Duct Sanitizing and Mold Treatment in McKinney
Add-on to a duct cleaning: $99 to $149
Most duct systems do not need sanitizing after a proper source-removal cleaning. The decision is a simple one: treat when the camera shows a reason, skip it when it does not. The reasons are specific. A water leak. A flooded air handler. Visible growth at the coil or plenum. A musty odor that survives the cleaning. A household with respiratory sensitivities that wants the extra step.
How it is done properly
- Clean first. Sanitizer applied over dust and debris does nothing. Source removal has to come first.
- Show you the reason. Camera photos of growth or the moisture source that caused it. If there is not one, we recommend against it.
- Treat the source. A coil, drain pan or plenum that is wet will regrow whatever you kill. The moisture problem gets fixed or you get told who fixes it.
- Apply an EPA-registered antimicrobial labeled for HVAC use by fogging under negative pressure so it coats the duct interior and is drawn out, not blown into the rooms.
- Ventilate and give you the product sheet.
Where the line is
Dust on a flex-duct liner is not mold and does not get called mold here, and a fragrance mist is not a sanitizer. The add-on is priced below, applied after the cleaning, and only when there is a photo to justify it.
Pricing
Sanitizing in McKinney is $99 to $149 as an add-on to a whole-house duct cleaning. Mold remediation of a flooded or heavily contaminated system is a different job and is referred to a licensed remediation contractor.
Call (972) 526-5865, describe the smell or the leak, and you will get a straight answer on whether this is worth doing.