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 Miami
HVAC cleaning in Miami runs $280-$520 for a complete system cleaning on a single-family home, with evaporator coil cleaning typically priced between $150-$260 and full air handler cleaning at $220-$380. Most jobs take 3-5 hours depending on whether we’re working with a standard attic flex-duct system, an under-slab CBS layout, or a high-rise fan-coil unit. CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning has served Miami homeowners since day one, and we know the difference between a system that just needs a thorough cleaning and one that’s been quietly flooding under the slab since the last big thunderstorm. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll give you a written price before a single panel comes off.
Why CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning Is Miami’s Preferred HVAC Cleaning Company
Miami’s HVAC systems don’t get a season off. Your air handler runs nearly every day of the year, pulling humidity-laden air across the evaporator coil and through duct runs that never fully dry out. That’s not a maintenance footnote. It’s the central reason why HVAC cleaning here is a different job than it is in Phoenix or Atlanta, and why a shop vac attached to a register doesn’t address what’s actually happening inside your system.
Our crews work from Brickell to Hialeah to South Beach, and we bring the same standard everywhere: a written price before work starts, a documented photo record of every duct run before and after, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. No “call for a quote.” No price revealed after the van shows up. Haven Standard Clause 1 means the number is on paper before we touch anything.
Every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and identified by name before arrival. You’ll know who’s in your home. And when the job’s done, you get the photo record: the inside of every run, the coil, the blower. If the work isn’t right within a year, we make it right. That’s not marketing language. It’s printed on every job’s documentation.
Our HVAC Cleaning Services in Miami
Evaporator Coil Cleaning
The evaporator coil inside your air handler is the first place Miami’s humidity collects. In a system running 365 days a year, that coil stays wet. Dust and airborne salt from coastal air stick to the moisture, and within months you get a mat of organic film insulating the coil from the air passing over it. Our HVAC Cleaning team opens the air handler, photographs the coil before cleaning, then applies a professional-grade coil cleaner and rinses it thoroughly. In Miami, a coil can lose 15-25% of its heat transfer efficiency to that film before anyone notices a temperature difference. We document it all.
Air Handler Cleaning
Air handler cleaning in Miami matters more than in almost any other market because the blower motor and housing sit in the same humid airstream as the coil. We remove the blower assembly, clean the housing, the wheel, and the motor exterior, and photograph each component. In high-rise condos from Brickell to South Beach, where fan-coil units replace central ducted systems, drain-pan sludge buildup is the root problem behind musty smells that tenants blame on ducts. We clean the pan, clear the condensate line, and treat the coil so the unit stops pushing humid, spore-laden air back into the apartment.
Condenser Cleaning
The outdoor condenser unit in Miami faces salt air, sand, and year-round runtime. Fins clog with debris and salt crust, and the compressor works harder against the restriction. We clean the condenser coils, straighten bent fins where feasible, and check the refrigerant-side performance indicators without opening the sealed system. For Coral Gables and Miami Beach properties close to the water, condenser cleaning should happen twice a year, not once. Salt corrosion is real and it doesn’t wait.
Blower Cleaning
A dirty blower wheel spins off-balance, wears its bearings faster, and circulates whatever’s accumulated on it through every room in the house. In Miami’s concrete-block homes, where duct systems often hide behind ceiling fur-downs or under the slab, the blower is the one accessible component that tells us what’s happening deeper in the system. We remove it, clean it, and photograph it. If we find mold on the blower, it means the contamination source is upstream, and we’ll show you exactly what we found before recommending the next step.
What happens when you call
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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.
BeforeAfterTrusted Brands We Service in Miami
We work on systems from every major manufacturer, and our equipment roster matters. We run Rotobrush and Nikro agitation and negative-pressure extraction machines, and we use Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration for jobs that involve mold contamination inside under-slab ductwork. When a Miami homeowner asks what equipment we’ll be bringing into their home, we can name every piece. You can verify it independently, just as you can verify our written price before we start.
Common HVAC Cleaning Problems We See in Miami Homes
- Under-slab ducts that flood after thunderstorms. Miami’s flat limestone topography and intense summer rainstorms back water into low-lying CBS slabs. When 3 inches of rainwater sits inside a duct run in 90°F heat for 48 hours, the mold colony that follows isn’t something a standard cleaning can brush away.
- Attic flex duct liner breakdown in scorching attics. Miami attics hit 150°F+ from May through October. Fiberglass liners inside flex ducts start shedding fibers after a few years of that, and those fibers ride into the air stream past the filter, which only catches the big stuff.
- Condo fan-coil drain-pan sludge. In Brickell and Downtown high-rises, the unit in your wall or ceiling isn’t a central ducted system. It’s a fan-coil unit with a drain pan that collects condensate, dust, and biofilm. When that pan cakes over, moisture gets pushed back into the room and the “duct cleaning” tenants request is really a drain-pan problem.
- Mold growth on the evaporator coil from 80%+ humidity. Even with the system running, Miami’s outdoor humidity means the coil never fully dries. Any irregularity in airflow, any slight refrigerant imbalance, and condensation pools instead of draining. Mold takes hold on the coil surface and the airstream distributes it through every register.
Pricing for HVAC Cleaning in Miami, FL
A complete HVAC cleaning in a standard Miami single-family home runs $280-$520. An evaporator coil cleaning alone is $150-$260. Air handler cleaning, including blower removal and cleaning, runs $220-$380. Condenser cleaning for a typical 2-4 ton unit is $120-$180. These are whole-system, line-item prices, not per-vent upcharges. You get the written price before we start, and you get the documented photo record when we finish. Under-slab jobs with mold remediation require a site assessment we quote in writing. Call (806) 606-6902, describe your system and what you’re seeing, and we’ll put the number on paper.
We Also Serve Cities Near Miami
CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning serves all of HVAC Cleaning in Miami plus the surrounding metro. We work regularly in Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Hialeah, and Miami Gardens, and we dispatch from our South FL office, so scheduling is never routed through an out-of-state call center. Same written-pricing standard, same photo record, same 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving Miami, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Miami 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 Miami
If your home is concrete block construction from the 1950s through 1970s, there’s a good chance the supply and return ducts run under the concrete slab. You’ll see registers in the floor rather than in the ceiling or walls. When Miami gets a heavy afternoon thunderstorm, water backs up into these low-lying slabs and the ducts fill with standing water. Within 48 hours in 90°F heat, that water breeds a mold colony that blows spores into your living space for weeks before you can smell it. We can camera-inspect the runs and show you what’s actually down there, not guess at it. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll set up the inspection with a written quote for whatever we find.
High-rise condos in Brickell and South Beach don’t use central ducted systems the way a single-family home does. They use fan-coil units, and the drain pan under the coil is where the smell comes from. When that pan cakes over with sludge and biofilm, it stays wet, and the unit pushes that damp, musty air back into the apartment. Building-wide duct cleaning won’t touch the unit in your wall or ceiling. The fix is a fan-coil cleaning: drain pan, coils, blower, and condensate line. That’s a CleanRun specialty, and we photograph the pan before and after so you can see the difference. Call (806) 606-6902 for a written price.
In Miami, every 2-3 years is a realistic interval for a single-family home with a central ducted system. In Phoenix, the same system might go 5 years between cleanings because the air is dry and the ducts don’t support the same biological growth. Miami’s year-round humidity and 365-day AC runtime mean condensation never fully clears from the coil or the interior of the ductwork. If you have under-slab ducts that flood, the interval shortens dramatically, and you should get a camera inspection after any rainstorm that leaves water pooling in the yard. We’ll give you an honest recommendation based on what we document, not on a generic schedule. Call (806) 606-6902.
Condo associations can restrict access to common areas, loading docks, and service elevators, and they can require certificates of insurance before we’re allowed on property. We carry the insurance documentation our Miami condo clients need, and we coordinate equipment access with building management ahead of the appointment. If your association has specific rules, tell us when you schedule, and we’ll handle the paperwork so you’re not the middleman. Call (806) 606-6902 and we’ll ask the right questions on the first call.
Yes. The blower wheel is the component that moves air through your entire system, and in Miami it sits in the same humid airstream as the evaporator coil. If the blower wheel is coated in dust and spores, every cycle distributes that material through registers that might look clean from the floor. In under-slab CBS homes, the blower is also the earliest indicator of contamination deeper in the system. If we find mold on the blower, the source is upstream, and that changes the job scope. We’ll document whatever we find and give you a written recommendation. Call (806) 606-6902.
What Makes HVAC Cleaning Different in Miami
Miami’s housing stock creates failure modes that a generic HVAC cleaning page never mentions. The 1950s through 1970s concrete block homes that define neighborhoods like Little Havana, West Miami, and parts of Hialeah were built with supply and return ducts embedded in or running beneath the slab. Miami sits on flat limestone. When the afternoon thunderstorms roll in, water doesn’t drain away the way it does on sandier terrain. It pools, and it finds its way into those under-slab duct runs. Standing water in a duct for two or three days in 90-degree heat is a mold incubator. That’s not a theoretical risk. It’s a routine finding in our inspections.
In a Little Havana CBS house, our camera inspection found original under-slab supply and return ducts holding 3 inches of rainwater after a storm. We pulled the registers, set up negative pressure with HEPA filtration, and used agitation tools to break loose the mold colony before running our Rotobrush through the runs. The blower motor and air handler coil were also coated in spores, so we cleaned and treated the coil the same day. That’s what Miami HVAC cleaning actually looks like when the problem is under the slab, not in the attic.
If you live in a high-rise, the job changes again. Brickell, Downtown, and South Beach condos run on fan-coil units, not trunk-line duct systems. The coil and drain pan sit inside a cabinet in your wall or ceiling. When those clog with sludge, the smell comes from the pan, not the ducts. A building-wide “duct cleaning” won’t fix the unit in your apartment. We clean fan-coil systems in Miami condos every week, and we document the pan, the coil, and the blower before and after.
Written by Tomas Reyes, Owner at CleanRun Air Duct Cleaning, serving Miami since 2013.
Schedule Your HVAC Cleaning in Miami
We answer the phone with a live person, every time. Describe your system, tell us what you’re seeing or smelling, and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts. No per-vent pricing games, no bait-and-switch, no surprises after the panel comes off. You’ll see the before-and-after photos from your own system, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise is printed on the job record. Call (806) 606-6902 to talk through your system with a Miami-based team that does this work every day.