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