Why not just vacuum the vents?

A great question. While a standard vacuum hose can remove visible debris from the top of the registers and surface portion of the vents, proper duct cleaning starts with access panels at the furnace level.

Take a look at the furnace; if there are no substantial access holes near the furnace duct work, then proper duct cleaning has never been done.

Professional duct cleaning equipment has extensive psi (suction) by a motor located in the commercial vehicle outside (or large portable unit), with a special device with tendrils to loosen the debris off the side of the vents.

Static electricity (cohesive forces) causes debris to be stuck to every nook in cranny and every surface inside of the duct work all the way down the shaft far beyond the reach and strength of a standard household vacuum. It continues to build up collecting more and more dust over as days, months and years pass by.

Cold air returns too, accumulate a lot of settlement, that doesn’t make it back to the furnace filter and remain on the floor of the cold air return shaft. This is often fine silt that is a common contributor to mystery coughs and allergies.

Mold, dust mites, bacteria and pathogens can stick to vent surfaces; the more moist the air in the home, the more habitable for these pathogens, professional equipment is required, as well as vent treatment after professional cleaning to ward them off for the near future.

House Fire Concerns – Debris can also settle on the heat exchanger and be a potential fire hazard, again, a standard vacuum would not have the power to handle this. Also if the clothes dryer is taking too long to dry, have the technician check the piping all the way to the exit whether at ground or roof level. It has been found a basket ball size of moist lint was compacted into the very top of a widowers roof vent! Once removed there was no more humidity in the laundry area and caregivers said the towels and sheets dried in half the time.

Previous Tenants – No one knows how many Christmas tree needles, confetti or kid toys, pet hair, dander, cigarette butts, or the like ended up at the bottom of the “vent sea” from your own family or the previous families!

Renovations: Do your kids sneeze when the furnace comes on? Did you or previous occupants do renovations? Drywall dust too is a concern for fire.

Professional Equipment – Proper professional duct cleaners will have a big truck or sizeable portable unit (for units where parking is unavailable with the large truck). They will need access to the furnace as well as each vent, as a proper cleaning will be done at both the furnace and the vents. All vents will be sealed off except for the one being worked on, and the crew will work from vent to vent, ensuring maximum pressure is used to remove any debris.

Ask to See the Debris – Proof is in the pudding: Up to 40lbs of dust is created in an average home on an annual basis. Good duct cleaning techs are more than happy to show clients how much debris was collected in their bins, to show how much the family and fur family was breathing in.

It may also make cleaning easier, without films of dust on everything. Some clients have experienced reduced heating bills too, without the furnace or air conditioner (or laundry) having to work so hard.

Commercial Duct Cleaning – What about your place of work? Not just for the home, many people spend 8 or more hours at their place of work.. It’s one thing to breath in “air” from your own family, but since the average human sheds 30,000 skin cells per hour, not to mention whatever other contaminants are in the carpet and wherever else floating around it’s often a good idea to ask when the last time duct cleaning happened in the place of employment, your kid’s school, your parents retirement facility etc.

Do you have multiple workplace facilities, franchises, homes or offices?

Canaduct’s broad range of coverage provides a huge duct cleaning service area in Southern Ontario including the Greater Toronto Area. No need to deal with multiple companies, technicians and locations. One call will solve it all.

We are a Canadian Company! For an instant free estimate, call us at 416-410-3777 fill out the form below or see our locations on our contact us page:

Types of Buildings:

• Warehouses
• Offices: high rise, low rise and ground floor
• Retail stores & Grocery stores
• Medical buildings & Hospitals
• Schools; Elementary, Secondary, Public, Private; Day-cares
• Seniors homes, long term care facilities, retirement homes
• Real estate buildings & holdings, high rises, rental properties
• Townhouses, walk-ups, low rise, homes, condos, lofts

Call us if your building isn’t listed above, we can make arrangements.

Canaduct offers fast efficient appointments for our commercial clients for these services:

• Commercial duct cleaning
• Air vent cleaning,
• Ventilation cleaning
• Dryer duct cleaning
• HVAC maintenance
• Boiler Systems
• Commercial Humidifiers
• Commercial carpet cleaning
• Indoor Air Quality Specialists
• Odour removal Specialists (powerful yet all natural treatments)
• Fire or Flood restoration

Ensure your heating and cooling systems at your home or business are operating at peak efficiency. Our air duct quality service will help you breathe clean, healthy air at work or home; saving money on energy costs and can help improve the bottom line.

Furnace Filters VS Duct Cleaning

I have a furnace filter, so why would particles blow back up through the duct work?

Because of static electricity and cohesive forces dust also gets stuck to every nook in cranny and every surface inside of the duct work, and it continues to build up collecting more and more dust over as days, months and years pass by at work and home.

The furnace filters are only designed to trap the free floating dust hairs and particles. Also, when the furnace isn’t being used, the particles that are traveling in the duct work accumulate on the sides of the ducts which can get stuck and doesn’t flow to the filter.

Dusty Film:

As is common in houses any surface that isn’t being used accumulates dust, the same is true with the venting system. While replacing your furnace filter often is a great idea, it is only just one component of working towards healthy air.

If you dust in the morning, and there’s a film by evening, look into duct cleaning sooner rather than later. It’s likely not for lack of elbow grease… if every time the furnace or air conditioning comes on if it’s poofing up dust, there’s a very good chance it needs a cleaning.

Not just the heating vents:

Cold air returns too, accumulate a lot of settlement, that doesn’t make it back to the furnace filter and remain on the floor of the cold air return shaft. This is often fine silt that is a common contributor to mystery coughs and allergies.

House Fires:

It’s not just clothes dryer vents that can cause house fires (over 16, 000 per year) but dust particles on the heat exchanger can be a factor in causing a home to burn, and unfortunately (and sadly) sometimes the people in it.

Icky Pathogens:

Mold, dust mites, bacteria and viruses can stick to vent surfaces; the more moist the air in the home, the more habitable for these pathogens. Some houses have the wrong size air conditioner, which creates excess humidity in the house.

High energy costs:

Sometimes, the vents are so coated that it makes the furnace or air conditioning work harder, and uses more energy than it needs to.

Thus, it’s best if there are ongoing problems to ask an IAQ specialist (indoor air quality specialist). There are varied and practical solutions. Is the furnace or air conditioner to small, too big, too old. Is there sneezing when the furnace comes on, or a cough that won’t go away?

Air can be tested, furnaces can be repaired, maintained, replaced. We have seen up to 60% savings on energy bills due to replacement of inefficient systems. Sometimes a furnace tune up and repair and can do wonders!

Why is that room always too cold/hot :

Have one cold room or a cold area in the house in the winter? Have that space that is always too hot in the summer? Making sure the vents are adjusted correctly by a seasoned HVAC technician can make a world of difference.

HVAC as cohesive system:

It’s more than duct work, the HVAC in a house works as a complete system, taking into consideration furnace, air conditioning, venting, moisture content, particle analysis, and more. We don’t feed our kids off dirty dishes, thus similarly we should make sure they are breathing clean air as well.

The Workplace:

Somehow we often forget that our workplaces too need clean air. You don’t just breathe at home, you breathe at work too, for the entirety of your time there, as well as the kids at their school or daycare, and even their grandparents at their retirement or long term care home. It’s a good idea to ask the health and safety committee to provide proof of when each of these places when the last time the vents were cleaned commercially.

Do you have multiple commercial or workplace facilities, franchises, shopping centers or rental homes or offices?

Canaduct’s broad range of coverage area provides an expansive duct cleaning service area in Southern Ontario including the Greater Toronto Area.

No need to hassle with multiple companies, technicians and locations. One call will solve it all.

Canaduct offers fast efficient appointments for our commercial clients for these services:

• Commercial duct cleaning
• Air vent cleaning,
• Ventilation cleaning
• Dryer duct cleaning
• HVAC maintenance
• Boiler Systems
• Commercial Humidifiers
• Commercial carpet cleaning
• Indoor Air Quality Specialists
• Odour removal Specialists (powerful yet all natural treatments)
• Fire or Flood restoration

Types of Buildings:

• Warehouses
• Offices: high rise, low rise and ground floor
• Retail stores & Grocery stores
• Medical buildings & Hospitals
• Schools; Elementary, Secondary, Public, Private; Day-cares
• Seniors homes, long term care facilities, retirement homes
• Real estate buildings & holdings, high rises, rental properties
• Townhouses, walk-ups, low rise, homes, condos, lofts

Call us if your building isn’t listed above, we can make arrangements.

Our 8 Point Inspection is a thorough cleaning procedure, making sure that all dust mites, pollen, mold and allergens are removed. You’ll sleep better at night, and be more alert and productive at work, thanks to Canaduct Commercial Duct Cleaning’s 15+ years of experience.

We are a Canadian Company! For an instant free estimate, call us at 416-410-3777 fill out the form below or see our locations on our contact us page:

 Illegal Telemarketing Air Duct Cleaning Fraud

In July of 2014, the Government of Canada set up a joint task force with the CRTC, Canadian CASL law states that continued harassment by email or telemarketing is illegal. If you have told a company you no longer wish to be contacted again, it is considered harassment and these companies can face heavy fines. Unfortunately, there are a few duct cleaning companies in Toronto that use telemarketing organizations out of Pakistan to call all Canadians asking if they want duct cleaning. Even if you tell them you are on the CMA Do Not Call List, beg or plead with them to remove you off their list, the calls keep coming. These illegal call centers regularly change company names they claim to be calling from (of their unscrupulous clients in Canada), and will often use legitimate company names such as Canaduct to book the calls, but obviously another company’s truck shows up. By that time the homeowner either doesn’t pay attention or doesn’t care, they just want their ducts cleaned.

Watch this CBC Marketplace video for more info:

 Here’s What You Can Do To Help Eliminate This Fraud:

1. Do NOT book any appointment with these telemarketing companies as it will prove to them that it works
2. join the Canadian Marketing Association’s Do Not Call List: https://www.the-cma.org/consumers/do-not-mail
3. tell the telemarketers you do not want to be contacted again – record the time and date (try to get the company name if possible – they will likely hang up at this point)
4. if they call again, record the time & date and phone number then file a complaint with http://fightspam.gc.ca
5. Don’t fall for “bait and switch” fraud (quoted one price and charged another). If someone gives you a quote – get it in writing, and hold them to it. Make sure you know what the service includes and they perform it completely. Additional services should be optional.
6. if you do need air duct cleaning, please call a reputable company such as Canaduct at: 416-410-3777

Here are Some Articles on the Canadian Companies in Violation of CRTC Telemarketing Laws:

• https://www.ductcleaning.xyz/2018/01/09/air-duct-cleaning-service-once-again-receives-crtc-fine-for-non-compliance/
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/crtc-issues-149000-in-fines-against-duct-cleaner-firms-using-telemarketers/article23600825/
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/duct-cleaning-companies-pay-55-000-for-violating-do-not-call-list-1.3007159
• https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20170627/28220083093084

An Example of Proper Air Duct Cleaning Service:

Canaduct Air Duct Cleaning (as well as most other air duct cleaning service providers in the GTA) would never engage in such an unethical & illegal practice as this, and if you do receive these continued calls, you should file a complaint with http://fightspam.gc.ca, but please note that it IS NOT Canaduct Cleaning that has been calling you. We get our clients through Online Marketing in accordance with our Privacy Policy.  Some unethical agencies have given the industry a bad name and we apologize on behalf of the honest companies that strive to treat customers with the utmost of respect and highest level of customer service. As you may have noticed over the past few years, your complaints have been working and it seems the calls are fewer.

The Air Duct Cleaning Service You Deserve

Here is a video that shows you the level of service Canaduct offers our home & office owners, so they can be sure we come and go without leaving a trace other than the distinct difference of great fresh air.