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 Alafaya
Air duct cleaning in Alafaya runs most homeowners $380 to $690 for a full system cleaning, depending on home size and duct condition. That’s a real range for a job we do with professional equipment, not a shop vac, and it includes a written price before we touch a single register. If you live near Alafaya Trail, off McCulloch Road, or in a 1980s subdivision near UCF, we know exactly what’s in your ducts. Call Omar and the team at (737) 727-2314 for a straight answer and a free estimate.
We’re Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, part of the Relay Home Co. family founded in 2005. Our Alafaya crews arrive in uniform, background-checked, and carry Rotobrush and Nikro equipment. You’ll get a live trackable arrival window, not a four-hour “sometime between noon and whenever.”
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is Alafaya’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Alafaya homeowners call us because we show our work. Every job comes with before-and-after photos of your own ducts, not stock images. That matters in a market where duct cleaning outfits pop up and vanish every year. Omar Haddad runs this location with the Relay Visibility Guarantee behind every booking: live arrival tracking, photo documentation, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone.
We answer the phone. A live person picks up 24/7, which means when you call (737) 727-2314 at 9pm because your AC smells musty, you won’t get a voicemail tree. Our dispatchers coordinate from the Miami office and send crews throughout Alafaya, from the Avalon Park area east to Waterford Lakes and everything in between.
The 365-Day Done Right Promise is simple. If the work isn’t right within a full year, we come back and correct it at no charge. That’s the longest standing satisfaction window in the trade, and it applies to every job without exception. No fine print. No “that was a different crew” runaround.
Vent Cleaning in Alafaya
Vent cleaning in Alafaya means removing the dust, dander, and debris that collects in your supply and return registers, often with a HEPA vacuum and agitation tools to dislodge what’s stuck to the vent walls. For most Alafaya homes, vent cleaning runs $180 to $340 as part of a full system cleaning, though we quote one flat price per system before any work starts. You’ll know the number before our tech parks the van.
Supply Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air into your rooms. In Alafaya’s older homes along Alafaya Trail, these often run through attics that hit 130°F or more in July and August. That heat bakes dust onto the flex-duct walls. We use rotary brush agitation with negative-pressure extraction, meaning the loosened debris goes straight into the HEPA-filtered vacuum, not back into your living room.
Return Duct Cleaning
Return ducts pull air back to the handler. They carry more pet hair, skin cells, and lint than supply runs, especially in Alafaya homes with pets and carpeted bedrooms. A camera inspection before we start shows exactly what’s in there. If we find collapsed flex or failed connections, we’ll show you the photos and give you a repair quote on the spot.
Air Duct Repair in Alafaya
Air duct repair in Alafaya typically runs $220 to $480 per section depending on what’s wrong, whether it’s a collapsed flex run, a disconnected boot, or a tear in the liner. If the repair fails within 12 months, our 365-Day Done Right Promise means a free second visit and we make it right. Every repair comes with a written guarantee, not a verbal one.
Collapsed and Disconnected Ducts
Alafaya’s 1980s and 1990s homes often have original flex duct that’s been sitting in a hot attic for 30 years. The inner liner separates, the insulation sags, and the duct collapses. You get weak airflow to one room, higher utility bills, and dust blowing through the registers. We find these with a camera inspection and replace the failed sections properly, with mastic sealing and proper support straps.
Leaky Duct Connections
Older metal-to-flex connections in Alafaya’s tract housing loosen over time. Conditioned air leaks into the attic instead of your bedroom. Sealing these connections with mastic and foil tape, not duct tape, restores airflow and cuts energy waste. We’ll show you the pressure test readings if you want them.
Trusted Brands We Service in Alafaya
Our Alafaya crews work on all duct types and systems, from 1980s flex to modern sheet metal. We run Rotobrush rotary brush systems, Nikro HEPA vacuums, and Abatement Technologies containment units on larger or more contaminated jobs. When filtration matters, we install Guardsman and Aprilaire media filters. We keep common fittings and flex duct sizes stocked locally, so most repairs finish in a single visit without waiting on a parts shipment. If your duct system has a brand name on the handler, chances are we’ve cleaned it this month in Alafaya.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Alafaya Homes
- Baked-on dust in attic flex runs. Alafaya’s summer attic temperatures bake dust onto duct walls in 1980s-90s homes near UCF. Vent vacuuming won’t touch it, which is why source removal with agitation tools is the standard we use on every job.
- Collapsed flex duct on the return side. Homes built in the 1990s along Alafaya Trail and McCulloch Road often have original flex that fails on the return side first. The negative pressure physically collapses the liner, and musty smells follow.
- Tighter newer construction masking handler load. Newer Alafaya homes east of Waterford Lakes seal up tight with high-MERV filters, so ducts stay cleaner but the blower motor and evap coil take the load. We clean the full system, not just the vents.
- Per-vent pricing shock. A 2,500 sq ft Alafaya home with 14+ registers gets expensive fast when a company charges per vent. We quote one flat price per system before any work starts. No counting registers at the door. No surprise line items.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Alafaya, FL
Most standard air duct cleanings in Alafaya run $380 to $690 for a typical 1,500 to 2,800 sq ft home. Small condos and apartments can land around $320. Larger homes with two systems or extended duct runs run $700 to $1,100. Vent cleaning as a focused service runs $180 to $340. Air duct repair work runs $220 to $480 per section. Every quote is a flat price per system, in writing, before we touch a duct. Call (737) 727-2314 and Omar will walk you through what your home needs. Estimates are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Alafaya
While this page focuses on Alafaya, our crews handle Air Duct Cleaning in Alafaya and surrounding areas including Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami. If you’re just outside the Alafaya service area, call us. We’ll get you scheduled with the right crew. Our full Air Duct Cleaning service hub covers everything we do across Florida.
Serving Alafaya, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Alafaya 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 Alafaya
Every 3 to 5 years is honest for most Alafaya homes. If you have pets, recent renovation, or a 1990s home with original flex duct, you may need it more often, around every 2 to 3 years. If your home is newer, sealed tight, and you change filters monthly, you could stretch it to 5 years or more. The honest answer: get a camera inspection first. If there’s no significant buildup, we’ll tell you that and you don’t pay for a cleaning you didn’t need. Call (737) 727-2314 to talk it through.
Per-vent pricing is how Alafaya homeowners get bait-and-switched. A $49 “whole house” special becomes $600 once the tech counts 14 registers and “discovers” you have two returns. We quote one flat price per system, agreed in writing, before any work begins. The price we hand you is the price you pay. If your friend’s home near UCF has the same square footage and system type, they’ll pay the same as you, not a made-up number based on how many vents their house has. Call (737) 727-2314 for your exact quote.
Yes, and you should demand this from any duct cleaning company. Every Cardinal job in Alafaya includes a camera inspection before we clean and photographic documentation after. You’ll see the same duct runs, before and after, with timestamps. If a company won’t show you your own ducts, they’re showing you someone else’s. We send the photos with your digital invoice, which you can pay by link from your phone.
No, and neither should anyone doing honest work. Proper source removal with HEPA filtration takes hours, and scheduling is coordinated from our Miami office with Alafaya crews booked ahead. We don’t promise same-day service because rushing through ducts doesn’t clean them. What we do promise is a live trackable arrival window, so you know exactly when your tech is coming, and a written price before the job starts. Call (737) 727-2314 and we’ll get you on the schedule.
NADCA is the National Air Duct Cleaners Association, and its standard means source removal: cleaning the entire duct system, not just the visible vent openings. In Alafaya’s older flex-duct homes, that means agitating dust off the duct walls and extracting it under negative pressure with HEPA filtration. It also means protecting your home with containment and cleaning the supply and return sides, not just vacuuming what’s visible at the register. We follow NADCA standards on every job, and we’ll show you the photos to prove it.
Ready for real numbers and straight answers? Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate from Omar and the Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning team in Alafaya. We’ll tell you what your ducts need, what it costs, and when we can be there. No games. No per-vent math. Just clean ducts and photos to prove it.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving Alafaya and surrounding Florida communities.