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He scammed every customer on mold and would at times get as much as $2500 extra for treating “toxic mold” in a typical 3 bedroom house in the suburbs. The last two days I was employed there I worked as a “helper” alongside a technician thats been with the company 7 years. It’s not going to cost a nickel more to do that than to pay $500-1000 for a ‘duct cleaning machine” AKA big blower and vacuum – to do the job.ĭuct cleaning is a complete scam, I was a “duct cleaning technician” for a whole week before I was fired for not upselling elderly widowed women $2000 extra for “toxic mold remediation” when their ducts were spotless to begin with.

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If your ductwork is accessible in the basement – the best thing to do is take it down and manually clean it if it’s full of junk.

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If it becomes contaminated, get rid of it and install real ductwork. Even high-pressure air can erode ductboard so I wouldn’t clean it with anything. The 5-6 exceptions you cite in this article I’ll buy, but only with the caveat that at least some of those could have been avoided by proper protection (during remodeling for example) – and if asbestos/lead/whatever winds up in your ducts- the remodeling contractor should be the one paying to remove it.Īnd if you have flex duct and/or fiberglass ductboard in your home- the last thing you want is a big brush or anything abrasive running through it. If there is stuff in the ducts, the fact that it’s laying there and not being blown into the rooms is proof positive that it is hurting no-one. Duct cleaning is one of the lowest-risk highest-profit services an HVAC company can offer,and it is almost always a completely unnecessary waste of a homeowner’s money. I have worked with dozens of HVAC companies over the years as an operations and sales consultant. The entire HVAC heating/cooling system should be inspected and cleaned as well.

Illness: If someone in your family is suffering from an unexplained allergy-related illness, and you’ve taken every other possible step to decontaminate your home, you may want to consider having your ducts cleaned to see if the HVAC system was the culprit.

Contaminants: If noticeable debris, pet hair, odors, or other contaminants are being released into the room through the ducts after the registers have been cleaned and vacuumed then the ducts may need to be cleaned.

Mold: If there is visible mold growth inside the ductwork, the ducts and HVAC system should be cleaned.

Animals: If there’s evidence of animal infestation or nesting in your ducts or HVAC system, have the animals removed then clean the ductwork and HVAC unit.

Ducts should be sealed off during home renovations but if they weren’t, dangerous dust and debris may become lodged inside the ductwork.

Renovation: If your home has been remodeled – especially if there was asbestos abatement, lead paint removal, or significant dust – your ductwork may need to be cleaned.

You probably don’t need to have your ducts and HVAC system cleaned unless: If done properly, duct cleaning doesn’t hurt but it’s not something that needs to be on your regular home maintenance list.

The EPA takes a similar stance on the issue, recommending cleaning only if the ducts and HVAC unit are contaminated. But unless ducts are really dirty, there’s no reason to clean them. Should I Have Ducts Cleaned?ĭue to growing concerns about indoor air quality, it’s easy to convince homeowners that their ducts need cleaning. Ducts in your home may be dirty and need cleaning after remodeling.