Duct repair — Delray Beach, FL
One room that never gets cold. The duct is usually why.
A run that has come apart delivers its air to the attic instead of the bedroom. We trace the branch that feeds the room, name what is wrong with it, and reconnect, re-hang or seal it.
- One room warm while the rest are fine
- A register you can barely feel air at
- A vent that whistles, roars or rattles
- Duct you can see sagging in the attic
Sun–Thu 7 AM–8 PM · Fri 7 AM–6 PM · Sat closed
Florida licensed
AC contractor CAC1822067
5.0★
11 Google reviews
Business hours
Sun–Thu 7 AM–8 PM · Fri 7 AM–6 PM · Sat closed
Same or next day
Scheduling that fits your week
Why it matters
What a repair changes that a cleaning cannot.
Cleaning moves dust. Repair moves air. When one room is wrong and every other room is fine, the fault is almost always a joint that has opened, a run that has come apart, or a length of flex duct that is no longer held up by anything.
The air arrives in the room
A branch that has come off its collar still runs, and still costs you. It just delivers into the attic. Put it back and the register starts doing what every other register in the house already does.
You stop cooling the attic
Air you have already paid to cool is exactly the air an open joint loses. It goes into the attic, and the room it was meant for stays warm.
The pressure comes back
A flex run crushed against a joist or kinked round a tight turn strangles one branch and unbalances the rest of them. Freeing it puts the system back to the static pressure it was designed around.
Tape that failed in the heat
Foil tape does not age in a Florida attic the way it ages in a catalogue. Where the adhesive has let go and the joint has opened, the connection is remade rather than taped over a second time.
Sagging duct is re-hung
Flex that has come off its strapping drops into a belly the air has to climb out of. It is re-hung to the framing with proper support, which is why the same room does not go warm again next summer.
The fault gets a name
Not "your ducts are bad". A collar that has come off, a boot loose at the studs, a zone damper stuck shut. Each one is named before anything is repaired.
The visit, step by step
Five steps, from the symptom to the seal.
Tap any step. Finding the fault is the part that takes the time on a repair — once the run is open, the repair itself is often the quick half of the visit.
- We start with the roomThe symptom narrows the search.
- The branch is tracedFrom that register back to the plenum.
- The fault is namedBefore anything is opened up further.
- The repairReconnected, re-hung, re-anchored or sealed.
- The check, with the system runningAt the register that sent you here.
Step 1 of 5
We start with the room
Which room, and whether it is warm all day or only from the afternoon on. Whether the register blows weakly or barely at all. Whether it started after a roof job, a re-insulation or a new unit. Each answer points at a different length of duct, and it is what decides where the technician goes into the attic first rather than opening ceilings at random.
Step 2 of 5
The branch is traced
The run is followed the whole way: the boot behind the grille, the collar it clamps to, the length of flex between, the strapping holding it up, and the takeoff where it leaves the plenum. One reviewer describes this crew going out of their way to fix a roof vent cap after a bad storm. The fault is usually at one of those junctions rather than in the middle of a tube.
Step 3 of 5
The fault is named
You are told what is wrong in the terms of the thing itself — a collar that has pulled off, tape that has opened at the plenum, a crushed length of flex, a boot that is no longer anchored, a zone damper that is not moving. You hear it before anything is priced or fixed.
Step 4 of 5
The repair
What that means depends on what was found. A run goes back onto its collar and is fastened and sealed. A sagging length is strapped back to the framing. A loose boot is re-anchored to the studs and its screws tightened.
Step 5 of 5
The check, with the system running
The system is run and the register is checked before anyone packs up, because a repair that has not been felt at the grille has not been finished. If the real fault turns out to be the equipment rather than the duct — a damper, a blower, a bearing — that is said plainly instead of being papered over with sealant.
- 5.0
Rating on the Delray Beach Google profile
- 78.3%
Of Delray Beach's homes were built before 2000
- 64.0%
Of Ocean Ridge's, before 1980
- 5
Towns on the route
Checkable, not claimed
What makes this lawful work, and where you can check it.
Florida licence CAC1822067
A Certified Air Conditioning Contractor licence, active to 31 August 2028. Repair and replacement of ductwork sit inside its scope under Florida statute 489.105.
Searchable by number at myfloridalicense.com.
Held by the company, not claimed personally
The licence is held by Express Air Duct Cleaning LLC — the company this Delray Beach crew trades under — with Keith C Tatman as its qualifier. No individual here is described as the licensee.
Sunbiz L21000391856; Express Air Duct Cleaning Delray Beach is a registered name of it.
NADCA member since July 2024
Express Air Duct Cleaning LLC has been a member of the National Air Duct Cleaners Association since 22 July 2024.
Listed on nadca.com under Find a Professional.
You are told what was wrong
The specific fault is named before it is repaired: a collar that came off, tape that opened, a boot loose at the studs, a damper that is not moving.
The note you get names each fault found, one by one.
The quote comes before the work
A repair cannot be priced from a phone call, so it is quoted in your home once the technician has found the fault and seen what putting it right involves — and before anything starts.
A reviewer describes the rates as very reasonable.
Every Google review, all five stars
5.0 from 11 reviews on the Delray Beach profile, every one of them five stars. They sit on our reviews page, all of them.
Counted from the saved profile, never derived from the average.
100% satisfaction promise
If something is not right, we come back and make it right. It is our own promise rather than a third party's badge — the one line on this grid you cannot look up.
The rest of the work
What else this crew is called out for.
Air duct cleaning
Every supply and return opened, then the whole run brushed and vacuumed — plenum and blower wheel included, not the six inches you can see.
Dryer vent cleaning
The exhaust line cleared from the connector behind the drum to the cap outside, and the termination flapper checked before we leave.
Duct repair
This page: leaks sealed, loose runs reconnected and damaged ductwork repaired so conditioned air reaches every room in the house.
Where we repair duct
Delray Beach, and four towns around it.
What we find depends on when the house was built and where its air handler sits. An attic run in a 1960s Ocean Ridge house is a different repair from a closet air handler in a Highland Beach tower. Each town has its own page.
Palm Beach County, with the towns we serve picked out.
Green: we serve itCoverage check
Is your town on the list?
- Boca Raton 48,811 homes
- Boynton Beach 40,694 homes
- Delray Beach 36,997 homes
- Highland Beach 4,641 homes
- Ocean Ridge 1,577 homes
- Delray BeachNamed in 10 of the crew's Google posts
- Highland BeachNamed in 4 of the crew's Google posts
- Boca RatonNamed in 3 of the crew's Google posts
- Boynton BeachNamed in 3 of the crew's Google posts
- Ocean RidgeNamed in 3 of the crew's Google posts
The one repair on the profile, and the crew behind it.
“went out of their way to fix issue with our roof vent cap”
“They went out of their way to fix issue with our roof vent cap after a bad storm. Great response time and very reasonable rates.”
“Calling them for a full air duct cleaning was the best decision”
“Our HVAC system was blowing out dusty air. Calling them for a full air duct cleaning was the best decision, and they sorted it out perfectly.”
“Reliable company with great communication”
“Reliable company with great communication scheduling was easy and the service exceeded my expectations. My dryer performance has improved significantly.”
“Thank you for helping out”
“Great service!! Thank you for helping out! Efficient and left everything clean.”
“The technician was great”
“The technician was great. He did the dry vent clean from the outside roof vent down and cleaned up everything on the ground after.”
“Amazing customer service”
“Amazing customer service during our recent air vent clean. They were incredibly mindful of our indoor cats while moving equipment.”
Before you call
The questions we get about a room that is wrong.
Not answered here? Call (561) 652-1432 and describe the room — a technician will tell you what it sounds like before anyone books anything.
Ask us directlyOne room in my house never gets cold. Is that the ductwork?
Can the duct be repaired, or does it all have to be replaced?
How do you find the leak if the duct is in the attic?
Is duct repair licensed work in Florida?
Is duct sealing the same thing as duct repair?
Why does tape keep failing in my attic?
Do I need the ducts cleaned as well as repaired?
What does a duct repair cost?
Book the repair visit
Tell us which room is wrong.
Which room it is, and whether it is warm all day or only from the afternoon on. That one answer tells us most of what we need before anyone arrives.
Fastest way
(561) 652-1432