Steve and Mat rang the bell EXACTLY at 9 am yesterday (21st Oct 2014), impressing me with their punctuality. They were presentable, polite, efficient and competent young men who completed the work to my satisfaction. I had researched duct cleaning on the internet and also seen some videos of the horrors some unscrupulous companies make people go through (spurious overbilling, poor performance). My wife suffers from allergies and the previous tenants had two dogs. Steve showed me the phantom hole (only two inches in diameter) which was done by the previous duct cleaners. They made two 4 inch holes in the ducting in the basement and hooked it up to the powerful vacuum in their truck. And then attacked the vents and the return air system. I was shocked to see the amount of gunk, hair, and even wood shavings/concrete debris that came out. No wonder my wife had been complaining of the air quality. Their guess was that the ducts had never been cleaned since the house was built over 20 years ago (due to the wood shavings/concrete in the system). Mat kindly helped me put some foil tape on the furnace ducting joints, which was NOT included (or billed) in the original contract. Anyway, to cut a long story short, they did an excellent job, within time, and without any extra charges. They also added a delightfully (and lightly) fragrant natural disinfectant (lemon/thyme) to the system (That didn't last long as we cooked asian food for lunch ;-) .
I had to wait almost a month to get a booking with them, but the wait was worth it. Keep up the good work Steve and Mat.