Air Duct Mold Removal in Lakeland, FL

Air duct mold removal in Lakeland homes

Block homes built from the 1960s through the 1980s around Lakeland usually have fiberglass ductboard plenums and trunks. That liner is porous. Growth roots into the fiber, not on top of it. Brushing it does not clean it. It sheds gray fiber into the supply air. Ductboard that has stayed wet gets cut out and replaced, not scrubbed.

Mold is a water problem wearing a dust costume. Cold supply boots in a hot attic sweat where the boot collar leaks. Months of that film the metal. A slow condensate drain wets the coil and the pan under it. On heat pumps, that sour "dirty sock" odor at changeover is usually the coil, not the branch runs. Fogging a duct that is still wet buys you a few weeks.

Check things yourself before calling anyone. Pull the return grille and look at the filter cake. Look for dark spotting at ceiling diffuser edges. Follow the condensate line outside and see if it drips while the unit runs. In rural Polk manufactured homes, look under the belly wrap for disconnected duct pulling soil and crawlspace moisture.

Insulated flex that took a roof leak holds water inside the jacket. Replace that section. Cleaning it is wasted effort.