If you have a forced-air HVAC system, like most Chicagoans do, you have an intricate maze of ductwork which connects each of your rooms to your furnace. This maze is usually hidden behind your walls, under your floors and above your ceilings, and is usually as old as your home. There are two types of ducts: returns and supplies. Supply ducts do exactly what their name implies – they supply heating and cooling to each room through registers that are connected to the end of them. Return ducts are less familiar to the average consumer. As supply ducts blow air into your home, return ducts inhale airborne dust, allergens, bacteria, etc. and pull it into your furnace. Most filters used today are not capable of trapping all of this dust and debris, so they are continually recycled through your home.
Given the fact that any new furnace that you have installed will likely have a blower that is more powerful than the one in the furnace you are replacing, you will likely be stirring up even more dust. This is why ONE OF THE BEST TIMES TO HAVE YOUR DUCT-WORK PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED IS WHEN YOU’RE HAVING A NEW HVAC SYSTEM INSTALLED.
When deciding who to use to professionally clean your ducts, be sure to use a REPUTABLE HVAC CONTRACTOR such as Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning. Professional duct cleaners provide a valuable service that will give you cleaner indoor air, lower energy costs, and longer equipment life, as your HVAC system will perform more efficiently.
You should never use a “duct cleaning service” touting prices that sound too good to be true. Like anything in life, things that sound too good to be true usually are. It is fairly intuitive that no company could send out two men and a truck equipped with modern and sophisticated duct cleaning equipment for $59.00 or $69.00 (Four Seasons only uses equipment that boasts 3 stage HEPA filtration, eliminating 99.97% of all particulants from the system). It just doesn’t make sense. A thorough duct cleaning should take several hours, and according to the EPA should come at a cost of between $450 and $1,000.
What these “duct cleaning services” are doing is obvious. They advertise an extremely low price to get their foot inside your home and then count on their high pressure sales tactics to sell add-ons, accessories, and other unnecessary services to unsuspecting homeowners. This is one thing you will never have to deal with or even worry about when you choose Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning.
Professional duct cleaning by Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning is the lowest price you will find at the level of service that customers of Four Seasons have become accustomed to. You will receive the same courteous, prompt, and honest service that Four Seasons offers all of its customers, whether it be for duct cleaning, attic insulation, heating or air conditioning.
When choosing a professional duct cleaning service, even if you decide not to use Four Seasons, please make sure that they are NADCA ® certified. This is the one tool that you can use to separate the honest, ethical companies which provide a valuable service from the rest. Additionally, you can count on a quality job the first time around. No one becomes NADCA ® certified unless they have undergone rigorous training and passed a comprehensive examination. All of Four Seasons duct cleaning technicians are NADCA ® certified.
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