The hygiene question: is the equipment or the ductwork contributing to the problem, or is something else going on in the building?

We look at the coil, the blower and blower wheel, the plenum, the interior of splitters and accessible duct runs, and the ductwork itself — whether it’s leaking, whether it’s condensating, and what is actually visible inside it. Accumulation, moisture and visible growth are the findings that matter, and where they are matters as much as whether they’re there.

West Palm Beach covers an unusually wide range of building types for one city. Historic neighborhoods with systems that have been replaced piecemeal over decades sit a few minutes from downtown mid- and high-rise buildings where the air handler lives in a closet and the duct runs are short, vertical and hard to reach. Those are genuinely different inspections. In older single-family stock the interesting findings are usually in the duct runs and at the connections; in condo and multi-tenant buildings they are far more often at the coil, the plenum and the drain side.

What you get: a written assessment of whether the system is contributing, what the condition is, and what scope of corrective work — if any — is warranted. Sometimes the finding is that the system is fine and the problem is elsewhere. That’s worth knowing before you spend money on ductwork.

Scope varies by system, building and access. Each inspection is quoted to the property.