Frostline cleans the air ducts in your home the right way, across coastal Palm Beach County. We use the source-removal method to pull dust, mold, and allergens out of the whole system, not just vacuum the vent covers. You get a free inspection and a flat price up front. Air duct cleaning should be judged by what leaves the house, not by how long the van sits outside. The air duct work is priced flat before anyone starts.
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Most homes don't think about the ducts until something shows up at the vents. If you notice any of these, it's worth having the ducts looked at. Ducts are out of sight, so the signs show up at the vents first. NADCA, the industry association for duct cleaning, describes the same tell.
You wipe the vents and they're dusty again within days, or a puff of dust shows when the AC kicks on. That dust is circulating through the ducts and back into the air you breathe. Dust returning within days is the clearest case for air duct cleaning in a humid climate.
A musty, moldy smell that hits when the system starts usually means mold or buildup somewhere in the ductwork or the air handler. Florida humidity is what feeds it. A musty smell usually means the HVAC side needs looking at as much as your air ducts do. HVAC service and duct cleaning often get booked together for that reason.
Pull a vent cover off and shine a light inside. Visible mold, black dust, or grime at the registers is a clear sign the ducts are dirty enough to be worth cleaning. What you can see at the register is a fraction of what the ducts hold further in. Air duct cleaning reaches the parts a vent brush never will.
If someone in the house is sneezing, congested, or dusting constantly and nothing seems to help, dirty ducts spreading dust and allergens through the home are often part of it. Allergy symptoms that track with the HVAC running are worth investigating. Indoor air quality work and duct cleaning address different halves of the problem.
Construction kicks drywall dust and debris into the ducts, and a home you just bought carries whatever the last owners left behind, pets included. A clean start is worth it. A new home is the most common trigger for air duct cleaning. Whatever the last owners left behind is still circulating.
A real duct cleaning is more than running a shop vac over the vent covers. We clean the whole system with the source-removal method, so the dust and debris actually leave the house instead of getting stirred around. Whole-system work is the only kind worth paying for. NADCA guidance describes the same approach to cleaning.
We start by looking inside the ducts and the air handler with a camera and a light, so we can show you what's actually in there before we touch anything. The inspection sets the flat price, with no surprises once the work starts. The camera pass sets the price for the air duct cleaning before anyone unrolls a hose.
This is the part that matters. We put the system under negative pressure with a HEPA-filtered vacuum and agitate the ducts with brushes and air whips, so the dust, debris, and allergens get pulled out of the house instead of blown around it. Vacuuming the vent covers alone never does this. That agitation step separates real air duct cleaning from a vent vacuum. HVAC crews without the tools skip it.
The supply registers, the return ducts, and the air handler all collect buildup. We clean each one, since skipping the returns or the blower just recirculates the grime you paid to remove. Returns collect more than supplies do. Skipping them undoes most of the air duct cleaning you paid for.
Florida humidity grows mold in ducts. If we find it, we treat the affected sections with an EPA-registered antimicrobial so it doesn't come right back, and we show you where it was. Pairing a cleaning with regular AC maintenance keeps the drain and coil clean so it stays gone. Mold treatment is a separate step, and we price those services on their own so you can see both lines.
You see photos of the ducts before and after, so you know the work got done, not just billed for. The price is flat and agreed up front, the opposite of the $49 and $99 specials that balloon into a four-figure invoice once the truck is in your driveway. Photographs are the only honest proof that air duct cleaning happened. Ask any company for them.
Our Process
Call or message Frostline to set up a visit. We'll ask a few questions about the home and what you're noticing at the vents. The call covers the home's age and whether any duct cleaning has been done before.
We inspect the ducts and the air handler with a camera, show you what's inside, and give you a flat price before any cleaning starts. The camera work is included in the air duct cleaning price, not billed on top of it.
We put the system under negative pressure, agitate the ducts, and pull the debris out with a HEPA vacuum. Registers, returns, and the air handler all get cleaned. Registers, returns and the air handler are all part of one HVAC cleaning pass.
We show you photos of the ducts before and after, and walk you through anything worth keeping an eye on. No upsells, no surprise charges. The photos stay with you. Most homeowners book the next air duct cleaning a few years out.
Air duct cleaning is part of what Frostline does as an AC specialist. The technicians work on residential AC and HVAC systems every day, so cleaning the ducts is cleaning a system they already know inside out. We use the source-removal method and a flat price, not a $99 vacuum and an upsell. The same crew handles HVAC service the rest of the week, so nothing about the system is unfamiliar to them.
Cleaner ducts mean cleaner air and less dust on everything, which matters in a humid climate where the ducts collect moisture and mold. Frostline cleans air ducts across Delray Beach and coastal Palm Beach County, and a duct cleaning pairs naturally with indoor air quality work when the air itself needs help. Technicians are licensed, insured, and bonded. Air duct cleaning and indoor air quality services overlap but are not the same purchase. We will tell you which one your home actually needs.
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We inspect and show you the ducts before we quote. That inspection is part of the cleaning, not an add-on.
Source removal, not a vacuum over the vent covers. Source removal is what NADCA describes as a proper cleaning.
One price up front, no $99 bait-and-switch. Residential air duct cleaning gets quoted the same way every time.
Licensed, insured, and bonded.
Answers to the questions homeowners ask most before booking a duct cleaning. These come up on most air duct cleaning calls.
In a humid climate, usually yes. Florida ducts collect moisture, dust, and mold faster than dry climates, and the air handler pushes whatever is in the ducts back into the house. A real whole-system cleaning clears that out, so the air is cleaner and there's less dust on everything. Done right, it makes a noticeable difference. Humidity is the variable that makes this coast different. The industry association recommends cleaning on visible contamination rather than a fixed calendar.
Dust that keeps coming back at the vents, a musty smell when the AC runs, visible mold or grime when you pull a register cover, allergies or congestion that won't quit, or a recent renovation or home purchase. If you're seeing a couple of these, it's worth a look. Any two of those together usually justify a cleaning. One on its own is worth a look at the HVAC side first.
There's no one-size schedule. Most Florida homes do well with a cleaning every few years, and sooner if you have pets, allergies, a recent renovation, or you've found mold. The humidity here means ducts get dirty faster than in dry climates. NADCA does not publish a fixed interval either. Condition drives it, and residential homes here reach that condition faster.
Be careful with those. A $49 or $99 whole-house special almost always means a quick vacuum of the vent covers, then a hard upsell once the tech is inside, with the real bill landing in the hundreds or thousands. We give you one flat price up front for the whole-system source-removal cleaning, so what you're quoted is what you pay. Insist on a flat quote covering the whole air duct cleaning before anyone starts work.
You can vacuum the vent covers and swap the filter, and you should. But the actual cleaning, pulling debris out of the whole duct system, needs a HEPA vacuum, negative pressure, and the tools to agitate the ducts. Without those, you mostly stir the dust around instead of removing it. Filter changes help between visits. They are not a substitute for the cleaning services themselves.
We inspect the ducts and the air handler with a camera, put the system under negative pressure, agitate the ducts, and pull the debris out with a HEPA vacuum. The supply registers, the return ducts, and the air handler all get cleaned, we treat mold if we find it, and you get before-and-after photos. One flat price. That sequence is the whole air duct cleaning, start to finish, with photos at both ends.
It helps when the dust and mold are in the ducts, which in humid Florida is common. Clearing them out cuts what gets recirculated into the air. If mold is growing because of a leak or a clogged drain in the system itself, though, the fix is an AC repair, not just a cleaning, and we'll tell you which one you're dealing with. Where the ducts are the source, cleaning fixes it. Where the HVAC equipment is the source, cleaning alone will not.