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THE TRUTH ON $99 DUCT CLEANING

Duct Cleaning scams are everywhere.

You should be very careful about when choosing an air duct cleaning company.  When you’re making a purchase and you’re not sure what you’re getting it’s always a risk.

That’s why when you’re looking for a deal on Kijiji under duct cleaning and you see so many companies doing it for $99 or you get a flyer in the mail for $99 or that phone call from Pakistan giving you a special deal for $99. 

What is it you’re getting for $99 duct cleaning?

Somebody showing up at your house who hasn’t been educated by ontario legislation, isn’t bonded and possibly even has a criminal record coming into your home or business.   These $99 duct cleaners come and go under different names.    They even are trained by NADCA or have an air duct cleaning certificate.   NADCA is a not-for-profit association started by an air duct cleaning company many years ago.   All setup to claim they were trained … and again it’s not sanctioned by Ontario regulations.  

These $99 duct cleaning companies in Hamilton are not legally allowed to touch heating or cooling system, including your furnace or your air conditioner. 

The reason we can speak about this frankly, Vacu-Man went to court this past year suing as a few of these $99 duct cleaning companies were using the Vacu-Man name trying to solicit duct cleaning business. These companies were trained by NADCA but falsely using Vacu-Man name.

Selling air duct cleaning services through Kijiji and Facebook.    It was settled out of court but a testament that legitimate furnace cleaning companies can be misrepresented as a company, like Vacu-Man,  throughout Ontario for duct cleaning.

Where are these duct cleaning scams happening?

Scams are happening are in every city, Hamilton, Oakville, Burlington even in St. Catharines. These Scam air duct cleaning companies will upsell with  deodorizers, fogging services that is exactly smoke and mirrors. Soon that $99 duct cleaning company is more than $400 cost and your air ducts are not even cleaned!

These scam duct cleaning companies probably only clean the air duct vents. Drill a few holes and possibly cause more damage than good. It would be cheaper for you to get a Hoover vacuum cleaner and clean your own vents and cold air returns. Here’s how to protect yourself from these duct cleaning scams.

Vacu-Man History

Vacu-Man is a testament of customer service with being the best Ontario duct cleaning company in the local area. My father, Stephen Oldfield, started this company 45 years ago and I worked in it pretty much all my life, and we are here today as we continue to be highly recommended. I started air duct cleaning at the age of 12 helping my father on the truck.

Over the years we’ve established a great reputation as a family run business. Vacu-Man has licensed gas technicians, with experience that are capable of cleaning your heating and cooling air duct systems from the vent down to the furnace and air conditioning coil.  We even clean the dryer vents. The Vacu-Man team and crew are committed to doing the job right every time.   Vacu-Man have  licensed by Ontario regulated gas technicians through the TSSA. Our staff are well-paid, experienced and that would explain why our prices are a little more.   

How much is duct cleaning?   Use our instant quote or call us 905.333.5454