| Your heat had been running constantly, | | | | the inside of the duct work in its |
| all the way through a rough, long | | | | entirety. |
| winter. Now your central air | | | | The National Air Duct Cleaners |
| conditioning has been running non-stop | | | | Association and the Environmental |
| through the dog days of summer. You | | | | Protection Agency warn that consumers |
| can't remember when the last time you | | | | should be cautious towards cleaning |
| had your air ducts cleaned was, but you | | | | services who guarantee the positive |
| know it's been quite a while. You know | | | | health benefits of a duct cleaning, |
| that it needs to be done, but you don't | | | | because as of yet there is no real proof |
| know how to find the right person to do | | | | that a person will become healthier |
| it and you really haven't the foggiest | | | | simply by having their air ducts |
| idea of how much it should cost you. | | | | cleaned. The NADCA also warns against |
| The cost of a residential air duct | | | | cleaning services that offer very low |
| cleaning can depend on several things, | | | | initial costs and promises that your |
| but some of the major factors include: | | | | entire job will be completed in less |
| the size of the home to be serviced, the | | | | than an hour. |
| number of units that need to be cleaned, | | | | To get a complete and effective |
| how regularly the units are used and how | | | | cleaning, all of the parts of your air |
| much dirt is built up in the ducts. | | | | duct system must be tended to with the |
| One thing is for sure though, you don't | | | | appropriate equipment - this probably |
| want a fly-by-night contractor | | | | won't be the most expensive maintenance |
| performing your work, and you want it | | | | procedure that you'll ever have |
| done by qualified professionals. | | | | performed on your home, but if an |
| A good, complete cleaning, done by a | | | | estimate is drastically lower than the |
| reputable company should probably cost | | | | low end number mentioned above, there |
| you somewhere between four hundred | | | | could very well be some kind of catch |
| dollars (about four hundred and ten | | | | that could end up costing you a lot more |
| Canadian) on the low end and fourteen | | | | money in the long run. |
| hundred dollars (about fourteen hundred | | | | Saving money is always appealing, |
| and thirty-five Canadian) on the high | | | | getting a great deal on a product or a |
| end, mostly depending on the factors | | | | service is a great feeling, but in the |
| mentioned above. | | | | case of someone performing an air duct |
| Here are some things that need to be | | | | cleaning on your home, the risk of |
| considered when getting an estimate: | | | | getting shoddy work for a low price |
| If a company's price quote seems too | | | | simply isn't worth it. The heating and |
| low, then there is probably a good | | | | air conditioning system of your home is |
| reason that it seems too low. Maybe the | | | | very important, when you have work that |
| company isn't licensed, maybe they | | | | needs to be done on your system it |
| aren't insured, or maybe they aren't | | | | should only be performed by qualified, |
| using all of the proper and necessary | | | | licensed and insured professionals to |
| air duct cleaning equipment to do the | | | | ensure that the work is done properly |
| job the right way. | | | | the first time. Your duct work is in |
| Make sure that when you are getting | | | | use almost all year long, even if the |
| estimates that your air duct cleaning | | | | lowest estimate that you receive is near |
| will be done by licensed, bonded and | | | | the high end of the spectrum, it will be |
| insured professionals who are going to | | | | well worth it if you are sure that the |
| be doing all of the work that is | | | | work is being done by people who know |
| customary with a complete air duct | | | | what they are doing and that your system |
| cleaning. Make sure that the estimate | | | | will run problem free until it's time |
| includes the cleaning of all registers, | | | | for another cleaning. |
| cleaning of the coils and the fan and | | | | |