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 The
Price
Never choose a company solely for being the lowest or best
priced. Professional duct cleaning is not cheap. If you’re a
regular yearly duct cleaner, the cost for duct cleaning will
be low, roughly around $279.99 - $329.99. If you need to get
your complete ventilation cleaned, the price will be much
higher. When requiring a complete cleaning, the price can
reach upwards to $350.00 - $600.00. Now if you find a
company offering all this for something low like $149.00 for
the entire system including air ducts, furnace, blower,
motor, air conditioner, air exchanger cleaning... you just
found yourself a Blow and Go company. (Blow and Go Company
will be explained a little later)
Duct
Cleaner/Carpet Cleaner/?????? Cleaner
Jack of all trades, oh boy!! When it comes to duct cleaning
you need to stick with professionals that solely clean air
duct systems. Some companies offer multi services example,
cleaning carpets, furniture, walls , etc. In most cases the
these companies hire contractos.
Cleaning
Time
This depends on many factors but to give you a rough idea,
duct cleaning on a small bungalow should take a two-man team
a minimum
of 2
- 3 hours. The average cottage or split level home usually
takes a two-man team 2-5 hours. Any contractor or company
that cleans your home in or around one hour is not doing a
proper job.
The
Truck Mount Difference
When Duct Masters started back in 2003 we began with the
portable units, which every customer was satisfied with,
except us. We weren’t getting the results we wanted,
therefore decided to look at other alternative equipment.
The portable machines work fine, but there is
a night and day difference between portable and truck mount.
The two most popular portable units are the following (1) Rotor
brush (this machine has less than 700 CFM’s) (2) Portable
Negative Machine (less than 3000 CFM's, and
once you add the Hepa filter, the
suction will decrease to less than 2000 CFM’s). The Truck
Mount system is between 6,000 - 20,000 CFM's. So if you need
to get your ducts professional cleaned, go with truck mount.
They
Claim To Have Truck Mount , But Do They Really
There are some companies that claim to have a real truck
mount system but don't! Truck mount systems only fit in
trucks anything smaller than a 12 Foot cube truck is not
offering you the same equipment. If a company arrives with a
car , caravan or commercial van they are NOT offering a real
truck mount system.
Blow
and Go Companies
These are the companies that have put a black mark on
legitimate professional duct cleaners like Sears, Duct
Masters and a few others. Blow and Go stands for just that
... The technician (90% of the time he's not certified) will
enter your home and leave within or close to one hour.
Companies that are Blow and Go are mostly all from
contractors from a larger companies. If you should happen to
choose another company besides Duct Masters, ask them if
it's sub-contracted. Most of the time they won't tell you
the truth so you'll need to use your own judgment when they
arrive. Look at the uniform (if they even have one), company
truck (some even use cars or minivan, which should be a red
flag) Look to see if anything they have besides invoices are
from the company you called. Your best bet?? Stick with a
large company that offers NO CONTRACTORS and stay away from
low price duct cleaners trying to lure you in.
Free
Sanitizer
Remember the old saying "Nothing is for free"?
That also applies to sanitizers. To begin, you don't always
require a disinfection for your air ducts ... you should
only use it when necessary (bacteria, fungus, new home,
renovations or winter germs). The Duct Master representative
will ask you several questions in determining if a
disinfection would be required or suggested. Anyone offering
to spray your ducts free with this expensive product is NOT
inserting the real product. There have been reports of
companies using just water. When it's related to your health
you need to know exactly what's being inserted into your
ventilation system.
Removing
Vent Covers
You need to have them removed to clean, we hear too often
previous customers not removing all or any vent and return
covers, there are times when covers can't be removed, but to
clean properly you should always have them removed. There
are just a few reasons not to remove (carpet over screws ,
possible damage ,etc)
Entire
House For One Price
There are limits to everything this also applies with Duct
Masters. We offer fixed prices on bungalow, cottage and
split level homes. However if your home should have
additional furnaces or have new extensions to the home there
will be an extra charge. If you should find a company
offering to clean a tri-zone system (very large cottage) for
the same price as single zone (Bungalow) then your probably
going to be disappointed with the end results.
* For more information on
having the air ducts in your home cleaned, please go to the EPA
website
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