Phoenix Air Duct Cleaning

Air duct cleaning is an important part of a good home maintenance program. Especially if residents of the home have allergies or asthma. The benefits of air duct cleaning include improved indoor air quality and a better efficiency from your air conditioner and heater.

However, hiring the wrong contractor can not only prevent you from enjoying the benefits of air duct cleaning but they can easily do more harm than good.

An unknowledgeable contractor can:

• Damage your system
• Make your air quality worse

Read our FREE Phoenix air duct cleaning Consumer Guide before you hire an air duct cleaner to learn how to avoid these mistakes.

1. Questions to ask an air duct cleaner
2. How to choose a contractor
3. How to tell which contractors to avoid
4. Air duct cleaning Frequently Asked Questions
5. Post cleaning consumer checklist

The post cleaning consumer checklist alone can save you hundreds of dollars!!

You can download a FREE copy of the Consumer Guide at AirDuctCleaning-Phoenix.com

Using the four easy steps to spot contractors to avoid will help you weed out the shady contractors so you can do more due diligence on the best air duct contractors in Phoenix.

A little education can go a long way when hiring an air duct cleaner. Learning about air duct cleaning best practices can greatly improve your chances of hiring the right contractor. Below are some resources to learn more about Phoenix air duct cleaning.

• Free air duct cleaning Consumer Guide mentioned above
  

• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not regulate air duct cleaners but they have some great information on studies they have done about air duct cleaning on their website. The EPA does regulate chemicals used by some air duct cleaning contractors.

• The National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADC) is an industry association dedicated to educating the public about proper air duct cleaning techniques. Contractors must meet certain standards in order to be a member.
  

It is very important to clean your entire air conditioning or heating system. Many air duct cleaners only clean the vents and registers and possibly the ducts. The entire duct system should be cleaned, not just the easy to reach areas. The mechanical parts of your system (the fans, housing, coils, etc.) should be cleaned too. Any area of a system can become dirty or contaminated. All areas should be cleaned simultaneously because a part that isn’t cleaned can re-contaminate the clean components.

The air duct cleaning industry has gotten a bit a bad rap and probably deservedly so. However, the source of the bad rap can be traced to a small percentage of air duct cleaners who use deceptive advertising and even worse duct cleaning techniques.

These air duct cleaners have garnered the name "Blow and Go" because they show up at a home and stick a vacuum hose into some air vent and leave. This is does basically nothing to clean air ducts to the point of the home owner actually getting a benefit from it. The flip side is that blow and go air duct cleaners often charge very little (which why people call them) so the home owner got about what they paid for.

You have probably seen some of the many advertisements on TV, newspaper inserts, coupons or fliers in the mail or on the radio. Many of these ads promote “specials "and quote a flat price for a house or a flat rate per room. These are the air duct cleaners to be leery of.

It is virtually impossible to quote a price for air duct cleaning without first inspecting the home. Air duct cleaning cost depends on a lot of factors including the size of the home, the home's layout, how accessible the ductwork is, the complexity of the HVAC system (# of units, does it have a return duct system) and most importantly the condition of the ducts themselves.

Generally, the air duct cleaners that promote a "one price fits all" special will either try to up sell the customer or will not clean the entire system. The best advice is to get several quotes and check references. If a particular quote is much lower than other quotes be sure to ask that air duct cleaner what exactly he will do for that price and how he will do it.

As mentioned above, the cost or air duct cleaning varies depending on a number of factors but generally costs from $450 to $1,000. This does not include removing and treating any mold that is found air ducts of the HVAC system.