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.
Fast, Reliable Air Duct Cleaning Across Davie
Air duct cleaning in Davie typically runs $350 – $650 for a standard single-system ranch home and $800 – $1,400 for equestrian properties with multiple air handlers. Most jobs are scheduled within a week and completed in four to six hours. Call (361) 326-5060 for a written estimate before any work starts.
We’ve been dispatching crews to Davie from our Miami office long enough to know the difference between a dust job and a moisture job. The ranch homes off Griffin Road, the CBS blocks near Davie Road, and the equestrian spreads along Orange Drive don’t have the same duct problems as a sealed-up condo in Fort Lauderdale. Out here, you’ve got unpaved driveways kicking up grit, wood stoves running in converted garages, and flex duct sweating in hot attics through hurricane season. Our technicians show up uniformed, background-checked, and equipped with Rotobrush rotary systems and Nikro negative-air machines, the same gear commercial crews run. We price every job in writing before touching a register, and every cleaning carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the musty smell comes back or a joint pops loose, we return and make it right at no charge.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Davie’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’re part of the Garrison Partners family, and we’ve been operating under The Garrison Standard since 2004. That means written prices, written guarantees, and technicians who arrive inside the quoted window. Davie homeowners know the bait-and-switch routine: a $79 coupon that balloons to $600 once the van is in the driveway. We don’t run that model. The price we write down is the price you pay.
Our crews know Davie’s housing stock. We’ve cleaned original fiberboard duct from 1970s ranches near Nova Drive, replaced moisture-rotted flex in attics above Sheridan Street, and handled the multi-system setups on five-acre equestrian properties where the barn AC is as neglected as the guest house unit. Roy Castellanos, who leads Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, trains every technician on The Garrison Code: arrive squared away, explain what you’re doing before you do it, leave the site cleaner than you found it.
Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No voicemail loops, no “we’ll call you back Monday.” Scheduling is coordinated from our Miami office, but the crew that pulls into your Davie driveway is local, knows the area, and carries the equipment to finish the job in one visit.
HVAC Duct Cleaning in Davie
HVAC Duct Cleaning in Davie is almost always a moisture and microbial remediation job, not a simple dust removal. The town’s low elevation, canal-adjacent water table, and repeated hurricane power outages create a recurring need to clean and sanitize ducts that have pulled humid air through ranch homes while the AC sat off for days. When we clean an HVAC system here, we’re running a Rotobrush rotary brush through every supply and return line, hooking a Nikro negative-air machine to the plenum to pull dislodged debris out of the house, and inspecting the blower motor compartment for mold colonization. A standard single-system ranch home runs $350 – $650. Equestrian properties with two or three air handlers start at $800 and typically land between $1,000 – $1,400 depending on linear footage and contamination level.
Source Removal vs. Surface Cleaning
Some Davie crews blow compressed air through the registers and call it done. We don’t. Source removal means mechanical agitation: brushes, whips, or compressed air tools that knock debris loose from the duct walls, coupled with negative-air suction that carries it out of your home entirely. Surface cleaning just moves the load around. In Davie’s humid climate, that leftover debris becomes mold food.
Hurricane Recovery Protocol
After a storm, the first call we get from western Davie neighborhoods isn’t about dust. It’s the musty smell that starts when the AC kicks back on after three days without power. We inspect with a camera first, document the moisture line in the flex duct, then clean and apply a sanitizing agent registered for HVAC use. The goal is restoring the system to pre-storm condition, not masking odor with a scented spray.
Vent Cleaning in Davie
Vent Cleaning in Davie targets the supply and return registers, the boot connections behind the wall, and the first few feet of trunk line where debris piles up heaviest. In most Davie homes, especially the 1970s – 1990s ranches with original fiberboard duct, the registers themselves are coated with a fine grit that vacuuming won’t touch. We remove each register, clean the boot with agitation tools, and HEPA-vacuum the face and fins before reinstallation. A standalone vent cleaning runs $150 – $250 for a typical three-bedroom ranch. Most homeowners bundle it with full system cleaning.
Register-Level Contamination
Davie’s unpaved roads and open land mean pollen and mineral dust load heavy at the point of entry. We see registers packed solid with fine grit that looks like household dust but is mostly road debris and organic material. Cleaning the register without cleaning the boot behind it just recirculates the load on the next cycle.
Wood Stove and Fireplace Cross-Contamination
On properties where a wood stove or fireplace runs in a converted garage or outbuilding, we’ve seen soot migrate into the main house return. The smell hits when the AC starts. Vent cleaning alone won’t fix it; we need to trace the return path and clean the shared trunk. That’s why we camera-inspect before quoting.
Trusted Brands We Service in Davie
We run professional-grade equipment on every Davie job: Rotobrush rotary brush systems for mechanical agitation, Nikro negative-air machines for controlled debris extraction, and filtration products from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Guardsman. These aren’t hardware-store tools. A Rotobrush head navigates the flexible duct common in Davie’s older ranches without tearing the liner, which happens with cheaper rigid systems. The Nikro units we deploy pull 2,000 CFM of negative pressure, enough to keep dislodged mold spores and particulate from settling back into your living space. We stock Guardsman filters and Aprilaire media locally, so if your system’s filtration needs upgrading after cleaning, we can install it same visit. No waiting on shipped parts, no second trip.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Davie Homes
- Hurricane moisture colonization. When Davie loses power for days during storm season, attic flex duct sits in 90-degree heat with no air movement. Humidity condenses inside the liner. By the time power returns, mold has established. We see this every September and October, especially in western neighborhoods where the flex runs are original to the house.
- Equestrian property multi-system neglect. Because Griffin Road and Orange Drive equestrian properties often run detached barns and guest houses on the same lot as the main ranch house, Davie duct work frequently means servicing two or three separate air handlers whose flex runs are all aging at the same rate. Most duct techs quote the main house and ignore the outbuildings, so spores and debris keep cycling back through the shared yard dust.
- Unpaved road grit loading. The fine limestone and organic dust from Davie’s unpaved driveways and access roads penetrates window and door seals, loads the return system, and packs horizontal flex runs solid while the registers still look merely dusty. Camera inspection reveals the real load.
- Wood heat soot migration. We pulled up a 1985 CBS ranch off Orange Drive where the family had run a wood stove in the converted garage all winter and the main house smelled like a campfire every time the AC kicked on. Camera inspection showed the return flex in the hot attic coated in soot from the stove and blown-in dirt from the unpaved driveway, so we set up negative pressure with HEPA filtration, ran agitation tools through the supply and return ducts, and cleaned the blower motor compartment before reassembling every register. The musty-wood smell was gone on the first cycle and we set them on a 24-month interval instead of the 3-to-5-year schedule most of Davie’s sealed subdivisions can live with.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Davie, FL
A typical residential HVAC duct cleaning in Davie runs $350 – $650 for a single-system ranch or CBS block home with up to fifteen registers. Equestrian properties, multi-system setups, or homes with significant mold remediation needs land in the $800 – $1,400 range. Vent cleaning alone is $150 – $250. Video inspection, if needed to document hurricane damage for insurance, adds $75 – $125.
What moves the number: linear footage of duct, number of air handlers, accessibility (crawl space vs. attic), and contamination type (standard dust load vs. mold remediation). We do not quote per-vent. We quote one flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts. No add-ons at the door, no “we found a surprise” upsells. Every estimate is free. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll schedule a walk-through or, in many cases, quote from photos and square footage.
We Also Serve Cities Near Davie
Our crews cover the full South Florida corridor. We provide Air Duct Cleaning to homeowners and businesses in Davie, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. Scheduling is coordinated from our Miami office, with local technicians dispatched to each market.
Serving Davie, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Davie 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 Davie
Most sealed subdivisions in Davie can go three to five years between cleanings. Properties on unpaved roads, equestrian lots with multiple systems, or homes with wood heat need service every 18 to 24 months. The grit and pollen load from open land, plus the shorter filter life in humid conditions, shortens the interval. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll assess your specific setup.
The smell comes from mold and bacteria that grew while your AC was off for days in 90-degree humidity. Even without standing water, Davie’s attic flex duct creates condensation when the system stops moving air. Power returns, the AC kicks on, and the first blast carries that microbial load into every room. Cleaning removes the growth; sanitizing prevents immediate regrowth. We document with camera inspection for insurance if needed.
Yes. We quote each air handler as a separate system, and we clean them all. Ignoring the barn unit while cleaning the main house just recirculates shared-yard debris through whichever system is running. Our crews are equipped to handle multiple systems in one visit.
No. We remove every register, clean the boot behind it with mechanical agitation, run a rotary brush or compressed-air whip through each supply and return line, extract debris with a Nikro negative-air machine, clean the blower motor compartment, and reassemble. Camera inspection before and after is available on request. Vacuuming registers alone moves almost no debris from the duct core.
It helps, but it’s not a permanent fix. Source removal clears the accumulated load, and upgrading to a Guardsman or Aprilaire filtration media captures finer particulate on future cycles. For properties on unpaved roads, we typically recommend MERV 11 or higher and more frequent filter changes. The real win is pairing duct cleaning with sealed returns and proper filtration. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll walk through what your system can handle.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving Davie and South Florida since 2004.




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