Mr. Duct Cleaner knows that the CSU study by Nasim Ildiri proved that cleaning your HVAC and duct system leads to energy efficiency and utility savings. It also proved that cleaning your HVAC and duct system leads to better indoor air quality. A further useful conclusion was that cleaning your HVAC and duct system leads to longer equipment life! If you think about it, it makes sense. A clean HVAC system not only runs more efficiently, but it also lasts longer. The system does not have to fight the accumulated contaminants and gunk. It can freely create warm or cold air and push it throughout t ..read more

The Colorado State study of twin HVAC systems in schools, one unit and ducts cleaned, the other left as a control, produced results of energy efficiency and utility savings for the cleaned units. Did you know that it also resulted in confirming the secondary hypothesis: Cleaned HVAC systems can provide better indoor air quality to occupants compared to their uncleaned counterparts. The study pointed out that people spend approximately 90% of their time in urban dwellings. Building environments can have a significant impact on quality of life. A building’s HVAC system effects: • Thermal comfort ..read more

Mr. Duct Cleaner knows that cleaning your HVAC and duct system leads to energy efficiency and utility savings. Nasim Ildiri from Colorado State University has spent over 5 years testing this hypothesis and she presented her findings at the 2024 NADCA conference. In a nutshell, the data reveals the major hypothesis is correct: HVAC System cleaning results in a substantial improvement in energy efficiency. Cleaned HVAC systems can have a reduction in energy consumption compared to their uncleaned counterparts. Why study HVAC systems and energy usage? • Buildings contribute to 1/3 of the world’s ..read more

Mr. Duct Cleaner asks, what’s the most frugal thing you can do to improve your air quality? The answer may surprise you. Open your windows and doors and let the fresh outside air come in! (We don’t want bugs added, so hopefully, you have screens in place). For most people, this will work to alleviate a lot of dirty air. This seems counterintuitive. We tend to think of the pollens and allergens outside and think by opening the windows and doors we are letting dirty air in. If there is pollen and allergens in the outside air, they are also in your inside air. Adding new sources of air to your in ..read more

Woohoo! Spring is here! Mr. Duct Cleaner wishes you a Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Happy Spring! Happy whatever and which of those apply. Mr. Duct Cleaner will be closed on Easter weekend, allowing all our team members to enjoy whatever holiday they wish to celebrate this spring weekend. Spring means it is a great time to open the windows, spiff up everything in your home, and get the yucky dirt, dust, and fungus that has accumulated in your duct and HVAC system cleaned. This is a perfect cleaning opportunity since you can open your windows and “start” cleaning your home, while Mr. Duct Clean ..read more

Do you realize that the air you breathe inside is not just yours? Even if you live alone, if you have a pet, cook food indoors, have furniture, or outside visitors, you share the air with them. One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that it made all of us more aware of what bad actors may be hanging out in the air and space we share that we cannot see. Mr. Duct Cleaner franchisees recently attended the NADCA educational convention and learned from the discussion about “air sharing”. That picture of Linus with the dirt dust cloud popped up on the screen and the lecturer discussed how that ..read more

Mr. Duct Cleaner knows that women deserve year-round recognition, not just a month. Yes, it is nice to have a whole month set aside, but we do not think that is enough. Who decided one month is all we get? Duct and HVAC system cleaning has historically been a male dominated industry, however that can no longer be said. Mr. Duct Cleaner franchises are owned and operated by women as well as men. And our crews are no longer “male only”. We have women in sales, office admin, customer development, marketing, franchisee ownership and even technicians! These women work hard to bring our customers bet ..read more

Mr. Duct Cleaner has heard the question lately, “Is it possible to get your indoor air so clean that it is unhealthy?” As more people are purchasing the highly effective Aerus Air Scrubber the nay-sayers and cheap competitors are questioning the need for cleaner indoor air and are hinting that air can be too clean. Really? That is comparable to saying you can have a “too clean bathroom!” Impossible. Robert Phalen, an air pollution researcher, is defending earlier comments that the air can be “a little too clean” for children’s health as grounded in the broader field of pulmonary medicine. “The ..read more

Mr. Duct Cleaner wants to know the real cost to your family when they breathe in air pollutants. Are you spending a lot of time and money fighting colds or asthma? Are you missing work or school because you or your children have breathing problems? Do you go to work or school and feel better away from home? According to the EPA, health effects from indoor air pollutants may be experienced soon after exposure or possibly years later. Some of these effects are immediately noticed and others are long-term, slow, and silent acting, often mistakenly identified with common illnesses and not identifi ..read more

Mr. Duct Cleaner recently cleaned a property that had a kitchen fire. Once the fire was extinguished and the emergency services folks were gone, the remediation people got to work. Mr. Duct Cleaner was called for the last step to getting things back to normal. The homeowner was so impressed with the clean air and the elimination of the smell from the HVAC system that they asked, “How long will this last?” The answer to all good questions is…. It depends. It depends on how often you change your air filter. It depends on how many people, animals, plants and other contributors to dirt and dust li ..read more