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 Kendall West
HVAC cleaning in Kendall West typically runs between $450 and $1,100 per system depending on coil condition and whether your duct runs are sheet metal or 1990s-era fiberglass duct board. Most homes here have multiple systems, so we quote per system in writing before any work starts. If you live in a CBS home off SW 157th Avenue or anywhere west of Kendall Drive, our crews know exactly what your attic ductwork is up against. Call (806) 606-6902 and a live person answers, not a call center.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Kendall West’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
We have worked Kendall West long enough to recognize the neighborhoods by their duct work alone. Homes in the subdivisions between SW 137th Avenue and the Everglades buffer zone, especially those built between 1988 and 2002, share a construction pattern: concrete block shells, three separate air handlers, and fiberglass duct board routed through attics that sit at 140°F from May through September. That pattern produces a predictable set of findings. We see mold colonization inside porous duct board, deteriorated flex-duct liner shedding into the air stream, and coils so fouled with biological growth that supply air leaves the air handler warmer than the return air entering it.
Tomas Reyes, who leads our HVAC cleaning crews, has documented hundreds of these Kendall West jobs since CleanRun started in 2013. Every job ends the same way: a written price agreed before work began, camera footage from inside the duct runs before and after, and a photo record left with the homeowner. Kendall West customers do not have to trust that the work was done. We hand them the evidence.
We are independently owned and operated under the Haven Standard. That means written pricing before a single panel comes off, background-checked and uniformed technicians, and a 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing on every job. If the work is not right, we make it right. No manager approval dance.
Scheduling for Kendall West runs from our South Florida dispatch office in Miami, with crews on the road in Kendall West throughout the week. When you call (806) 606-6902, you get a straight answer about which day we can be there, not a six-hour arrival window.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Kendall West
Every service below is quoted per system in writing. If your Kendall West home has three air handlers, you get three line items. You see the full number before we touch the first register. That is Haven Standard Clause 1, and it is the whole point of how we operate.
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
In Kendall West, evaporator coils rarely get a break. With AC compressors cycling 10 to 11 months a year and return air pulling Everglades humidity through the filter slot, coils collect a wet, organic film that hardens over time. We pull the coil, document its condition with the camera, and clean it with professional-grade coil cleaners. In fiberglass duct board homes, a fouled coil is often the original source of the moisture that keeps duct walls damp enough for mold. Pricing for evaporator coil cleaning in Kendall West runs $180 to $380 per coil depending on access and how embedded the fouling is.
Blower Cleaning
The blower wheel moves every cubic foot of air your three systems push through the house. In Kendall West homes with long horizontal attic runs, a coated blower wheel loses static pressure fast, which means longer run times and higher FPL bills. We remove the blower assembly, clean the wheel vanes, and photograph the result. Blower cleaning in Kendall West runs $150 to $300 per system, and we always recommend doing it in the same visit as the coil because they foul together.
Condenser Cleaning
Your outside condenser is in a losing fight with Kendall West topsoil, debris from the Everglades edge, and whatever the last landscaping crew blew into the coil fins. A blocked condenser coil drives head pressure up and compressor life down. We clean coils with the right pressure and the right chemistry, not a garden hose blast that bends fins and voids warranties. Condenser cleaning in Kendall West runs $120 to $260 per unit. We inspect and document the coil before we touch it.
Air Handler Cleaning
The air handler cabinet is the intersection of every problem in a Kendall West attic system: coil, blower, condensate pan, and the supply plenum all meet there. We clean the full cabinet interior, check the condensate drain line, inspect the pan for standing water, and photograph the inside before we close it up. After we clean, we apply a coil treatment product, typically Guardsman, that slows re-growth of the biological film. Air handler cleaning in Kendall West runs $250 to $500 per system. If the drain pan is cracked or the cabinet has standing water, we document it and show you the photo, because cleaning a flooded cabinet without addressing the drain pan is just scheduling another problem.
Heat Exchanger Cleaning
Homes in Kendall West with gas heat, almost always the 1990s original furnace paired to a newer AC coil, collect carbon dust and light rust scale on the heat exchanger. We clean accessible surfaces and document the condition with the camera. A heat exchanger that shows cracks or rust-through is a safety issue we flag in writing. Heat exchanger cleaning in Kendall West runs $120 to $240.
Coil Treatment
In a market where ambient humidity stays stubbornly high all year, preventing re-growth matters as much as the cleaning itself. We apply an EPA-registered coil treatment, most often Guardsman, to evaporator coils after cleaning. This is not a mold-proofing claim; it is a documented step that slows the film from returning. Coil treatment runs $50 to $100 per coil and is always priced as a separate line item, never bundled as an “add-on surprise.”
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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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 service every major residential brand found in Kendall West attics: Carrier, Trane, Rheem, Goodman, Lennox, and Rheem’s builder-grade Ruud lines that were common in the 1990s tract subdivisions. We also stock the consumables that match the equipment we see most often here, including Guardsman coil treatment, Honeywell filters, and Nikro inspection camera consumables. If your system uses a specific filter size or a particular coil chemistry, we confirm it against the unit before we arrive. That is the kind of detail that matters when you are on the third air handler of a three-system Kendall West home and the homeowner has been burned by a previous crew that showed up with whatever was in the van.
Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush negative-pressure cleaning machines, Nikro cameras, and Abatement Technologies HEPA units. You can look those brands up yourself. We do not bring shop vacs to Kendall West homes.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Kendall West Homes
- Fiberglass duct board colonized with mold. Many 1990s Kendall West subdivisions were tract-built with fiberglass duct board instead of sheet metal. The porous interior absorbs moisture and traps organic debris. Our camera routinely finds visible black and green colonies inside these duct boards, particularly along attic runs where condensation persists for months.
- Three systems, one system cleaned. A single flat-rate quote for a three-system home almost always means someone cleaned one system and “inspected” the other two. In Kendall West, where 2,800-square-foot CBS homes routinely have three separate air handlers, that leaves two systems still circulating mold spores. We price per system in writing so you know exactly what got cleaned.
- Attic heat destroying flex duct liner. Duct runs in Kendall West attics sit at temperatures above 140°F for months. Flex duct liner breaks down under that heat and sheds particles into the air stream. We document liner condition during every cleaning and flag runs that need sealing or replacement.
- Low-MERV filters re-contaminating clean ducts. When Everglades pollen and saw-grass particulates are in the air year-round, a fiberglass MERV 2 filter lets all of it through. Within months, professionally cleaned ducts look dirty again. We recommend, and stock, Honeywell MERV 8 and above filters for Kendall West homes.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Kendall West, FL
Whole-system HVAC cleaning in Kendall West runs $450 to $1,100 per system. That is the honest range, and where your job falls depends on three things: how many systems you have, whether your ducts are sheet metal or fiberglass duct board, and how badly the coil and blower are fouled. A single system in a smaller Kendall West townhome might be $450. Three systems in a 3,200-square-foot CBS home with fiberglass duct board and heavily colonized coils could reach $3,300 as a full job. You get the exact number in writing before work begins. No per-vent math, no upsell at the door. We also offer a Free Second Opinion on any written HVAC cleaning estimate: bring another company’s quote and we put our number next to it in writing. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will schedule a walkthrough.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall West
While this page is written specifically for homeowners in Kendall West, our crews regularly run jobs in Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Orlando. If you own a home in one of those cities and want the same written-upfront pricing and documented photo record, our HVAC Cleaning team covers the full service area from the South Florida dispatch office.
Serving Kendall West, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall West 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 Kendall West
Every 12 to 24 months is our honest recommendation for Kendall West homes with 1990s fiberglass duct board, because the porous interior retains moisture and organic matter far longer than sheet metal. Homes east of Kendall West with metal ducts can often go three to four years. The Everglades humidity and 140°F attic temperatures here compress that timeline. If you have not had camera inspection inside your duct board in the last two years, you likely do not know what is growing in there. Call (806) 606-6902 and we will show you.
Many larger CBS homes built in Kendall West during the 1990s were designed with zoned cooling: one system per floor or per wing, plus a third for the primary suite. Three air handlers means three separate coils, three blowers, and three sets of duct runs. Cleaning one system is not cleaning the HVAC. We quote per system in writing and document each one with before-and-after photos, so you know all three were cleaned, not just the one the crew got to before lunch.
Yes, when the right method and pressure are used. Fiberglass duct board from the 1990s is more fragile than sheet metal, and a crew that blasts it with high-pressure air can damage the interior surface or dislodge sections. We use negative-pressure extraction with Rotobrush equipment at settings appropriate for duct board, and we camera-inspect before and after to confirm the interior is clean and intact. In a late-1990s subdivision off SW 157th Avenue, our tech pulled back a register and found a fiberglass duct board interior coated in black and green mold. We ran camera inspection down the main supply trunk and saw the same colonization along the attic run; using negative pressure and HEPA filtration, we source-removed the biological load from all three systems, treated the coil, and left the homeowner with before-and-after photos and a NADCA-style report for the home’s three separate air handlers.
You should receive a written scope of work that lists every system cleaned and the price per system, before-and-after camera stills from inside the duct runs, and a written warranty. At CleanRun, that is our standard deliverable: the Documented Photo Record, the written price, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If a company will not show you the inside of your ducts after the work, you have no way to verify anything was actually cleaned. That is the entire reason we photograph every duct run on every job.
It does. Kendall West sits at the western edge of Miami-Dade’s suburban sprawl, directly against the Everglades buffer zone, which means elevated airborne mold spores, saw-grass pollen, and organic particulates drift off the wetlands year-round. Combine that with AC systems running 10 to 11 months a year, and ductwork here accumulates biological contamination faster than in communities even 10 to 15 miles east. This is not a cosmetic service in Kendall West. It is a health issue for anyone with allergies, asthma, or a compromised immune system. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written estimate.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Kendall West since 2013.