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To find a competent forced air duct cleaner, look up "duct cleaning" in your yellow pages.
Ask these simple questions before inviting a professional out to your home:
1. What method do you use to clean ducts? (You will want one that uses both suction and agitation of sides of ducts to get most thorough cleaning)
2. How often do you recommend my ducts to be cleaned? (The right answer is "it depends". Cleaning can last 2, 5, or even 10 years depending on where you leave, pets, filters used, how often filters changed, etc.)
3. Do you guarantee your work? (You don't want someone to come out who can't guarantee your satisfaction or your money back. Please realize that it is IMPOSSIBLE to clean everything out of your ducts. The goal is to remove as much as is possible to significantly improve your indoor air quality and insure your health)
3. Will you come out to my home for free, do a video camera inspection, and give me an exact quote in writing? (If a company is not willing to come out for free and inspect and give you a quote in writing that they will stick to NO MATTER WHAT, then don't risk having them out to your home!)
Laura Bankston owns a professional cleaning business and is a certified professional cleaner. Bankston's goal is to education consumer's to protect their health and prevent them from being scammed by unethical cleaners. Bankston currently has two consumer websites: http://www.indoorcare.com and http://cleanmyowncarept.com