Compton, CA duct work and air quality — done by the owner

If you're searching for duct work and air quality in Compton, you've probably already had a frustrating call with someone else. Here's how I do it: Indoor air quality became a real conversation in 2020 and a serious one again every wildfire season. If you can smell smoke through closed windows, your filtration is doing nothing.

What's unique about HVAC in Compton:

• Common duct work and air quality jobs in Compton: wall heater repairs and replacements, capacitor swaps on 80s-90s condensers, drain-line clogs, leaking refrigerant in older split systems.
• considerably warmer than coastal South Bay, less breeze, and the inland heat-island effect during summer afternoons is real.
• Housing stock here is lots of 1940s–1960s single-family homes on grid lots, original wall heaters in many, gas furnaces from the 70s and 80s still in service.

The problems I usually find on Compton duct work and air quality calls

• Undersized supply. 1960s ducts were sized for 2-ton systems; you've got a 4-ton condenser pushing through them. Hello, low static pressure.
• No filtration upgrade path. MERV-13 filters need a properly sized return and a media housing. Slapping one in a thin slot starves the blower.
• Disconnected returns. I find at least one fully disconnected return register every month — the system has been pulling attic air for years.

The flow on a typical Compton duct work and air quality call:

1. You text or call. I read it on my phone, between jobs.
2. I confirm a 2-hour arrival window in Compton.
3. On-site, I diagnose the system and write a flat-rate quote — no work starts until you sign off.
4. I improve it, clean up like I wasn't there, and the warranty is in writing.

Pricing: $129 duct pressure test (waived if you proceed with sealing). 5-year warranty on Aeroseal sealing. Sealing: half-day to full-day. IAQ install: 2–4 hours.

Got a duct work and air quality problem in Compton? Text the form, or call me direct.