Duct
Masters Tips
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 $180 -
$350. 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!!
Never choose a company that
offers to clean your ducts and
carpets, or clean your ducts and
walls, etc etc. This
is the most important reason on
choosing the right company most
companies offer multi services
for a larger market. CAREFUL!!!
Cleaning
Time
This depends on many things 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 works 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.
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For more information on having
the air ducts in your home
cleaned, please go to the
EPA website
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