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 HVAC Cleaning Across West Palm Beach
HVAC cleaning in West Palm Beach typically costs between $425 and $860 for a full system clean, with air handler and evaporator coil cleaning making up the bulk of the labor. Most crews arrive within two to three business days, and the work itself takes four to six hours for an average home. We’re CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, and our HVAC Cleaning team serves the entire West Palm Beach area with written pricing before any work starts and a documented photo record of every duct run when the crew leaves. Call (806) 606-6902 to get your written price.
We know this city’s systems. West Palm Beach’s position between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal Waterway keeps relative humidity high year-round, which changes how quickly coils foul and how aggressively mold colonizes inside ductwork. More than that, we know the cane burn season from October through April, when the Everglades Agricultural Area sends carbonized ash eastward into neighborhoods from Northwood to Flamingo Park. That’s not a generic cleaning problem. That’s a West Palm Beach problem, and it requires a different approach than what a shop-vac operator from another county will bring.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We’ve built our reputation in West Palm Beach the same way we’ve built it everywhere else: by showing customers the inside of their ductwork before and after we touch it. Every job ends with a photo record, not a vague reassurance. That’s been our practice since Tomas Reyes founded CleanRun in 2013, and it’s why homeowners in El Cid, Grandview Heights, and Flamingo Park keep our number.
Our 365-Day Done Right Promise is written into every job record. If the work isn’t right, we make it right. There’s no manager approval process, no fine print about what counts as “right.” The H.A.V.E.N. Standard governs every visit, including Haven Standard Clause 3: Verified Crews, which means background-checked, uniformed technicians who arrive with identification. We also carry a Free Second Opinion on any written estimate: bring us a competitor’s quote for HVAC cleaning in West Palm Beach, and we’ll put our number next to it in writing.
We coordinate scheduling and dispatch from our Miami South Florida office, but the crews who work in West Palm Beach are local to this market. They know where the 1950s concrete-block homes are, where the 140-degree attics hide separated flex-duct joints, and why the return grilles near Military Trail look different in February than they do in August.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in West Palm Beach
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
The evaporator coil sits inside your air handler and is the component most directly affected by West Palm Beach’s humidity. When the coil is coated in hair, dust, and microbial growth, the system can’t move heat efficiently. In older homes throughout HVAC Cleaning in West Palm Beach, especially concrete-block construction in Flamingo Park and Grandview Heights, we routinely find coils that haven’t been cleaned in a decade because they’re buried inside closet air handlers and never accessed. A proper evaporator coil cleaning in West Palm Beach runs $150 to $300 as part of a full system service. We use professional equipment from Abatement Technologies and Nikro, and we photograph the coil before and after.
Blower Cleaning
The blower assembly pulls return air across the coil and pushes conditioned air through the supply ducts. When the blower wheel is caked with dust and cane ash, the fan moves less air and the motor works harder. In West Palm Beach homes where systems run 12 months a year, blower wheels accumulate buildup faster than in any market with a real heating season. A blower cleaning alone runs $120 to $220, but it’s usually done as part of the air handler service. We remove the blower housing, clean the wheel with professional negative-pressure extraction, and show you the photos when we’re done.
Condenser Cleaning
The condenser is the outside unit, and in West Palm Beach it takes a beating from salt air, mulch, landscaping debris, and the same airborne particulate that settles everywhere else. We clean condenser coils with equipment designed for the task, not a garden hose. This service runs $100 to $175 for the outside unit and is typically recommended alongside the indoor work, since a clean condenser paired with a dirty evaporator coil solves half the problem. We’ll show you the before and after.
Air Handler Cleaning
The air handler is the heart of the system, and in West Palm Beach’s retrofitted 1950s through 1970s homes, it’s often stuffed into a closet or attic with poor access. Air handler cleaning includes the blower, the evaporator coil, the drain pan, and the interior cabinet surfaces. Given the cane ash that blows in from the Everglades Agricultural Area each fall and winter, and the humidity that holds moisture in the cabinet, we recommend this service annually for West Palm Beach homeowners. A full air handler cleaning runs $350 to $550. This is the one service we emphasize most in this city because the failure modes here are different from anywhere else in South Florida.
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BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in West Palm Beach
We work on all major HVAC brands and stock parts for Trane, Carrier, Rheem, Goodman, and Lennox systems that dominate West Palm Beach’s housing stock. Our equipment roster includes professional-grade tools from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies, which means we’re not showing up with a shop-vac and a story. If your system uses Aprilaire filtration or Honeywell controls, we understand how those components integrate with the ductwork, and we clean around them without compromising manufacturer specifications.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
- Cane ash coating return grilles and duct interiors. During sugarcane harvest season from roughly October through April, field burns in the Everglades Agricultural Area send fine carbonized particulate eastward into West Palm Beach. This “black snow” gets pulled through return air intakes and accumulates inside ductwork at a scale technicians in Miami-Dade or Broward simply don’t encounter.
- Attic-run ductwork pulling in superheated, mold-laden air. Much of West Palm Beach’s residential core, including neighborhoods like El Cid and Northwood, was built as concrete block construction between the late 1940s and 1970s and retrofitted with central AC years later. Ducts often run through unconditioned attics where summer temperatures exceed 140°F, breaking down flex-duct insulation and separating joints. Those gaps draw hot attic air, dust, and mold spores directly into the living space.
- Microbial growth in ductwork from persistent high humidity. West Palm Beach sits between the Atlantic coast and the Intracoastal Waterway, which keeps relative humidity high all year. Moisture condenses inside duct runs and on evaporator coils, creating conditions where mold and mildew colonize faster than in drier Florida markets. A cleaning that doesn’t address the humidity entry points won’t last.
- Homeowners mistaking cane ash for mold. We regularly pull return-air grilles in west-side neighborhoods near Military Trail and the US-441 corridor and find a dark, fine residue that homeowners assume is mold. Camera inspection often shows it’s carbonized cane particulate, not biological growth. Treating it as mold means paying for a fogging treatment that doesn’t remove the actual soot.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in West Palm Beach, FL
Here are the ranges we quote for HVAC cleaning in West Palm Beach, and these are written prices, not estimates subject to change once the van is in your driveway. A full system clean including air handler, evaporator coil, blower, condenser, and all accessible duct runs runs $425 to $860. Air handler cleaning alone is $350 to $550. Evaporator coil cleaning runs $150 to $300. Blower cleaning is $120 to $220. Condenser cleaning runs $100 to $175. Your written price is delivered before any work starts, under Haven Standard Clause 1. No per-vent pricing, no upsell at the door. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll put a number in writing.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
Our crews handle HVAC Cleaning throughout Palm Beach County, including Palm Beach Gardens, Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, and Lake Worth. If you’re in one of those cities, the same written pricing, photo documentation, and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply. Call (806) 606-6902 to confirm your address is in our service area.
Serving West Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West Palm Beach 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 - HVAC Cleaning in West Palm Beach
The sugarcane harvest burns fields in the Everglades Agricultural Area, sending fine carbonized ash eastward on prevailing winds into West Palm Beach. Your HVAC system pulls that particulate through return air grilles and into the ductwork whenever the blower runs. The ash settles inside duct runs and coats the blower, the coil, and the return grilles. It’s a mechanical problem of airflow, not a housekeeping issue, and removing it requires source removal with negative pressure, not a surface wipe. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written quote.
Homes built in El Cid and Northwood in the 1950s were constructed as concrete block and retrofitted with central AC decades later. The ductwork was run through unconditioned attics where summer temperatures exceed 140°F to keep the living space cool. That heat breaks down flex-duct insulation and separates duct joints, and those gaps pull superheated attic air, dust, and mold spores directly into the supply air. Our crews find this in nearly every retrofitted home in these neighborhoods, and we reseal the separated joints after cleaning so the fix holds. Call (806) 606-6902 to have your attic ductwork inspected.
A fogging biocide does not remove the material that mildew feeds on. If your duct interiors hold dust, cane ash, and dead skin cells, fogging adds a chemical layer on top without eliminating the moisture source or the organic matter. In West Palm Beach’s humidity, that’s a temporary fix at best. We perform source removal first using negative-pressure extraction and HEPA filtration on equipment from Abatement Technologies, then address the moisture entry points. If antimicrobial treatment is warranted, it’s applied after the surfaces are physically clean, not instead of cleaning. Bring us a competitor’s fogging quote and we’ll show you what source removal costs by comparison. Call (806) 606-6902.
We recommend annual air handler and blower cleaning for West Palm Beach homes. Systems in this city run essentially continuously, accumulating particulates year-round, and the humidity promotes microbial growth faster than in drier climates. During cane season, the additional ash load further accelerates buildup. Homes near Military Trail, the Intracoastal, or the city’s older neighborhoods tend to need more frequent attention than newer construction further west. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written recommendation based on your system’s condition.
You can’t tell by looking. Cane ash from the Everglades Agricultural Area produces a fine, dark, sometimes slightly greasy film that looks remarkably like mold. We determine the difference with a camera inspection of the supply and return ducts. Carbonized cane particulate sits as a layered film and can be identified by its texture and source points, while biological growth presents differently. In a Flamingo Park home near Military Trail in February, we found exactly this: a homeowner convinced she had mold was actually dealing with months of accumulated cane ash layered over deteriorated flex-duct insulation. We removed it with source removal and resealed the attic joints. Call (806) 606-6902 to schedule a camera inspection.
Contact CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning in West Palm Beach
If your system is pushing dust, odor, or visible buildup into your home, call (806) 606-6902. We’ll provide a written price before any work starts, perform the cleaning with professional equipment, and hand you a documented photo record of every duct run when we leave. West Palm Beach homeowners get our 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job, in writing. Tomas Reyes and the CleanRun team are ready to help you see what’s actually inside your ducts.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving West Palm Beach under the H.A.V.E.N. Standard since 2013.