Service illustration · not a completed customer projectTHE WORK, EXPLAINED
Start with the condition.
Understand the scope.
Compare the written component list with the reported concern across the system. Ask how ducts, outlets and relevant HVAC components are included or excluded, and how work assigned to another provider will be coordinated. EPA warns that an untreated contaminated component can re-contaminate the system.
What may be involved
- supply ducts
- return ducts
- coils
- air handler
Ask the provider to distinguish existing parts to inspect, proposed replacements, and tools, materials or reports included in the service. Confirm the work and exclusions after assessment; this list does not mean that every item will be supplied or replaced.
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Local context
Miami-Dade County's mechanical permits page tells applicants to check its permit exemption information to verify whether a mechanical building permit is required, and says a completed building permit application and a mechanical fee sheet must be submitted as part of an application, with plans submitted for plan review where a category indicates it needs processing. The page itself does not list which mechanical work is covered. Ask the department covering your address whether the proposed duct work counts as exempt repair or as permitted work before it starts.
Source ↗Planning your work
Miami-Dade County's permit exemption list states that repair of air conditioning duct is exempt from permit requirements regardless of the value of materials and labour when performed by a licensed mechanical contractor, and separately that changing out air conditioning equipment of the same electrical, cooling or heating capacity does not need an electrical permit but that a mechanical permit is required for the change out. That list carries an update date and says it applies to unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Cleaning is not the same thing as duct repair or equipment replacement, so ask a provider which category the proposed work falls into. Confirm the address and the proposed scope with your own city, because Miami-Dade County states that each municipality has its own building official who issues permits within that city limits.
Source ↗Area-wide context does not establish the condition of your property or equipment.
Before the visit
Building age and weather cannot establish duct contamination. The system itself needs to be inspected.
