HVAC System Cleaning
Clean Air Starts in Your Ductwork
Your HVAC system moves air throughout your home or business daily. Over time, dust, dust mites, mold, pet dander, and even insects or rodents can build up inside your ducts. This buildup lowers air quality and makes your system work harder. We clean the entire system, not just the vents, for a true deep clean.
What’s Involved?
Our HVAC Cleaning Process Includes:
- Full system inspection
- Ductwork cleaning with a negative pressure vacuum
- Blower, coil, and air handler cleaning
- Odor and mold remediation (when needed)
- Sanitizing with EPA-approved products
- Sealing where necessary
What Sets Us Apart?
Presque Isle PowerClean specializes in ventilation systems cleaning, nothing else. We pride ourselves on doing thorough cleaning on all HVAC systems. We clean 100% of the system, which starts with some questions about your home and ductwork system. If you have a finished or partially finished basement, we may need to come out for a free estimate to make sure the job can be done properly.
Once we have determined that we can thoroughly clean your system, our large vacuum will be set up outside your home and connected to your ductwork. The vacuum will provide powerful suction to the ductwork, while high-pressure compressed-air "snakes" are inserted into the registers and through the ductwork. The snakes have vinyl whips that scrub the interior of the duct, loosening dirt and debris as the vacuum pulls it outside your home.
We will install 1-inch diameter access ports at various points in the ductwork to completely access the main trunks and branch ductwork (all access ports will be sealed). If we can't access the entire system, we can not clean it properly. Missed sections of ductwork will not help the air quality; it would be like sweeping dirt under a rug.
For example, if we are cleaning a supply duct on the second floor of the house, we will start at the register cover and send the cleaning snake/whip down the duct as far as possible. However, we can rarely make the snake go down to the basement and turn at an elbow to reach the main trunk. In that case, we will make a small 1-inch access port in the elbow to send the snake up the wall duct and/or across the basement ceiling to the main trunk to ensure we have completely cleaned the entire duct. This process is also used for first-floor ducts that do not go straight to the main trunks, and applies to all supply and return air ducts.
The outcome is a clean system from beginning to end. If you have any questions about our cleaning process, give us a call or send us an email, and we will be happy to answer them.
Before & After Photos
HVAC System Cleaning FAQs
- How often should HVAC ducts be cleaned?
- Do you clean the entire system?
- Is this safe for people with asthma or allergies?
- How long does a typical job take?
- What methods do you use?
- Will this make a mess in my home?
- What areas do you serve?