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