I know its healthier…
I highly recommend Mountain Duct Cleaning. Everything was so easy from initial communication to completion. Rick and Ty were my cleaning team. Rick has 18 years in the business and he likes working with the Mountain family so much he brought his son into the business! And these two were great; polite, respectful, super knowledgeable, thorough, and clean. I’ve had other duct cleaners in the past, but from now on I will only use the Mountain company. They are amazing! My house actually feels lighter and fresher! I know it’s healthier for my family, including our companion parrot.
-Marilyn from Chaska
“Look no further!”
“I highly recommend this Air Duct Cleaning company to anyone. The owner, Matt Mountain, was extremely responsive, informative and got the job done as promised. Even though he wasn’t selling $99/whole house cleaning (which is a crock if you do see such an offer) I felt confident in his pricing. I actually inquired with 3 other companies and none of them replied to the online forms I submitted. Matt did respond and I’m glad he did. He’s probably never met a client SO excited to get their air ducts cleaned. I did a lot of research online, looked at reviews, videos, the National Air Duct Cleaners Association website and was confident that Mountain Duct Cleaning would do the job right and they did!”
— Mary, Brooklyn Park
“One of the best contractors I’ve ever worked with.”
Josh from Hopkins:
“Your technician left a little bit ago. I wanted to write to let you know that he was one of the best contractors/service guys I’ve ever worked with. I told him that, but I thought I would relay it directly to you as well. He was above and beyond anything I expected. I’ll make sure to recommend Mountain Duct Cleaning to anyone we know that could use your services. Thanks Again.”
Even new homes can have dirty ducts.
So you’ve just built or bought your brand new home and you figure: everything is new, so everything must be clean… right?
Ideally, yes it is. However, that might not be the case. A lot of the time there can be a significant amount of construction debris that makes its way into the duct system after it is installed. Typically the ductwork goes into a home when the walls and floors are all bare wood. The majority of the finished surfaces (sheetrock, wood flooring, tile, etc.) are installed after the HVAC system. Contractors will often cut these materials inside the home as its being built; this is even more common in our Minnesota climate. Even if they are making their major cuts outside, they will often need to make some minor cuts and do some trimming once the material is in place. The floor and wall vents are usually open during this time allowing for debris to fall into the system. With the extremes of our climate, workers may even turn on the HVAC system while they are installing the finishing materials to keep the home warm or cool enough. This will allow the air return side of the system to suck in sheetrock and sawdust. I’ve even been very suspicious a few times that the construction workers were just using the vents as a dustpan to clean up their mess! It all can lead to your system being dirty before you even move in.
So how do you know? It can be as easy as taking off a couple of your vents and looking inside. Try a couple of each kind, supply and return, in a few different spots in your home. Since the debris is new it should still be pretty close to the vent opening. Where the return ducts are typically the dirtier ones in an older home, in a new home it may be the supply vents that are the dirtiest. This is because many supply vents are in the floor where its east for construction materials to fall in. You can use a small mirror and flashlight to look around corners and see down the duct. Of course, a full inspection by a certified technician will give you a good idea as well.
Are you a home builder or remodeling contractor? We would love to work with you! Let us help provide your customers with a clean home when they move into their new space.