Duct Cleaning

Duct cleaning is the cleaning of various heating and cooling system components of forced air systems, including the supply and return air ducts, registers, grilles, diffusers, heat exchangers, heating and cooling coils, condensate drain pans (drip pans), fan motor and fan housing, and the air handling unit housing.

What Can Duct Cleaning Do For You?

Thorough, professional duct cleaning will remove dust and debris - pet hair, paper clips, children's toys, and whatever else might collect down there. The inside surface will be shiny and bright after cleaning.

The Process

The system is inspected before cleaning to be sure that there are no asbestos-containing materials (e.g., insulation, register boots, etc.) in the heating and cooling system. Asbestos-containing materals require specialized procedures and should not be disturbed or removed except by specially trained and equipped contractors.

Vacuum equipment is used that exhausts particles outside of the home, or high-efficiency partricle air (HEPA)vacuuming equipment if the vacuum exhausts inside the home.

The carpet and household furnishings are protected during the duct cleaning process.

Well-controlled brushing of duct surfaces is used in conjuction with contact vacuum cleaning to dislodge dust and other particles.

Only soft-bristled brushes are used for fiberglass duct board and sheet metal ducts internally lined with fiberglass. Although flex duct can also be cleaned using soft-bristled brushes, it can be more economical to simply replace accessible flex duct.

Care is taken to protect the duct work, including sealing and re-insulating any access holes the service provider may have made or used, so they are all airtight.