Air Duct Cleaning Cost
Suddenly, one by one your healthy family members starts falling sick; they start suffering from eye irritation, severe headaches, cough, sneezing, respiratory problems, scratchy throat and so on... What could be the reason behind this sudden health deterioration? One main cause might be a dirty air duct. The main function of the air duct is to circulate clean air within the house, purify it by absorbing the various allergens, the dust particles and all those impurities that makes the air impure. While carrying out your house cleaning job, if you do not clean the air duct properly, then this becomes the home of various bacteria, fungus, spores and so on and when you switch on the AC, these impurities are blown back into the room along with the various other impurities such as dust, pollen etc. and this is the reason why your family is suffering from these various respiratory problems. Hence, it's important that you clean the air duct frequently. How much does air duct cleaning cost? Given below are some information on how much you have to spend behind cleaning the air duct.
Cost to Clean Air Duct
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the air duct needs to be cleaned only when needed i.e. when you notice the growth of mold inside the duct or when the ducts gets clogged or when the pests and rodents start making the duct their home. The whole process of cleaning should include cleaning inside the duct, the furnace fan, the coils of the air conditioner or the heat pump and also the interior section of the ventilating system. Customers, do keep in mind that according to the EPA, cleaning the fan and the coil, is a must and the cleaners are not supposed to charge you any extra cost for it. Now let us see how much does the cost depends on the various factors.
Factors
Many people are easily fooled and go for those cleaners who charges less. They think that it's a job well done, but sorry to say it's not. These cleaners use materials which are low in quality and as a result what happens is that your air duct needs to be cleaned again, and finally you end up paying the same amount that you would have paid to the expensive but better cleaners, who would have cleaned your air duct properly. Thus, do not go for cleaners who charges you less.
The cleaning cost usually depends upon several factors; the size of the system that has to be cleaned, the type of materials that has been used to clean the duct, the number of people involved, the type of services that were offered, the climate of the place and also the number of times the ventilation system was used. The cost also depends on asbestos removal. Some air ducts consists of asbestos in their insulation. While cleaning these ducts, these asbestos have to be removed and this again affects the cost.
Average Cost
The average cost usually varies from USD 450 to around USD 1500 (the price that is given here is the approximate price). All this includes the list of things to be cleaned (that has been mentioned above), except for cleaning the fan and the coil. Otherwise the price might vary from one place to another depending on the above factors.
You now know what all are cleaned in the air duct and how often or when it should be cleaned. You also know what all you have to pay for and what does the cost of everything depends on. Make sure that you do not let your air duct get too dirty as it might affect the health of your family.
