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Duct Cleaning vs Furnace Cleaning

What most of North America refers to as “duct cleaning”, we in Alberta refer to as “furnace cleaning”.  When we talk about furnace cleaning, we use this as a general term to refer to the cleaning of your entire heating system, which includes duct cleaning, furnace cleaning, and, if you have them, cleaning of your air conditioning coils, and heating recover ventilator.

Most of the work that we do while we are in the home is actually the duct cleaning – we hook up our vacuum hose in the furnace room, to both the hot (supply) and cold (return) sides of your system separately, and then we use high pressure air and our brushless, contact Roto-Whip™ in every duct to ensure that dust and debris is knocked free, before travelling down to the vacuum where it is sucked out of your system and into our truck.

In order to ever perform a thorough cleaning of your furnace, a thorough duct cleaning is necessary, because the air which is pulled to your furnace through the cold air side, and then heated and pushed to your hot air vents carries dust and debris with it. If we were to clean only your furnace, or only a partial cleaning of your ducts, that dust and debris would continue to make its way through your system, into the air, and eventually back down to the furnace. Duct cleaning is a big and important part of what we do to keep your heating system and your air clean!

Roto-Whip™ SystemSafe Cleaning

At Alberta Furnace and Duct Cleaning we use the Roto-Whip™ SystemSafe furnace cleaning and air duct cleaning method to deliver the direct surface contact cleaning benefits of old-style brush cleaning combined with the safety of modern pneumatic cleaning systems. Unlike conventional air-wand or brush cleaning, the Roto-Whip™ system penetrates deep into your duct system without the risk of damaging internal components or closing pre-set dampers and adversely affecting system airflow. Alberta Furnace Cleaning offers only one method of furnace cleaning to our customers because we do not believe in providing a service that is lower than our highest standards. Our only method is our best method, no extra charge!


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What Our Customers Have To Say

My central AC coils needed to be cleaned, as well as all the ducts. Almost fully plugged! Technicians Kanta and Wlliam did an amazing job. They got it all out!!! They were prompt, friendly and meticulous with setup. Total professionals!!!! Will absolutely be using again!!! Thank you!!!

- Jack Harvey

The fellows showed up and were expecting a simple dryer vent clean out. That wasn’t quite the case, it appears that, overtime, a few birds had moved in, building what could only be called a row house condo. Fortunately they were old nests but it was definitely more of a challenge to clean out the vent. Those two fellows did an amazing job, they didn’t give up, they kept at until that vent was completely cleaned out. Well done!

- Richard and Shirley Forbes

The two guys were friendly and worked very quickly. They arrived well before the scheduled time, and the whole job was done within an hour. Our air vents are so much cleaner now, and noticeably more air is coming through compared to before. Great, efficient service — we’re very happy with the results and would definitely recommend them.”

- Taraima Mitchell

The two technicians are very polite, friendly and helpful. The girl who gave us the quote remind us to keep our cats safe as the noise might make them stressful. The two technicians remind us as well. They are very caring. Very happy with the service.

- Spruce

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