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 Fort Myers Shores
Air duct cleaning in Fort Myers Shores typically runs $350-$750 for a full residential system, and every job starts with a written price before we touch anything. We’re Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning, and our crews serve Fort Myers Shores from our South Florida dispatch office, bringing Rotobrush and Nikro equipment to homes from the riverfront properties along the Caloosahatchee to the neighborhoods off Palm Beach Boulevard. If your registers smell musty, your AC runs constantly but rooms stay stale, or you’re still dealing with post-Hurricane Ian contamination, we’ll inspect first and show you exactly what we find. Call (323) 918-4345 for a free estimate.
Why Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning Is Fort Myers Shores’s Preferred Air Duct Cleaning Company
We’ve worked Fort Myers Shores since long before Ian reshaped this community, and our reputation here was built on showing up after other crews left town. Homeowners from the Palm Beach Boulevard corridor to the riverfront streets near the Caloosahatchee call us back because we protect their floors with drop cloths and shoe covers from the moment we arrive, work quietly around nap schedules when kids are home, and leave a photo of the clean-up before we go.
Our response time to Fort Myers Shores is same-week scheduling for standard cleans, with inspection appointments often available sooner for homeowners dealing with active mold odors or airflow problems. We know the local housing stock: the 1960s-1980s concrete-block ranches with original flexible ductwork sagging in attics that hit 140 degrees, the wood-frame homes near the river with elevated humidity even by Southwest Florida standards, and the specific contamination profile that Ian’s storm surge left behind. That local knowledge means we don’t just brush and vacuum; we know when to extract wet debris first, when to flag ductwork that’s beyond cleaning, and when sealing a disconnected trunk run will do more good than another pass with the machine.
Every technician is background-checked and uniformed, working to the Cedarwell C.A.R.E. values. The 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every job, and a live person answers our phone 24/7, not a voicemail tree.
Air Duct Inspection in Fort Myers Shores
Air Duct Inspection in Fort Myers Shores is where every service relationship with Morton’s should start, especially for homes built between the 1960s and 1980s that still run original or early-replacement flexible ductwork. Our inspection runs $150-$250 and includes a full camera survey of your trunk lines and branch runs, static pressure testing at the air handler, and a written report with photos of what we find. In Fort Myers Shores, we routinely discover two problems that change the scope of work: Caloosahatchee River silt packed into ducts from Ian’s 2022 flooding, and disconnected or crushed flex runs that make cleaning alone a waste of money.
What the Camera Reveals
We feed a lighted camera through every accessible run, and in Fort Myers Shores homes we’re often showing homeowners images they’d never expect: fine gray river sediment caked to duct walls, mold colonies thriving on condensation in sagging flex, or a main trunk completely separated from the air handler collar. You see it in real time. We explain what it means before we quote any repair.
When to Schedule
Schedule an inspection if you smell mustiness when the AC cycles, if certain rooms never cool evenly, or if your home took any water during Ian even if it was professionally remediated. Post-flood duct contamination often hides in branch runs that standard drying equipment never reached.
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Myers Shores
Residential Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Myers Shores addresses contamination that standard filter changes can’t touch: years of skin cells, pet dander, cooking grease particulates, and the unique post-Ian river silt that settled into duct systems after the Caloosahatchee surged through this community. A typical whole-home clean runs $350-$550 for a single-system residence, with larger homes or those requiring wet-debris extraction first falling in the $450-$750 range. We use Rotobrush agitation tools under continuous negative pressure, with HEPA filtration on the vacuum exhaust, and we adjust our approach based on what the inspection found.
Protecting Your Home During Service
Our crew lays drop cloths at the entry and every room we access, wears shoe covers, and uses the quietest tool setting compatible with effective cleaning when we know kids or pets are present. We seal off the work area from living spaces to prevent any re-aerosolized debris from migrating. Before we leave, we photograph the clean-up and send you the image.
The Sealing Difference
Cleaning restores airflow through contaminated ducts; sealing fixes the leaks that made contamination worse and drove up your electric bill. In Fort Myers Shores’s aging flex-duct homes, we often find that reconnecting a separated trunk run or sealing a crushed branch delivers more comfort improvement than cleaning alone. We quote sealing separately, always in writing, and we flag ductwork that’s too deteriorated to justify cleaning.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Myers Shores
Our crews arrive with professional-grade equipment from Nikro, Honeywell, and Abatement Technologies, not rental-shop vacuums with brush attachments. The Nikro negative-air machines we deploy handle the heavy particulate load common in post-Ian Fort Myers Shores homes without losing suction, while Honeywell media filters and Abatement Technologies HEPA containment protect your indoor air during the cleaning process itself. We stock common duct repair and sealing supplies locally, so when an inspection reveals a disconnected trunk or a torn flex run that needs replacement, we can often complete the repair same visit rather than rescheduling after a parts order.
Common Air Duct Cleaning Problems We See in Fort Myers Shores Homes
- Hurricane Ian river silt contamination: Fine Caloosahatchee sediment wicked up through flooded subfloors and air-handler pans, packing duct interiors with wet debris that standard dry-brush cleaning just re-aerosolizes. We extract it wet first, then proceed with mechanical agitation.
- Sagging original flex ductwork: The 1960s-1980s flexible duct common in Fort Myers Shores neighborhoods loses structural integrity in sustained attic heat, sagging between supports and creating low spots where condensation pools and mold colonizes. Cleaning helps temporarily; replacement is often the honest recommendation.
- Disconnected trunk runs at the air handler: Thermal cycling and vibration loosen collar connections over decades, so conditioned air leaks into the attic before reaching your rooms. We find this constantly in the older concrete-block ranches off Palm Beach Boulevard, and sealing it drops static pressure immediately.
- Year-round humidity-driven mold: Fort Myers Shores’s riverfront location means ambient moisture runs higher than Fort Myers proper, and with AC operating daily, duct interiors never fully dry. Mold establishes in 24-48 hours on wet debris; we treat the source, not just the symptom.
Pricing for Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Myers Shores, FL
Most Fort Myers Shores homeowners pay between $350 and $550 for a complete residential air duct cleaning on a single HVAC system. Homes requiring wet-debris extraction due to Ian contamination, larger square footage with multiple air handlers, or additional services like dryer vent cleaning or duct sealing typically fall in the $450-$750 range. Commercial duct cleaning starts around $800 and scales with system complexity. What drives cost: the number of supply and return vents, accessibility of duct runs, whether wet extraction precedes standard cleaning, and whether we find disconnected or damaged ductwork that needs repair. We do not price per vent, and we do not bait with a low teaser that balloons once we’re in your home. One flat price per system, agreed in writing before work starts, every time. Call (323) 918-4345 for your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Myers Shores
Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning dispatches crews throughout Florida, including Air Duct Cleaning in Fort Myers Shores and surrounding communities. We regularly serve Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, and Orlando with the same Cedarwell Care Promise standards: written pricing upfront, background-checked uniformed technicians, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job. Our Air Duct Cleaning hub page lists all metro areas we cover.
Serving Fort Myers Shores, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Myers Shores 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 Fort Myers Shores
Only homes that took water through their HVAC systems or subfloors need post-Ian remediation, but in Fort Myers Shores that includes more properties than many homeowners realize. Even homes that appeared dry often had storm surge wick up through concrete slab edges and air-handler platforms, depositing Caloosahatchee silt in ductwork that standard post-storm drying never reached. If your home is within a few blocks of the river and you notice persistent musty odors or increased dust since 2022, schedule an inspection. Call (323) 918-4345 and we’ll camera the system to know for certain.
The dust is likely entering through leaks in your duct system, not passing through the filter at all. In Fort Myers Shores’s aging flex-duct homes, disconnected trunk runs and crushed branch lines pull attic air, insulation particles, and outdoor particulates directly into your airflow, bypassing the filter entirely. A standard filter change can’t fix a duct leak. We find this constantly in the 1970s-era ranches near Palm Beach Boulevard, and sealing the leaks typically reduces visible dust more than cleaning alone. Call (323) 918-4345 for an inspection that pinpoints the source.
Fort Myers Shores’s combination of riverfront humidity and Ian-specific silt contamination creates a duct profile you won’t find inland. The Caloosahatchee’s proximity keeps ambient moisture elevated year-round, accelerating mold growth in any duct with condensation issues, while the 2022 storm surge deposited fine river sediment that behaves differently from standard household dust. Cleaning crews unfamiliar with this community often brush over wet silt and re-aerosolize it, or miss disconnected flex runs that are the real airflow problem. Our crews know the local housing stock and the local contamination profile. Call (323) 918-4345 for a Fort Myers Shores-specific assessment.
We can clean flex duct that’s structurally intact, but much of Fort Myers Shores’s original 1960s-1980s flex has degraded past that point. Sagging between supports, torn vapor barriers, and collapsed interior walls mean cleaning restores airflow temporarily at best; the run will re-sag and re-contaminate within a season. Our inspection identifies which runs are viable for cleaning and which need replacement, and we quote both options in writing before any work. We don’t clean ductwork we know will fail. Call (323) 918-4345 for an honest evaluation of your specific system.
We show you before-and-after camera images from the same duct runs, and we measure static pressure at the air handler to document improved airflow. Every completed job includes a photo of the clean-up before our crew leaves, so you have visual proof your home was left better than we found it. The Cedarwell Care Promise requires this documentation, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise means if anything doesn’t meet the standard we set, we return to make it right. Call (323) 918-4345 to schedule service with verified results.
Ready to see what’s actually inside your Fort Myers Shores duct system? Call Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning at (323) 918-4345 for a free estimate. We’ll inspect first, quote in writing, and only proceed when you understand exactly what we’ll do and exactly what it costs. The 365-Day Done Right Promise and the Cedarwell Care Promise back every job, from the first shoe cover to the final photo.
Written by Paul Adeyemi, Owner at Morton’s Air Duct Cleaning, serving Fort Myers Shores and communities across Florida since 2005.