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Air Duct Cleaning in Toronto

Ducts, dryer vents, furnaces and the HRV in the basement. One call puts you through to an insured local company that works your part of Toronto — and if your ducts do not need doing, we will tell you that too.

  • Told plainly when the ducts do not need cleaning
  • Dryer vents treated as the fire risk they are
  • Somebody who works your neighbourhood, not a call centre
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No charge to you, and you are never committed to going ahead.

What happens when you call

  1. You describe the problem and where you are.
  2. We put you in touch with the insured partner covering that area.
  3. They arrange the visit and agree the price with you directly.

Worth having ready

  • What you have noticed, and when the system does it
  • Whether the house has had recent renovation work
  • Whether there is an HRV or ERV in the basement
  • Your postal code
  • Licensed & insured Ontario does not licence this trade at provincial level, so the checks that actually mean something are current liability insurance and a WSIB clearance certificate. Ask the partner to see both — a legitimate one hands them over without being chased.
  • Know what to ask You are told what actually decides the price, so you can judge a quote.
  • Someone local You are put through to a technician who works your area, not a call centre in another province.
  • Calls answered 7 days Someone picks up seven days a week, weekends included.

Start from what you have noticed

People know what they have noticed rather than what it is called. Each of these points at a different job — and a different level of urgency.

Dryer taking two cycles to dry a load The vent is restricted. Cheap to clear and a genuine fire risk left alone. Dust blowing out of a register when the fan starts Worth cleaning. This is one of the reasons the work is actually warranted. A musty smell when the system runs Usually damp near the coil rather than the ducts themselves. Windows fogging up in winter The house is not ventilating. That is the HRV, not the ducts. Airflow weaker than it used to be Often the blower wheel rather than the ductwork. Cheaper than people expect. One room never reaching temperature Usually a disconnected or leaking branch in the basement. Cooking smells arriving from another unit A shared riser. This is a building question as much as a suite one. Symptoms that improve when you leave the house Measure before spending. Sometimes the ducts are not the problem at all.

What we can help with

This week Air Duct Cleaning The supply and return ducts cleaned properly, with the equipment that actually removes debris rather than moving it around. Worth doing for real reasons, and not worth doing on a schedule. What to look for → Can wait Dryer Vent Cleaning The single most useful job on this list. A blocked dryer vent is a fire risk and an obvious one, and clearing it is cheap. What to look for → This week Furnace Cleaning The blower, the coil and the cabinet. In a Toronto house the furnace runs for half the year, and a dirty blower wheel costs more in electricity than the clean does. What to look for → This week HRV and ERV Cleaning The heat recovery ventilator almost every Ontario house built since the 1990s has, and almost nobody has ever cleaned. It is the unit in the basement with two pipes going outside. What to look for → This week Condo and High-Rise Duct Cleaning In-suite fan coil units, bathroom and kitchen exhaust risers, and make-up air. Toronto has more of this housing than anywhere in the country and most of it has never been touched. What to look for → This week Duct Sanitizing and Deodorizing An additional step after cleaning, not a substitute for it. Worth asking what is being applied and whether it is actually needed. What to look for → Can wait Duct Mould Removal Growth on duct surfaces, usually near the coil where it is damp. This is one of the reasons duct cleaning is genuinely warranted. What to look for → This week Duct Repair and Sealing Leaking joints and disconnected branches. In a Toronto basement the ductwork is usually accessible, which makes this cheaper here than in a house with everything in the attic. What to look for → This week Furnace Humidifier Cleaning The bypass or steam humidifier on the furnace. Necessary in a Toronto winter, and a reliable source of trouble when it is left alone. What to look for → This week Commercial Duct Cleaning Offices, restaurants, retail and multi-unit. Larger systems, rooftop units, and usually work that has to happen when the building is empty. What to look for → This week Indoor Air Quality Testing Measuring rather than guessing. Worth doing before spending money on anything else, and worth being told when the ducts are not the problem. What to look for →

Why we will tell you not to bother

The EPA's position on duct cleaning is that it has no demonstrated health benefit as routine maintenance, and that it is worth doing where there is visible mould, evidence of vermin, or enough debris to be released into the rooms. That is also our position, and it is unusual in this trade because it costs money to hold.

What that leaves is a short list of real reasons, and in Toronto the most common by a distance is renovation. Drywall dust goes everywhere and it stays in a system for years. The second is vermin, which basement ductwork in an older house is exposed to. The third is a smell, and a smell is almost always damp near the coil rather than dirt in the branches.

The ducts here are in basements rather than attics, which changes the job. It is more accessible, so repairs and sealing are cheaper than in a house with everything overhead — and a duct leaking into an unheated basement is heating a space nobody uses, every hour the furnace runs, all winter.

The two things most Ontario houses genuinely neglect are not the ducts at all. They are the dryer vent, which is a fire risk and takes an hour, and the HRV in the basement, which almost nobody has ever opened and which stops ventilating a house built deliberately airtight. Both are cheap. Both matter more than a routine duct clean.

Toronto specifically

Two things separate Toronto from a milder city here. The furnace runs for roughly half the year, so anything wrong with airflow costs money for six months rather than two. And houses built to Ontario standards since the 1990s are deliberately airtight with an HRV to ventilate them — a unit almost nobody has cleaned, which is why windows fog in February in houses that are otherwise fine.

Anything involving the gas appliance itself belongs with a TSSA-registered contractor, which duct cleaning is not. Ontario does not licence duct cleaning, so the checks worth making are liability insurance, a WSIB clearance certificate, and whether the technician holds NADCA certification — voluntary, but it means something.

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How it works

Three steps, and you decide at the end of them.

  1. 1

    You call and describe the problem

    Tell us what you have noticed and where — the room, the smell, the noise, how long it has been going on. Give us your postal code and we will match you to a licensed company covering your area. There is no form to fill in.

  2. 2

    A local company takes it from there

    They discuss the problem with you directly, arrange a time to inspect, and agree the work and the price with you before anything starts. That conversation is between you and them.

  3. 3

    You decide whether to go ahead

    You are under no obligation. If the quote or the approach is not what you wanted, you are free to say no and call someone else.

Common questions

Which areas of Toronto do you cover?

All of it. The quickest way to find out about your own town is to call and give us your postal code — if the nearest company is an hour out we will say so rather than waste your afternoon.

How soon can someone come out?

Usually within a few days. A dryer vent with a burning smell is same-day, because that is a fire risk rather than a nuisance. Furnace and HRV work is best booked in early autumn, before the heating season rather than during it.

Are your partners insured?

Ontario does not licence this trade at provincial level, so the documents worth asking for are liability insurance and a WSIB clearance certificate. Any legitimate partner will show you both without being chased.

What does it cost?

Nothing, at any point. The work is carried out by our partner company, and everything about it — the price, the schedule and the guarantee — is agreed directly between you and them.

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