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Understanding Air Duct Cleaning Costs


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Cleaning your air ducts is not part of regular air conditioning and heating maintenance. The cost can vary greatly depending on the size of the unit, accessibility, and overall level of dirt.

Air Duct Cleaning Cost

The Environmental Protection Agency says that “duct cleaning services typically – but not always – range in cost from $450 to $1000 per heating and cooling system, depending on the services offered, the size of the system to be cleaned, system accessibility, climactic region, and level of contamination” and type of duct material.

Before agreeing to hire a company to clean your ducts, do some homework. Talk to at least 3 companies and ask for cost and time estimates from each.  Check references, and find out if they have had complaints logged with the Better Business Bureau. Be sure you understand the specific work covered by each company’s quote, ask questions and choose the company that offers the most knowledgeable answers.

Beware of “Blow & Go” Companies

Beware of “blow-and-go” air duct cleaning companies. Blow and go companies often charge a nominal fee and do a poor job of cleaning the heating and cooling system. These companies may also persuade the consumer into unneeded services with and/or without their permission.  When making purchasing decisions, we typically look at price rather than at cost. Both are important, but paying the lowest price often ends up costing us more.  Understand that an air duct cleaning that is not properly performed will make the dust in the home worse.

Cleaning your air ducts is not part of regular air conditioning and heating maintenance. The cost can vary greatly depending on the size of the unit, accessibility, and overall level of dirt.

Air Duct Cleaning Cost

The Environmental Protection Agency says that “duct cleaning services typically – but not always – range in cost from $450 to $1000 per heating and cooling system, depending on the services offered, the size of the system to be cleaned, system accessibility, climactic region, and level of contamination” and type of duct material.

Before agreeing to hire a company to clean your ducts, do some homework. Talk to at least 3 companies and ask for cost and time estimates from each.Check references, and find out if they have had complaints logged with the Better Business Bureau. Be sure you understand the specific work covered by each company’s quote, ask questions and choose the company that offers the most knowledgeable answers.

Beware of “Blow & Go” Companies

Beware of “blow-and-go” air duct cleaning companies. Blow and go companies often charge a nominal fee and do a poor job of cleaning the heating and cooling system. These companies may also persuade the consumer into unneeded services with and/or without their permission.When making purchasing decisions, we typically look at price rather than at cost. Both are important, but paying the lowest price often ends up costing us more.Understand that an air duct cleaning that is not properly performed will make the dust in the home worse.

Ductworks, Your Air Duct Cleaning Expert on 9NEWS

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Local Duct Cleaning Company Featured On DIY Show

ARVADA – One Do-It-Yourself cable network show blew up a sand castle in a living room to show what it would do to air ducts. When they called in the experts to clean up the mess, they called in a company from Arvada.

Ductworks recently made an appearance on the “Disaster House” episode.

“Disaster House” is a Do-It-Yourself cable show that simulates storm and disaster damage to show homeowners how to prevent them in the first place, how to clean it up and what they need to know before filing an insurance claim.

During the sand castle episode, the host, contractor Josh Temple, blew up a 5,000-pound, six-foot tall sand castle in the living room of a home to demonstrate an extreme case of dirty air ducts.

“At first I thought it was a prank. I couldn’t believe what they were saying,” Eddy Frisk of Ductworks said about getting the call from the producers.

Frisk says this was no ordinary job.

“Typically we’ll pull anywhere between 30 to 50 pounds of debris out of a standard house but in this house there were literally hundreds of pounds of debris inside the ventilation system. I think this is the hardest job that any air duct cleaning company has ever had,” he said.

Frisk says it took his crews all day but they finally cleaned out the ducts.

“We just took more time. We went through the ductworks, the furnace and the air conditioning system and just took our time and did it right,” he said.

But the hard work is paying off for the Arvada company.

“It was a great experience. It was an extremely hard job but we have a lot of fun and it’s definitely been good for business. We’ve been getting a lot of calls for business,” Frisk said.

Ductworks has been in business since 1990 and employs 30 people.

The episode premiered on Jan. 1 but is repeating on the Do-It-Yourself cable network. Check your local listings for times.
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Ductworks Earns A+ BBB Rating

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Ductworks, Inc. Achieves an “A+” Rating from the Better Business Bureau® (BBB)

Air Duct Cleaning Industry Leader Receives an “A+” Rating for its Overall Quality of Services Offered.

Denver, CO.— Ductworks, Inc. a national leader in the air duct cleaning industry, has been elevated to an “A+” with the Better Business Bureau’s grading system.  Winner of a Gold Star Certificate from BBB Denver/Boulder, 2009

The BBB Grading System assigns letter grades ranging from A+ to F to local businesses.  The letter grades replace the less-detailed rating system of “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory” and represents the BBB’s degree of confidence that the business is operating in a trustworthy manner and making good faith efforts to resolve customer concerns. The BBB’s proprietary ratings formula takes into account 17 weighted factors, using objective information and actual incidences of business behavior that have been verified and evaluated by BBB professionals.

“Ductworks, Inc. has been accredited with the Better Business Bureau since 1990,” said Edward Frisk, vice president of Ductworks, Inc.  During these 20 years, Ductworks, Inc. has been an actitive participant in the BBB program and activities. The A+ rating further solidifies Ductwork’s leadership in the air duct cleaning industry. Customers are the core of our business. For over 20 years, Ductworks, Inc. has been dedicated to offering quality air duct cleaning and world-class service. The BBB continues to serve as a strong resource in helping consumers better understand our overall commitment to service.”

For more information about the BBB grading system, visit http://denver.bbb.org

About Ductworks, Your Air Duct Cleaning Expert.

Ductworks, Inc. “Your Air Duct Cleaning Expert” is a Denver-based company founded in 1990 to improve indoor air quality for homes and businesses. Their patented system of scraping and vacuuming is the most effective process for air duct cleaning. They have more technicians certified by the NADCA than any company in Colorado and provide customers with before and after photos to insure top quality performance.

About Better Business Bureau (BBB)

As a private, non-profit organization, the purpose of the Better Business Bureau is to promote an ethical marketplace. BBB help resolve buyer/seller complaints by means of conciliation, mediation and arbitration.  BBB also review advertising claims, online business practices and charitable organizations.  BBB develop and issue reports on businesses and nonprofit organizations and encourage people to check out a company or charity before making a purchase or donation.

Winner of a Gold Star Certificate from BBB Denver/Boulder, 2009