Air duct work in Carrollton, TX

On the ground in Carrollton

Carrollton is a 1980s and 90s city, and that decade left a specific fingerprint above the ceilings here: fiberglass duct board. Through those years a great many North Texas builders formed the supply plenum, and sometimes whole trunk sections, out of rigid board rather than sheet metal, and the inside face of that board is exposed fiberglass rather than a hard surface. It cannot be brushed the way metal can. It sheds if you work it too aggressively, it holds odor, and if it has ever been wet it is not recoverable at all. So the first thing we establish in a Carrollton house of that vintage is what the plenum is made of, because that single answer decides whether a cleaning is appropriate or whether we should be telling you to have the section replaced. The branch flex hanging off it is thirty to forty years old now and has problems of its own. Carrollton also carries a large apartment and townhome stock along Josey and Trinity Mills. Those units run an air handler tucked into a closet, which makes for a much shorter conversation.