Air Duct Cleaning in Newport Beach, CA

Frequently Asked Questions

1. We're a block from the water on the peninsula — does the salt air actually get into the ducts?

   Yes, and it's the main thing that makes Newport Beach different from inland work. Salt aerosol and fine sand come in through the return every time a window or door is open, which is most of the year here. Filters load up faster than the manufacturer's interval suggests, and whatever gets past the filter settles in the trunk and branch runs. On a cottage that runs heat more than AC, that debris can sit for years without enough airflow to move it along, so what we pull out is often layered rather than loose.

2. Our Corona del Mar cottage was gutted and has new ducts crammed into a low attic. Can you still clean them?

   Usually, but how we do it changes. In a tight attic with a new ducted split squeezed above the ceiling, there's often no room to work alongside the runs, so we do more of the job from the register and return side using push-pull equipment rather than crawling the length of the duct. Flex runs in those remodels are also easier to damage than old rigid metal, so we keep pressure reasonable and inspect connections as we go. On the older raised-foundation cottages that kept crawlspace or minimal ductwork, there may be little to clean, and we'll tell you that rather than find work.