2 service pages · prices from homeowner-reported quotes, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29
Ducts often run through attics, crawl spaces and garages (ENERGY STAR duct sealing), and the two duct jobs people are offered pull in opposite directions. The EPA says duct cleaning has never been shown to prevent health problems and is warranted only for visible mold, vermin or heavy dust release (EPA duct cleaning).
ENERGY STAR says a typical house loses 20 to 30 percent of the air moving through its ducts to leaks (ENERGY STAR duct sealing). That is why duct repair and replacement carries a price and duct cleaning carries a warning.
Homes in the ring range from a median build year of 1978 in Clearwater to 2010 in Apollo Beach (Census ACS). The table below shows each city. Home age is not duct age, so read it as context, not as a diagnosis.
Source: HVACPro analysis of homeowner-reported quotes and invoices in public Reddit posts, 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-29. Each service page shows the middle half and the report count. Repair medians are U.S.-wide. Card photos are stock images, not our work, credited on each service page.
Simplified drawing, not to scale. Real systems vary: the indoor unit can sit in an attic or closet, the ducts can run in the attic or under the floor. Original illustration, not a photo.
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ducts & ventilation jobs, each with its own service page, reported prices and local data
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Counts: businesses with an active license and a city address in the Tampa Bay outer ring, from FL DBPR construction licensee extract (CONSTRUCTIONLICENSE_1.csv), retrieved 2026-10-05. A license says the state permits the work, not that the work is good.
Median year the home was built, ACS 5-year 2020 to 2024. Further right means newer homes.
Source: Census ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (B25034, B25035, B25040). The year a home was built is not the age of its ducts or equipment.
| City | Median year built | Built before 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 1978 | 84% |
| Largo | 1978 | 87% |
| Pinellas Park | 1978 | 84% |
| New Port Richey | 1980 | 90% |
| Lakeland | 1983 | 73% |
| Plant City | 1989 | 70% |
| Lutz | 1990 | 67% |
| Zephyrhills | 1990 | 62% |
| Brandon | 1993 | 65% |
| Spring Hill | 1993 | 63% |
| Land O' Lakes | 1999 | 52% |
| Riverview | 2006 | 29% |
| Wesley Chapel | 2006 | 27% |
| Apollo Beach | 2010 | 30% |