Cleaning out the House Vents?

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We had a thread discussing this a couple years ago. Here’s some information from that thread that might be relevant:

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For those of you talking about full-on duct cleaning services, you may be just simplifying the description of the work that’s done, but if the only thing the service you hire does is hook up the vacuum truck for a few hours, you’re getting ripped off. At one point, I worked for a restoration company that did duct cleaning, and a good service will snake all of the ducts with a special air tool which knocks the dust loose from the duct walls while the vacuum is running. (They go from room to room, removing the vent covers and running compressed air lines down the ducts.) A good service will also disassemble the blower on your furnace, take the squirrel cage outside, and pressure wash it. If they don’t use tools inside the vents, the vent walls will still be covered with filth no matter how long they run the vacuum.

Jeff, am I remembering right that you live in SE Michigan? If so, you may want to try a company called Cemcare. It’s the company I worked for when I did duct cleaning, and I have great respect for their integrity and commitment to quality. Of course, that was 8 years ago, so things could have changed, but I’d be surprised. I used them frequently after I left their employ, and they always stood by their work.