kharzhak
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:43:55 PM
Soooooooo ... after 7 years in this house and around $200k in additions outside, I finally figured I'd clean the vents. They come with the big vacuum and then take a camera to show me what's in the vents. Long story short, my $30 special turned into a $400 deep cleaning.

I think that the most embarrassing part was when they pulled out the filter on the furnace which I was supposed to change a couple months ago and it was totally plugged in cat / dog hair! Whoops --> I told them to change that, too.

#-o

tailgater
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:46:38 PM

Soooooooo ... after 7 years in this house and around $200k in additions outside, I finally figured I'd clean the vents. They come with the big vacuum and then take a camera to show me what's in the vents. Long story short, my $30 special turned into a $400 deep cleaning.

I think that the most embarrassing part was when they pulled out the filter on the furnace which I was supposed to change a couple months ago and it was totally plugged in cat / dog hair! Whoops --> I told them to change that, too.

#-o

kharzhak wrote:

Wow!

What are the odds of that!

???

kharzhak
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:47:35 PM
^ LoL. They originally wanted $660 for the service. They must have some margin built in bcs I easily talked them down to $400 for the same activities ... 🙂
05busa
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:53:07 PM
Its part of the scam.....i own my own duct cleaning company that i do nothing with. It barely costs anything to run and only takes 3-4 for average home. Dryer vents are worse on the house due to causing vent fires. Its easy to clean with air compressure.
kharzhak
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:58:50 PM
I would normally agree with you, but they just pulled an old apple and one of those plastic easter eggs out of my vents. I'm sure that they were from the previous owner, but still ....

That wouldn't have been so bad, but I'd just said "for $400 I better be able to eat off of those vents ..." and up comes the old shriveled apple.

jackconrad
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:18:11 PM
400 buck is actually very cheap if they did it right..
kharzhak
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:28:16 PM
to my untrained eye, they are doing a good job. They just showed me the vents, very clean now. They have the blower out and they are cleaning each blade with a toothbrush. Next they are spraying a solution which will make the dirt not stick so much so I can just do yearly maintenance for $30 / pop.

I will have to post a couple of pics, because my vents were so embarrassingly dirty, I had to take some pictures!!!

05busa
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:33:43 PM
Hehe
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