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 North Palm Beach
Air duct cleaning in North Palm Beach typically runs $450 – $850 for a full system on a standard single-family home, and we complete most jobs in a single visit. Homes east of Federal Highway tend to run toward the higher end of that range because of the salt-laden air pushing through the ductwork year-round. If you’re noticing a musty smell when the AC kicks on or dust accumulating faster than it should, call Omar and the team at (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate with a written price before any work starts.
We know North Palm Beach. We know the difference between a 1970s ranch off Lighthouse Drive and a newer build in the Village of North Palm Beach. That matters because the ductwork, the way moisture moves through it, and the right cleaning approach are not the same from street to street. Our crews live and work in this trade across Palm Beach County, and we treat your ducts like they’re in our own coastal home.
Why Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning Is North Palm Beach’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Omar Haddad leads our Air Duct Cleaning team, and he built our North Palm Beach reputation on one simple rule: show homeowners what’s actually in their ducts, fix what’s found, and put the price in writing before the first register is touched. We don’t bait a low coupon price and inflate it once the van is in your driveway. You get one flat price per system, agreed to up front, and it does not change at the door.
Every tech who arrives at your North Palm Beach home is background-checked, uniformed, and running professional-grade gear: Rotobrush rotary brush systems for agitation, Nikro HEPA vacuums for negative-pressure extraction, and Abatement Technologies containment units so loosened debris doesn’t drift back into your living room. You’ll know your technician’s name before they ring the bell, and they’ll hand you the written quote before opening a single access panel.
We also answer our phones. A live person picks up around the clock. No voicemail loops, no “we’ll call you back next business day.” When a North Palm Beach homeowner calls with a musty return duct or a sudden allergy flare-up, they want a real human, and that’s what they get.
Air Duct Repair in North Palm Beach
Air Duct Repair in North Palm Beach almost always comes down to one of three issues we see constantly near the coast: rusted plenum seams from years of salt-laden humidity, separated flex duct joints in attics that run hot and damp, and crushed or torn return runs in older homes where the ductwork was sized decades ago. A torn return duct pulls attic air, insulation particles, and moisture directly into the system. That’s not a cleaning issue; it’s a repair issue, and it needs to be handled before or during a full cleaning.
Repair costs in North Palm Beach vary by what’s found, but a simple flex-duct replacement or seam reseal typically runs $150 – $400 depending on access and duct diameter. A rusted plenum replacement is more involved and can land between $400 and $900. We don’t guess; we camera-inspect the problem first, show you the footage, and quote the exact repair before any work begins. Every repair also carries our written guarantee, with a free second visit if it fails within the year.
Rusted Plenum and Trunk Seams
Homes east of Federal Highway fight salt air constantly, and galvanized duct interiors around the plenum seams rust years earlier than the same ductwork would inland in Palm Beach Gardens. Once rust pinholes open up, conditioned air leaks into the chase and attic while humidity pours in. We cut out the rusted section, reseal with proper mastic, and wrap where needed. A quick tape job won’t hold in North Palm Beach’s humidity.
Separated Flex Duct
Attics in North Palm Beach can hit 130°F in August, and original flex duct from 1990s builds lets go at the takeoffs eventually. Once a run separates, you’re pulling raw attic air through the system and paying to cool it. We reconnect with proper fastening and sealant, not duct tape.
Ductwork Cleaning in North Palm Beach
Ductwork Cleaning in North Palm Beach is not the same job it is twenty miles inland, and the reason is moisture. Our service area sits between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic, and that geography means the air your ducts carry holds salt and humidity basically year-round. That dampness settles in low points of duct runs, wets the dust and lint that accumulates there, and creates a biofilm that grows on the metal itself. A proper ductwork cleaning here has to address that contamination at the source, not just knock loose dust around.
We run negative-pressure extraction on every job, meaning the ductwork is placed under vacuum with a HEPA-filtered Nikro unit while a Rotobrush whip agitates every interior surface. The loosened debris goes straight into the vacuum, not back into your living room. We clean the full run: supply ducts, return ducts, plenums, and the air handler interior where accessible. A full system on a typical three-bedroom North Palm Beach home usually takes three to five hours and runs $450 – $850 depending on home size, number of registers, and the condition we find inside.
Source Removal, Not Fogging
North Palm Beach contractors sometimes fog the supply and return ducts with a chemical sanitiser and call the job done. That masks odor for weeks but never removes the wet lint and biofilm the coastal humidity keeps feeding. We remove the source material physically. That’s what source removal means, and it’s the only method that actually changes the air quality in a coastal home.
Full System Cleaning
A Full System Cleaning includes everything above plus the air handler interior, blower motor, and evaporator coil where accessible. In North Palm Beach, where the blower and coil pick up so much salt-laden damp dust, this is the service we recommend for most homes. If the coil is still packed with gunk, cleaning the ducts alone will not fix your airflow or that odor from the vents.
Trusted Brands We Service in North Palm Beach
We work on all major HVAC and filtration brands found in North Palm Beach homes, and we stock local parts for the systems we see most often. If you run Aprilaire filtration, we’ll check the housing and offer replacement media during the visit, not just tell you the filter looks dirty. For homes with Guardsman or other UV/filter combos, we inspect the lamp and ballast as part of the full system clean. Abatement Technologies containment units are standard on our North Palm Beach jobs, because when you’re working in a 1,800-square-foot home with the family still inside, you cannot let agitation debris drift into the living space. Parts we can’t stock are ordered the same day from our South Florida supply partners.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in North Palm Beach Homes
- Surface mold on galvanized duct interiors: Homes east of Federal Highway in North Palm Beach show surface mold and rust on duct interiors years before inland Palm Beach Gardens homes do. The salt-laden humidity from the Intracoastal and Atlantic settles in the ducts and feeds growth that a normal vacuum can’t fully remove.
- Wet lint pathways in return runs: The dust and lint that collect in returns wick moisture from the damp air, forming a damp mat along the bottom of the duct. That’s what feeds the musty blower-motor smell so many North Palm Beach homeowners notice when the AC cycles on.
- Packed blower motors and evaporator coils: Builder-grade low-MERV filters let fine dust through, and in coastal humidity that dust packs onto the blower wheel and coil like paste. Airflow drops, the system runs longer, and the extra runtime keeps the ducts wet. We see this constantly in North Palm Beach homes that run cheap one-inch filters and clean them every three months.
- Rust at the plenum seams: Salt air and condensation around the air handler rust the plenum seams on older North Palm Beach systems, which then leak conditioned air and pull humidity in. It’s a repair we handle alongside every cleaning where the camera shows it’s needed.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in North Palm Beach, FL
Let’s talk real numbers for North Palm Beach homes. A standard single-system, three-bedroom home with eight to twelve registers generally runs $450 – $650 for a full duct and plenum cleaning. A larger two-story home or one with two systems runs $650 – $850. Video inspection before we start is included, and the written price you get is the price you pay, one flat rate per system, no per-vent charges. What moves cost upward is not square footage alone; it’s what we find inside: packed coils, rusted plenums, or a second air handler. We’ll show you the camera footage so you can see exactly why a job lands where it does. Call (737) 727-2314 for a free estimate from Omar and the team.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Palm Beach
Our crews cover the full northern Palm Beach County corridor. Beyond North Palm Beach, we run daily routes through Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, and Jupiter. If you’re just over the line in any of those cities, call us; scheduling is easy and the written price policy is the same everywhere we work.
Serving North Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North 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 About Air Duct Cleaning in North Palm Beach
North Palm Beach sits between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic, so the air inside your ducts carries salt-laden moisture almost all year. That damp air wets the dust and lint that collects in the runs, creating a biofilm that grows on the galvanized metal itself. Inland homes like Palm Beach Gardens stay drier, so the same duct system may never show that growth. It’s a coastal humidity problem, not a dirty-home problem. If you’re smelling it now, call (737) 727-2314 for a camera inspection and a free estimate; we’ll show you what’s actually in there.
No. A fogging treatment mists a chemical into the ducts and masks odor for a few weeks, but it does not remove the wet lint, biofilm, and surface mold that the coastal humidity keeps feeding. In North Palm Beach, we’ve re-cleaned dozens of systems that were fogged a few months earlier by other companies, and the camera always shows the same growth still sitting on the duct walls. Source removal is the only method that actually changes the air quality. That means negative-pressure vacuuming and mechanical agitation of every surface, which is what we do. If a quote is mostly for fogging, ask them what they’re removing. Call us at (737) 727-2314 and we’ll explain the difference over the phone.
The clearest sign in North Palm Beach is a musty or damp smell that appears only when the air handler runs. That’s the wet lint and biofilm in the ducts off-gassing into your airflow. Other signs: dust showing up on furniture within a day of cleaning, visible mold or dust streaks around register openings, or airflow that feels weak from every room. If you’re not sure, we run a video inspection on every visit so you can see the inside of your ducts before spending a dollar. Call (737) 727-2314 and ask for an inspection.
Run at least MERV 8, and preferably MERV 11 or 13 if your system can handle the pressure drop. The cheap one-inch fiberglass filters you get in a three-pack for a few dollars stop almost nothing, and in North Palm Beach’s damp air, that means fine dust packs onto the blower and coil faster than inland. We recommend a MERV 11 pleated filter changed every two to three months in coastal homes. If you want to run MERV 13, have your static pressure checked first; not every North Palm Beach system can move enough air through a dense filter. We can check that as part of a full system cleaning. Call (737) 727-2314 for details.
We clean both. A duct-only cleaning in North Palm Beach leaves the blower motor, evaporator coil, and air handler interior coated in the same salt-laden paste that’s fouling the ducts, and that means the odor and airflow problems come back fast. Our full system cleaning includes the blower wheel, housing, coil (where accessible), and plenum interiors. If the coil is packed, we’ll show you on camera before we touch it. Call (737) 727-2314 to schedule a full cleaning or ask about what’s included.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner at Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning, serving North Palm Beach and northern Palm Beach County.