Doctor Vent cleans HVAC systems across whole apartment communities — every unit, every building, occupied throughout, documented per unit. We have serviced 3,200+ properties and 20,000+ residential units since 2011.
Why Apartment Systems Get Dirty
Turnover. Every make-ready involves sanding, painting and sometimes flooring, and the HVAC system runs through all of it. Drywall dust and paint overspray are drawn into the return, deposited in the plenum and the coil, and distributed through the supply trunk into the next resident’s unit.
Then there is filter discipline. In a single-family home someone owns the filter. In an apartment, a filter change is a work order, and a 1″ filter neglected for a year passes everything.
What We Find
Across community-wide projects, the deficiency logs repeat: construction debris still sitting in supply trunks in buildings delivered years earlier; disconnected flex duct discharging conditioned air into ceiling voids; loose or missing access panels; fouled evaporator coils; and microbial growth in return plenums where condensate collects.
On one 428-unit luxury community in Tampa — 24 buildings, eleven days, occupied throughout — we found construction debris still inside ducts, dust contamination following renovations, and blocked bathroom exhausts. Airflow improved across every tested unit and HVAC maintenance requests fell. Read the case study.
Scheduling Occupied Communities
Building by building, published sequence, resident notice templates provided to your office. Crews uniformed, badged and background-checked. Floor protection down, registers removed and cleaned, everything refitted. First-pass access typically exceeds 90% where proper notice is given.
What Your Regional Manager Receives
- Before and after photographs of every unit
- Coil condition report per unit
- Deficiency log with unit locations and photographs
- Access exception list
- Completion report referencing NADCA ACR
Bundled With Dryer Vent Cleaning
We are already in the unit. Cleaning the dryer exhaust on the same visit costs a fraction of a separate mobilisation, and it is the one system that is subject to an annual inspection requirement under NFPA 211.
Apartment dryer vent cleaning | Commercial air duct cleaning
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it cost per unit?
$95–225 per unit for supply and return cleaning, depending on register count, duct material and whether coils are included. Portfolio rates apply across multiple communities.
How long does each unit take?
Around 90 minutes to three hours for a typical apartment, depending on register count and system access. That is an order of magnitude more than a dryer vent, and it is why the two are quoted separately.
Do residents need to be home?
No, but access is required. We work building by building on a published sequence with notice templates provided. Crews are uniformed, badged and background-checked. No-entry units get a documented second attempt and then an exception list.
Is it disruptive?
Less than residents expect. Negative-air machines are noisy but the equipment lives in the corridor, and the unit is left clean. We put down floor protection, remove and clean registers, and refit them.
When is it genuinely worth doing?
After renovation. After a flood or fire. When registers are visibly discharging particulate. When there is confirmed mould growth in the plenum. And when the system has never been cleaned in twenty years of operation. Not on a fixed annual cycle, and not because a vendor phoned.