To Vent or not to Vent! - That's no question...

Did you know that there are basically 3 different style vent cover grills or registers you can use for home heating and cooling systems? Many homes use stamped style fixed position grills that are originally designed for heating systems but were never intended to be used on modern air conditioning systems! These grills are about 20% more restrictive then hi-flow grills that can be "tuned" for the location of any room that they are installed in. This is a inexpensive first step in improving your air conditioning and reducing your systems cost of operation. This should be a NO BRAINIER for your home. Cheap to purchase, with a very quick pay back.

Think of your car or truck for a moment, Heating is non-directional, heat enters your vehicle from under the dash and the entire car fills with heat. When you use the Air Conditioning, it switches to the vents that are at dash board level and we "tune" those vents so that the cold air is directed towards the occupants of the vehicle. If you "tune" the vents away from the occupants, it takes much longer for the people in the car to get cool. The hot glass, upholstery and vehicle interior absorb the cold air like a dry sponge absorbs water, taking a lot longer for people to feel the cool comfort. Your home is the same way only amplified. If the air coming out your vents is not properly "tuned" you will not feel as comfortable, you will pay more to run your air conditioning, you over work your cooling system and will decrease the life expectancy of your air conditioning system. This fix is so simple that it is often overlooked. Pay back on installing the correct grills can be very quick so it is a fix that litterly pays for itself and then puts money in your pocket.

Duct Cleaning Scams and Ocean Front Airizona Property

Received my weekly call from "a duct Cleaning Company" offering my to good to be true "2-day only special" on my home phone. So I told them I was interested so I could hear the "deal" So here it is...

Only $15.00 per supply run and it includes free deodorizer and furnace inspection if "I Act Now."

on an average house of 10 supply runs thats only $150.00 A great deal right?

WRONG!

Ask questions to see what you really get...

The return or air intake is additional and the price will be quoted dependent on size starting at $30.00.

Cleaning of the blower compartment (that we at include) is additional as well.

How do they clean the ducts? well the gal explained, they close off all but 1 supply register (vent), they then remove one supply vent and hook up a "Negitive Air Machine" (IE: Vacuum) that creates a powerful "Tornado Like" suction that will suck all the dirt from all the ducts into there machine.

Here is the problem, I asked how many CFM's is their machine? 3000 CFM I was told.

A standard home 5 ton air conditioner blows air at up to 2200 CFM so the Vacuum idea of duct cleaning they use is not much better then just turning on your air conditioner and blowing some dust out the vents! It would be like me placing your home vacuum cleaner in the corner of one room in your home, turning it on in place, never moving it and telling you how I just vacuumed all of your carpet!

YOU JUST GOT SCAMED!!!

Over $200.00 and your no better off then before.

How we clean your ducts?

We remove each grill or register including the return from your system where possible. We use a powerful hepa duct cleaning vacuum attached with a rotory brush to scrube the walls of all your duct work. We have different size brushes for all sizes of duct work. We clean and sanitize each grill before re-installing. We bruch/vacuum clean the blower compartment of your heating/cooling system. We apply a germocidal disinfectent to your duct cleaning sytem and then a deodorizor /sanitizer. We guarnatee our results, You will be 100% satisfied.

By the way, California Law.. You have to have a Contractors License to provide service or cleaning to HVAC ductwork and systems. We are Licensed and Insured. Do you think the company that called was licensed for this type of work?

So if you still think you are getting "The Deal of the Week" from these fraudulent duct cleaning companies, I have some Ocean front property in Arizona I would like to sell you. - Dave - AKA Dr. Way Cool