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 The Acreage
Air duct cleaning in The Acreage, FL typically runs $350 – $750 for a full residential system and is scheduled by appointment with dispatch coordinated from our Miami office. We’re familiar with the sugar sand, horse-stable particulates, and private-well conditions that make ductwork here different from standard suburban jobs.
Our crews serve The Acreage regularly, from the ranches off 60th Street North to the custom builds near Seminole Pratt Whitney Road. We know the roads, the lots, and the HVAC setups: single-story CBS ranches with flexible duct in hot attics, two-story customs with multiple air handlers, and detached barns with their own small systems. When you call (361) 326-5060, a live person answers, 24 hours a day. We’ll give you a written price before any work starts, and every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is The Acreage’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve been in business since 2004 as part of the Garrison Partners family, and our Air Duct Cleaning team has built a reputation in The Acreage by showing up inside the quoted window, pricing in writing, and leaving the site clean. That’s The Garrison Standard, and it’s how every Hollis location operates.
Dispatch and scheduling for The Acreage are coordinated from our Miami office, but the crews that arrive at your door are local to the area and know the difference between a standard suburban duct job and what The Acreage demands. They’ve cleaned systems after dry springs when the first heavy June rain triggers musty, wet-earth smells from vents. They’ve found sugar-sand silt packed into flexible runs and mold amplification in attic ducts that stayed wet from condensate pan overflows.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. You know who’s walking into your home before they arrive. The price we write down before any work starts is the price you pay. No estimates that balloon once the technician is inside. If the work fails within a year, we return and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That’s not a slogan. It’s in writing on every job.
HVAC Duct Cleaning in The Acreage
HVAC Duct Cleaning in The Acreage means source removal under negative pressure, not a surface wipe or a scented fog. A typical residential HVAC duct cleaning here runs $400 – $650 for a single-system home, with larger two-story customs or properties with multiple air handlers running $550 – $750. We use Rotobrush rotary brush agitation and Nikro negative-air machines with HEPA filtration to pull out the sugar-sand grit, biological growth, and stable particulates that accumulate in The Acreage’s unique conditions.
Most homes in The Acreage are 2,000 – 4,000 square foot CBS ranches or two-story customs built from the 1980s through the 2000s, with flexible duct runs in hot attics. That attic heat combined with South Florida’s sustained humidity above 70% means condensation and mold amplification are constant threats, especially when condensate lines clog with algae during rainy season.
Camera Inspection Before Agitation
We run a video inspection through your supply and return ducts before we touch anything. In The Acreage, this step often reveals silt buildup, mold colonies, or standing water in low spots that a blind cleaning would miss. You see what we see. Then we target the problem instead of running brushes past it.
Negative Pressure Source Removal
Our Nikro negative-air machines create suction at 2,000+ CFM while Rotobrush tools agitate the duct walls. This combination lifts settled grit and biofilm out of the system entirely, rather than pushing it deeper or leaving it to recirculate. HEPA filtration on the exhaust means nothing escapes into your living space during the job.
Vent Cleaning in The Acreage
Vent Cleaning in The Acreage addresses the supply and return registers where sugar sand, horse-stable dust, and biological growth first enter your breathing space. A typical vent cleaning as part of a full system service runs $350 – $550, with standalone vent-and-register cleaning for smaller systems or partial jobs starting around $250. We remove each register, clean the boot and first few feet of duct behind it, and inspect for mold staining or moisture damage that indicates a bigger problem upstream.
The registers in The Acreage homes often show a distinctive pattern: fine white or tan silicate dust on the fins, sometimes with dark spotting on the surrounding ceiling or wall. That’s sugar sand mixed with humidity-driven mold. Wiping the register face doesn’t fix it. We clean back to the main trunk line and check for duct leaks that pull unfiltered attic air into the system.
Register Removal and Boot Cleaning
We take off every supply and return register, clean the boot and visible ductwork behind it, and treat any mold staining with appropriate methods. In The Acreage, boots behind registers in bathrooms and laundry rooms are common failure points because humidity spikes there first.
Return Air Path Inspection
Return ducts pull air from your living space back to the air handler. In homes near barns or unpaved roads, returns can load up with coarse particulate faster than supply ducts. We inspect the return path for filter bypass, duct leaks, and buildup that chokes airflow and drives up energy bills.
Trusted Brands We Service in The Acreage
Our equipment roster includes Rotobrush rotary brush systems and Nikro negative-air machines for the cleaning itself, plus filtration and sealing products from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies. These are the same brands commercial crews use, not hardware-store gear. For Air Duct Cleaning in The Acreage, we stock filters and replacement parts sized for the MERV ratings and airflow specs common to local HVAC systems, including the smaller air handlers found in detached barns, workshops, and guest houses. That means faster turnaround and no waiting on a parts run to Miami when a filter frame or duct seal fails during the job.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in The Acreage Homes
- Sugar-sand silt packed into flexible attic ducts. The Acreage’s sandy soil and unpaved roads generate fine silicate dust that infiltrates through soffit vents, filter gaps, and duct leaks. It doesn’t look like normal household dust. It’s gritty, mineral, and it settles in low spots where rotary brushes struggle to reach without proper agitation and suction.
- Mold amplification after condensate pan overflows. South Florida’s rainy season algae clogs overflow pans and keeps attic ducts wet for days. Homeowners smell it first: a musty, wet-earth odor that gets stronger when the AC cycles on. The fix isn’t fogging. It’s finding the leak, drying the system, removing the growth, and sealing the duct so it doesn’t happen again.
- Barn and guest-house air handlers treated like main-house systems. A detached barn air handler sees heavier mineral grit and sometimes animal dander, but it runs a smaller blower and thinner ductwork. Using the same agitation tools and MERV filters as the main house either under-cleans the grit or over-restricts airflow and burns out the motor.
- Fogging sanitizer sold as “cleaning” after a skipped inspection. We see this on homes that had another company out first. The ducts look clean, smell like chemical lemon, and still blow dust. The fog killed surface mold but left the sugar sand and biofilm in place. Source removal under negative pressure is the only method that actually extracts it.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in The Acreage, FL
A full residential air duct cleaning in The Acreage typically costs $350 – $750 depending on system size, accessibility, and contamination level. A single-story ranch with one air handler and straightforward attic access usually falls at the lower end, around $350 – $500. Two-story customs with multiple zones, detached barn systems, or heavy silt and mold remediation run $550 – $750. Commercial duct cleaning for small business spaces starts around $800 and scales with linear footage and access difficulty.
What moves the price: number of air handlers, linear footage of ductwork, whether we need to clean detached structures, and the severity of biological growth or mineral grit buildup. We do not quote per-vent. One flat price per system, agreed in writing before we start. No add-ons at the door. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate. We’ll ask about your square footage, number of systems, any musty smells or recent water issues, and give you a range you can plan around.
We Also Serve Cities Near The Acreage
Hollis Air Duct Cleaning dispatches crews throughout South Florida and maintains scheduling capacity for Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. Each location operates independently under The Garrison Standard with the same written pricing, background-checked technicians, and 365-Day Done Right Promise. If you’re outside The Acreage but within our service footprint, the same rules apply: price in writing before work starts, source removal under negative pressure, no fogging upsells.
Serving The Acreage, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the The Acreage 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 The Acreage
The first heavy rain of the season raises humidity sharply and often triggers condensate pan overflows from algae-clogged drain lines, which keeps attic ducts wet and reactivates dormant mold. In The Acreage, the smell is often compounded by sugar sand and stable particulates that have accumulated in the system over the dry spring. Call (361) 326-5060 if you notice it. We can inspect, find the moisture source, and remove the contamination before it spreads.
No. Fogging kills surface mold but leaves the sugar-sand grit, biofilm, and settled particulates that are the real problem in The Acreage ducts. A fogging upsell without camera inspection and negative pressure source removal is paying to perfume a dirty system. We don’t offer it as a standalone service because it doesn’t work.
The Acreage’s 1.25+ acre lots with private wells and septic systems mean ducts collect coarse mineral grit and biological growth from barns, stables, and unpaved roads, not the lint-and-skin-cell mix found in denser suburbs. Cleaning here requires heavier agitation, stronger negative pressure, and different filter strategies to handle the particulate load without choking airflow.
Yes. The high water table and sandy soil in The Acreage combine with South Florida’s humidity to produce rapid algae growth in condensate lines. When the line clogs, the overflow pan fills and spills, wetting nearby ductwork and creating mold-friendly conditions in the attic. We check condensate drainage on every job because it’s a leading cause of repeat contamination.
Ask for camera inspection, negative pressure source removal with HEPA filtration, and written proof of what was removed. Ask whether they’ll fog or use chemical sanitizers as a substitute for mechanical cleaning. Ask how they handle detached structures with separate air handlers. A legitimate crew will explain each step in plain terms and put the price in writing before starting. Call (361) 326-5060 and we’ll walk through it with you.
Written by Roy Castellanos, Owner at Hollis Air Duct Cleaning, serving The Acreage since 2004.