricing and photo record apply. Scheduling is coordinated from our Miami office, and crews serve the entire Fort Lauderdale metro daily.
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 - Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Lauderdale
Because the AC doesn’t run for every hour of the day, and every off-cycle in Fort Lauderdale’s 75%+ humidity is an invitation for condensation to form on the interior duct surface. The moisture doesn’t evaporate in canal-adjacent neighborhoods; it sits, soaks into dust, and becomes a breeding ground. Running the AC daily doesn’t prevent this. It just means the system is pulling humid air through the return side all year instead of seasonally. If you smell must when the fan kicks on, you’ve likely already got a colony. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll camera-inspect the runs before quoting anything.
The first sign is the smell when the system starts for the first time in October: a damp, earthy odor that doesn’t go away after a few minutes. The second sign is visible dust or discoloration around supply registers that weren’t there when you left. The certain way is a video inspection. We run a camera from the air handler through every run and show you what’s on the screen. In Fort Lauderdale’s empty summer condos, the answer is usually yes. The fix is a full system cleaning plus air handler treatment, and we’ll give you the written price before anything begins.
It looks like a flattened tube, often with a visible kink or fold where the coil wire has been bent. In a 1962 CBS home in Coral Ridge, our techs opened a supply register to find the original flex duct’s inner liner completely separated and draping into the airstream. The homeowner complained of musty air and weak airflow from two bedrooms. We ran a camera inspection from the air handler, traced the collapsed run through a 145°F attic, and found crushed sections where later cable work had flattened the duct. We removed the deteriorated liner with agitation tools under negative pressure, sealed the crushed joints, and reinstalled the run with corrosion-resistant clamps. Then we HEPA-vacuumed both supply and return ducts. The musty odor was gone and airflow balanced across all registers. A crushed run matters because your rooms aren’t getting the air you’re paying to condition, and the leak pulls attic air into your supply side.
Yes. In high-rise condos along Las Olas and the beachside corridor, the ductwork usually lives in vertical chases and air handler closets, not sprawling attics. Access requires working from the unit side through registers and air handler openings, not crawling through a walkable attic. The cleaning process itself is the same: negative-pressure extraction with HEPA filtration. But the access points, the tools, and the time required are different. We clean condo systems in Fort Lauderdale regularly, and we know which buildings have chases we can access from within the unit and which require coordination with building management.
Salt air corrodes the metal connectors, clamps, and damper hardware that hold duct runs together. In canal-front and beachside Fort Lauderdale homes, we routinely find supply runs that have physically separated at a joint, which means the pressurized air is escaping into the attic and the attic air is being pulled into the system. A standard cleaning that just vacuums the runs won’t catch this, because the runs look fine from the register. Our video inspection catches it, and we seal it with corrosion-resistant materials before we finish the job. That’s why the photo record matters: it shows you the disconnect and the repair. Call (806) 606-6902 if you suspect your Fort Lauderdale home is pulling attic air. The estimate is free.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Fort Lauderdale since 2013.