Duct Sealing in Tice - Tested First, Written Price Second

Fast, Reliable Duct Sealing Across Tice

If your Tice home smells musty the moment the AC kicks on each morning, the problem is probably not your filter. It’s the original flex duct sweating and leaking in your attic. Duct sealing in Tice typically runs $450 – $1,200 for a whole-home seal, depending on whether we’re patching crushed flex runs in a 1970s ranch off Palm Beach Boulevard or sealing a full plenum in a manufactured home near the Orange River. Most Tice jobs take a half day, and we price them in writing before we touch anything. Call (361) 326-5060 for a free estimate.

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We’ve been crawling Tice attics long enough to know the difference between a home built before Florida’s 2002 duct-insulation codes and one built after. The older stock here, mostly concrete-block ranches and manufactured homes from the 1970s through the 1990s, was never designed for the 130°F plenum temperatures our southwest Florida summers produce. That original R-4 flex duct draped across attic trusses doesn’t just leak air. It kinks, collapses, and grows mold in the fiberglass liner. Our Duct Sealing crews handle this exact failure mode weekly in neighborhoods between State Road 80 and the river.

Dispatch and scheduling for Tice runs through our Miami office, but the crew that shows up at your door lives and works in the area. They know that a call from the Tice community means an attic crawl in extreme heat, not a routine brush-and-vac. They also know that when the humidity drops below 75% for a few weeks in January, that’s the window to seal ducts before the May-to-October cooling season starts beating them apart again.

Why Hollis Air Duct Cleaning Is Tice’s Preferred Duct Sealing Company

Tice homeowners don’t need another coupon in the mailbox promising a $49 whole-house special. They’ve seen that movie. What they need is a crew that shows up in a marked van, in uniform, with a written price that doesn’t move once the technician is in the attic. That’s The Garrison Standard, and it’s how we’ve operated since 2004.

Roy Castellanos built this part of the Hollis operation on the understanding that Lee County’s older housing stock requires a different skill set than the newer code-compliant systems going into Cape Coral or Fort Myers proper. In Tice, nearly every job starts with a flashlight inspection of flex duct that has been baking above the insulation line for twenty or thirty years. Our technicians are background-checked and trained to spot the specific failure patterns this climate and housing age produce: separated collars at plenum takeoffs, sagging runs that have pulled free of boots, and the microbial growth that sets up in fiberglass liner once condensation starts.

Phones are answered by a live person 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail loops, no “leave a message and we’ll call back Monday.” When you schedule Duct Sealing in Tice, you get a arrival window in writing, and we arrive inside that window. The price is written down before any work starts. The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every seal: if it fails within a year, we come back and make it right at no charge, including a free second visit. That’s not a slogan. It’s printed on every job sheet.

HVAC Duct Sealing in Tice

HVAC Duct Sealing in Tice is almost always a repair operation, not a maintenance tune-up. The homes here, mostly 1,700 – 2,500 square foot single-story ranches and older manufactured units, were built as worker housing for the east Fort Myers agricultural belt. Few have been re-ducted since original construction. The flex duct you have was never meant to last this long in an unconditioned attic where relative humidity stays above 75% and peak cooling season pushes systems to run near-constantly from May through October.

Our process starts with a full attic inspection using digital imaging to map every takeoff, splice, and sag. We measure static pressure before and after to prove the improvement. Then we seal using mastic compound and reinforced mesh at every joint, collar, and plenum connection. Mastic is a thick, water-based sealant that remains flexible after curing, which matters in Tice because the expansion and contraction of metal and flex components through our hot summers and mild winters will crack tape-only repairs within a season.

When Sealing Becomes Replacement

Some Tice attics contain flex duct so degraded that sealing individual leaks is throwing good money after bad. If the fiberglass liner is delaminating or the vapor barrier is shredded by rodents or UV exposure in the attic, we flag it during inspection and quote replacement by the section. You’ll know before we start whether you’re looking at a seal or a partial re-duct.

Static Pressure Testing

We test static pressure on every Tice job because it’s the only objective measure of whether the seal worked. A typical pre-seal reading in these older homes runs 0.8 to 1.2 inches of water column, well above the 0.5 maximum most equipment is rated for. Post-seal, we expect to see that drop by 30 – 50%, which translates directly to quieter operation, more even cooling, and lower kWh bills.

Duct Repair in Tice

Duct Repair in Tice usually means addressing the damage that happens when 1970s – 90s flex duct spends decades in 130°F attic plenums. The outer vapor barrier cracks. The fiberglass liner compacts. The wire helix corrodes. And because southwest Florida’s humidity means cold supply ducts sweat against warm attic air, biological contamination sets up in the liner material itself. The musty smell strongest at your supply registers when the AC first kicks on in the morning? That’s microbial growth in the flex duct, condensing overnight, a failure mode that barely exists in drier inland Florida counties.

Our repair protocol removes the damaged section, replaces it with new R-6 or R-8 flex duct where appropriate, and seals all connections with mastic. We also handle crushed or kinked runs, separated boots, and damaged plenum takeoffs. Every repair is pressure-tested before we leave the attic.

Attic Access Challenges

Tice’s low-slung ranches often have scuttle holes rather than full attic stairs, and the truss spacing in manufactured homes can make maneuvering difficult. Our crews carry compact Nikro negative-air machines and portable lighting specifically for these tight spaces. We don’t tear down your ceiling to fix your ductwork.

Post-Repair Verification

After repair, we run a visual inspection with a borescope camera and provide before-and-after photos of your own ducts. In an industry where bait-and-switch pricing and phantom cleaning are common, we believe you should see what was done. We also offer Air Duct Cleaning in Tice as a complementary service if biological contamination has spread beyond the repaired sections.

Trusted Brands We Service in Tice

Hollis stocks parts and filtration products from Honeywell, Aprilaire, and Abatement Technologies for Tice customers, which means most repairs don’t wait on a parts run to Fort Myers. Honeywell media air cleaners and Aprilaire whole-home dehumidifiers integrate directly with the sealed duct systems we repair, addressing the root cause of that morning mustiness rather than just the symptom. Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration equipment is what we use on the job site to protect your home’s air while we’re working in the attic. If your system needs a compatible component, we typically have it on the van or can source it within 24 hours through our Miami distribution channel.

Common Duct Sealing Problems We See in Tice Homes

• Crushed flex runs near attic trusses. In Tice’s 1970s – 90s ranches, flex duct was often draped across the bottom chord of roof trusses with minimal support. Decades of heat cycling cause the material to sag, kink, or crush entirely where it contacts the wood, creating a complete airflow blockage that the HVAC system tries to overcome with longer run times.
• Separated collars at plenum takeoffs. The connection between your air handler’s sheet-metal plenum and the flex duct distribution system is secured with a draw band and sealed with mastic or tape. In Tice’s high-humidity attics, tape adhesive fails, draw bands corrode, and the collar separates, dumping conditioned air directly into the attic.
• Condensation damage in fiberglass liner. When cold supply air moves through uninsulated or under-insulated flex duct in a 130°F attic, the exterior surface temperature drops below the dew point. Water forms on the vapor barrier, migrates into the fiberglass, and supports mold and mildew growth that eventually blows into your living space.
• Boot separation at ceiling registers. The metal or plastic boot that transitions from flex duct to your ceiling register can pull free due to thermal expansion, vibration, or inadequate original fastening. In Tice’s older manufactured homes especially, we find boots that have been leaking for years, with stained ceiling drywall as the only visible sign.

Pricing for Duct Sealing in Tice, FL

We Also Serve Cities Near Tice

Hollis crews work throughout southwest and central Florida. If you’re outside Tice city limits, we also dispatch to Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando. Scheduling and routing run through our Miami office to keep arrival windows tight. We also provide Dryer Vent Cleaning in Tice for homeowners who want their full ventilation system inspected in one visit.

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