My coils are soooo dirty from an improperly placed filter, and ignorance of not knowing to change it frequently enough. My furnace guy left me in the dark. I had a HVAC company do a check up and my coils are dirty. They charge $195.
My ducts are also very dirty, and may have not been cleaned since the house was built, 30+ years, so I would like to get those cleaned also.
I called an air duct cleaning company, and they offered to also clean the coils in my furnace for only $75. They offered a cheaper quote because of the convenience of already being in my home for the duct cleaning. Are they qualified to do such a job? Should I worry about them doing it correctly? I would love to go with them and save over a hundred dollars. Anyone who is HVAC certified that can give me a good reason not to use the duct-cleaning company, please let me know. Has anyone had their furnace coils cleaned by a duct-cleaning company?
2006-09-19 10:51:05 · 5 answers · asked by zosoo7 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
While most duct cleaning company's do not have heating and air conditioning techs on staff, the job of cleaning the coils on the secondary heat exchanger is not a very technical job. The reason the HVAC company gave you such a high quote is that it IS a very long process and can take several hours. I have been a residential heating and air tech for about 14 years and have cleaned hundreds of them. It is far from rocket science.
On the other hand I have seen some duct cleaning services that really are rip off artists and just hire anyone off of the street to do the duct cleaning jobs. I would say your best bet would be to contact the duct cleaning service again and ask them if the man that is scheduled to come to your home has experience with cleaning furnace coils.
Another thing that you could try if you are not comfortable with they're answer is to check the phone book for HVAC company's that also do duct cleaning. A company that I worked for previously was a full service company and they offered duct cleaning.
2006-09-19 12:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by arthur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU ALREADY SAVED THE MONEY! by not having them seviced yearly the money has already been saved further more if the furnace has not been seviced in a long time let the furnace repair company do it because they will now how to fix it as it falls apart while they are cleaning it the duct guy won't and then you have the embaressment of calling in the right guy to fix it and what do you think they will charge then? 100 is nothing for the equipment that keeps you warm and toasty.
2006-09-19 14:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it's time 2 clean mine my oil company does that they have people trained 2 do that ask your oil company you'll never know unless U ask.Good Luck
2006-09-19 10:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by sugarbdp1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all there is to cleaning coils is spraying coil cleaner on and rinsing it off. its not rocket science. i clean mine twice a year.
2006-09-19 14:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are bonded have them do it. That seems cheap enough.
2006-09-19 11:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋