Duct Cleanings are a scam

Imagine your child has asthma...

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...and duct cleanings made it worse.

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Duct cleanings are a scam

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9+ years of personal experience

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Preventative measures are all you need...

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Alternatives... Harmful...

Unnecessary...

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Duct Cleanings are a waste of money!

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“EPA does not recommend that air ducts be cleaned except on an as-needed basis because of the continuing uncertainty about the

benefits of duct cleaning under most circumstances.”

-EPA

Indoor Air Publications: Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned?. (n.d.). EPA. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/airduct.html


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Companies prey on the weak and the sick...

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Zuraimi, M. S. (2010). Is ventilation duct cleaning useful? A review of the scientific evidence. Indoor Air, 20(6), 445-457. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0668.2010.00672.x

“post-cleaning air pollutants concentrations can be higher than pre-cleaning levels.”

-Zuraimi, M. S.


Leave your ducts alone!

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Change Your Filter!

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“Get a good furnace filter and change it regularly”

-The Washington Post

Duct Cleaning: Good Idea, Or Just a Lot of Hot Air?. (2005, November 3). Washington Post. Retrieved February 9, 2014, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110200676.html


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Have your AC coil checked

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Here is what to do...

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Do not fall for “before and after” photos

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You don’t need to waste hundreds of dollars...

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Duct Cleanings are a scam

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