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 Orlando
Air duct cleaning in Orlando typically runs $350-$650 for a full residential system and $800-$2,400 for commercial setups, with most jobs completed in a single visit. We dispatch from our Orlando metro office and serve homes and businesses from Winter Park down to the vacation-rental corridors near Disney. Call (469) 972-3151 for a free written estimate before any work begins.
We’ve worked in Orlando long enough to know the difference between a dusty duct and a duct that’s actually failing. The housing stock here, built mostly during the 1980s-2000s theme-park boom, relies on flexible fiberglass-lined ductwork routed through unconditioned attics, not basements, which don’t exist here given the high water table. That flex duct is now 20-40 years old. The inner liner delaminates. The attic hits 150°F+ in summer. And Orlando’s 74% average relative humidity, combined with A/C running 10-11 months a year, creates condensation inside the system that mold colonizes faster than in any dry-climate city. Our Air Duct Cleaning team treats this as a source-removal job, not a surface wipe.
Why Kestrel Air Duct Cleaning Is Orlando’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
Orlando homeowners and property managers call us because we’ve built our reputation on showing up in the window we promised and putting the price in writing before a single vent is touched. The Kingswell Guarantee, which governs every Kestrel job, requires four things: a written price before work begins, a defined arrival window, a clean job site, and a written guarantee with a free return visit if the work fails within the guarantee period. We’ve operated under that standard since 2004.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained on professional-grade equipment: Rotobrush rotary brush systems for dislodging debris at the duct wall, Nikro negative-pressure units for pulling contaminants out, and Abatement Technologies HEPA filtration to keep loosened particles out of your living space during cleaning. We don’t use box-store shop vacs. We don’t fog and call it clean.
Calls are answered by a live person, 24/7. Not a voicemail queue. Not an automated system. A real conversation, any time of day.
We know Orlando’s neighborhoods. We’ve cleaned ducts in College Park bungalows, Thornton Park townhomes, and the vacation-rental clusters south and west of the city. We understand how the local climate and housing stock affect what we find inside the system.
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Orlando
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Orlando means complete source removal from both supply and return duct runs, including the air handler, blower motor, and registers, using negative-air extraction and rotary brush agitation. Most Orlando homes need this every 3-5 years, though vacation-rental properties near Disney often require annual service due to continuous operation and neglected filter changes. A typical full-system residential cleaning in Orlando runs $350-$650 depending on system size, accessibility, and contamination level.
Supply and Return Duct Cleaning
Supply ducts push conditioned air into your rooms; return ducts pull air back to the air handler. Both sides need cleaning, but the return side usually carries the heavier load in Orlando homes, especially where filters have been missed or undersized. We clean both, then camera-inspect to verify the job.
Video Inspection Before and After
We run a borescope camera through the ductwork so you see what we see: the dust cake, the liner delamination, the mold staining. After cleaning, we run it again. The before-and-after images are yours to keep, and they document the work for property managers, landlords, and out-of-state owners who can’t be on-site.
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Orlando
Commercial Air Duct Cleaning in Orlando covers office buildings, retail spaces, restaurants, and multi-unit properties with larger HVAC infrastructure and more complex zoning. These systems move significantly more air volume, often through hard duct rather than flex, and they accumulate debris from higher occupancy and activity levels. A typical commercial duct cleaning in Orlando runs $800-$2,400 depending on square footage, system complexity, and number of air handlers.
Full System Cleaning for Multi-Zone HVAC
Commercial buildings in Orlando often run multiple rooftop units with separate duct runs per zone. We clean each zone completely, documenting the work for facility managers and maintaining the schedule your maintenance plan requires. No partial cleans. No skipped returns.
Post-Construction and Tenant Turnover
New construction near Orlando’s expanding corridors, or tenant turnover in existing commercial space, leaves ducts full of drywall dust, debris, and sometimes mold from construction moisture. We clean to occupancy-ready condition, with written documentation for property managers and landlords.
Trusted Brands We Service in Orlando
We clean ductwork connected to every major HVAC brand, and we stock filtration and indoor-air-quality products from Aprilaire, Honeywell, and Guardsman for Orlando customers who want to maintain clean air between service visits. If your system needs a filter upgrade or a UV-light installation after cleaning, we carry the parts and install them during the same visit. No second trip. No waiting on shipped components. Our technicians know which media filters fit which Orlando housing-era systems, from the 1980s-era Carrier and Trane units still running in Pine Hills and Rosemont to newer variable-speed systems in Lake Nona and Baldwin Park.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Orlando Homes
- Mold-laced dust cakes in vacation rentals. Properties near Champions Gate, Windsor Hills, and Reunion run A/C near-continuously through back-to-back guest stays with no owner present to change filters. We’ve pulled return filters that survived dozens of guest cycles, the duct interior coated in a mold-laced accumulation that would take years to build in an owner-occupied home.
- Delaminated flex duct liner from attic heat. Orlando’s 1980s-2000s housing stock uses fiberglass-lined flex duct routed through unconditioned attics. At 150°F+ attic temperatures, the inner liner degrades and sheds particles directly into the air stream. Fogging doesn’t fix this. Source removal and liner assessment do.
- Persistent condensation from year-round humidity. Orlando’s 74% relative humidity and 10-11 month cooling season create cold duct surfaces that stay wet. Mold and mildew colonize these surfaces far faster than in dry climates or even coastal cities with drying sea breezes.
- Heavy pollen loading from oak and pine. Central Florida’s pollen season peaks in spring but continues most of the year. It enters through intake vents, mixes with attic dust and moisture, and compacts into stubborn debris that standard residential cleaning intervals don’t anticipate.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Orlando, FL
Most full residential duct cleanings in Orlando run $350-$650. Commercial systems start around $800 and scale to $2,400 for larger multi-zone setups. What moves the number: system size (number of air handlers and duct runs), accessibility (crawlspace vs. attic vs. basement, though Orlando has virtually no basements), contamination level (light dust vs. mold-laced heavy buildup), and whether video inspection or IAQ product installation is included.
We give one flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts. No per-vent pricing. No door-step revisions. No “sanitiser fogging” upsells that mask odor without removing source contamination. The price we write is the price you pay. Call (469) 972-3151 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Orlando
Our crews work throughout the Orlando metro, including Orlando proper plus Winter Park, Maitland, Goldenrod, and Altamonte Springs. Same written pricing standard. Same Kingswell Guarantee. Same live-answer scheduling. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our Orlando office, so arrival windows are built for local traffic patterns and neighborhood access.
Serving Orlando, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Orlando 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 Orlando
Vacation rentals near Disney run HVAC systems near-continuously through high-turnover guest cycles, and remote out-of-state owners rarely have filters changed between stays. We’ve found mold-laced dust cakes in Reunion and Champions Gate properties that accumulated in months what would take years in an owner-occupied home. Annual cleaning is typical for these properties. Call (469) 972-3151 to schedule an inspection with before-and-after photos.
A real cleaning removes source contamination, physically dislodging debris from duct walls using brush agitation and extracting it with negative-air pressure. Fogging sprays a chemical mist that may kill surface mold but does nothing about the dust cake, delaminated liner, or embedded debris. In Orlando’s humid climate, the mold returns within weeks if the source isn’t removed. We do source removal only, documented with camera inspection. Call (469) 972-3151 for a written quote on genuine cleaning.
Orlando’s combination of 74% year-round relative humidity, 10-11 months of continuous A/C operation, and attic-routed flex duct in unconditioned space creates persistent condensation on cold duct surfaces. Coastal cities like Tampa or Miami at least get drying sea breezes; Orlando’s inland location traps moisture. The result is faster, more extensive mold colonization inside the system. Call (469) 972-3151 if you smell mustiness from vents or see staining around registers.
Probably. The 1980s-2000s theme-park boom produced Orlando’s dominant housing stock, and builders overwhelmingly used flexible fiberglass-lined duct routed through hot attics. That liner is now 25-35 years old and prone to delamination, especially after summers at 150°F+. We camera-inspect every 1990s-era system we clean to assess liner condition. If it’s shedding, we’ll show you the footage and discuss options. Call (469) 972-3151 for an inspection.
We clean both. Commercial duct cleaning in Orlando covers offices, retail, restaurants, and multi-unit properties with larger rooftop units and multi-zone ductwork. Pricing runs $800-$2,400 depending on system size. Every commercial job carries the same written price guarantee and 365-Day Done Right Promise as our residential work. Call (469) 972-3151 for a facility-specific estimate.
We pulled the return filter on a Reunion rental near the Osceola-Four Corners line and found a mold-laced dust cake that had clearly survived dozens of guest stays without ever being changed. Using Rotobrush agitation tools and HEPA filtration under negative pressure, we did source removal on both supply and return ducts, then camera-inspected the air handler and blower motor. The out-of-state owner had been quoted a ‘sanitiser fogging’ upsell elsewhere; we showed them the liner delamination instead - the fog would have masked the smell without touching the fiberglass shedding particles into the air stream.
Written by Dale Whitmore, Owner at Kestrel Air Duct Cleaning, serving Orlando under the Kingswell Guarantee since 2004.