How to Prepare for a Professional Duct Cleaning Appointment
A homeowner's pre-service checklist: clearing space around the furnace, keeping pets safe, ensuring register access, and what to expect when technicians arrive at your home.
Key Takeaways
- Ensure a clear 3-foot perimeter around your furnace or utility closet for technician equipment.
- Clear floor registers and wall vents of heavy furniture, toys, and pet beds.
- Keep pets comfortable in a closed bedroom to protect them from equipment sound and open entry doors.
To ensure your air duct cleaning appointment goes smoothly and efficiently, a small amount of preparation helps our technicians get right to work protecting your indoor airflow.
1. Clear Access to Your HVAC Furnace or Air Handler
Our technicians will need to connect high-capacity negative air vacuum equipment to the main duct trunks near your furnace. Please move storage boxes, laundry racks, and exercise gear to provide at least three feet of clear walking space around the heating equipment.
2. Ensure Registers and Grilles Are Accessible
Technicians need to visit every room to agitate branch lines. Walk through your bedrooms and living spaces to ensure floor vents and ceiling grilles are not blocked by heavy furniture, toy bins, or drapes. If a heavy wardrobe or couch blocks a vent, let us know upon arrival.
3. Protect Pets and Family Members
Negative air vacuum equipment and pneumatic compressors produce steady operational humming similar to an industrial shop vac. In addition, exterior doors may need to remain slightly ajar to run equipment hoses. We strongly recommend keeping cats and dogs safe in an undisturbed bedroom or boarding facility during service.
4. Clear Driveway Parking
Our service vehicles carry substantial equipment. Having an open spot in your driveway near your home's main entry or basement bulkhead makes loading and unloading safe and rapid.
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