A few weeks ago, we contacted Paul at “The Duct Cleaning Specialists.” We had just recently moved to Toronto from BC and in the weeks prior to the move had watched “CBC Marketplace” and its expose on Toronto duct cleaners. The task of finding a good, dependable and honest duct cleaner seemed as if it might be a difficult task. Paul and the Duct Cleaning Specialists” was recommended to us by Spring Heating, a company we had done business with and who we trusted.
I spoke to Paul about my concerns and joked with him about the Marketplace report. He assured me that his crew would do a great job and a great job they did do.
Mark and Ryan were the technicians. They were polite and super friendly. They told me what they were planning to do and when asked explained how their equipment worked. I was a little skeptical that their equipment would be able to clean the ducts. They had not been cleaned in years and had a heavy accumulation of dirt and dust. Mark and Ryan set up their equipment, turned on a massive vacuum in the back of their van and went to work.
One piece of equipment that was really neat was a multi-tip “whip” that was air-driven. It spun at relatively high speeds and whipped those ducts clean. Our cold air returns are located between rough swan floor joists that were just covered and jammed-packed with dirt. With the whip the crew whipped the returns clean. I had a good look before and after the cleaning and the wood look like it had just been nailed in place by the time the cleaning was done.
The crew was in the house for about two hours and when they were done, Mark and Ryan cleaned up so well you could hardly tell they’d been in the house.
Since the cleaning, airborne dust has been reduced and air quality has improved. The “Duct Cleaning Specialists” are the real deal. They do great work and I’ll bet they will never be on a Marketplace Special Report.
Mark and Ryan, thanks for a great job. Paul, you have a good crew.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $282.44