Low ball offer
Most shoddy service provider are on the look put for opportunities to get a foothold in customer homes and then persuade the homeowner to get their ducts cleaned by them. They post ads offering duct cleaning services at unimaginably low prices. They would often send mailers too. Most homeowners to save a bit of their heard-earned money respond to these ads. Once the work begins the cleaner will point out thousand faults in your duct system, which may not be existent. He will pile up the cost in the name of carrying out this and that repair. In the end the homeowner ends up paying close to $1000 or more to get the ducts cleaned. These companies being small and obscure do not have experienced staffs, up-to-date tools and are not familiar with NADCA rules and regulations about duct cleaning, In other words they do not possess the infrastructure to offer proficient services.
Every service comes for a particular cost. And you should be willing to pay it to get it. If fall prey to such providers you pay more for no results. You r money get flushed into the toilets.
Mold inspection scams
This is a very common scam in duct cleaning service sector. The cleaner will “inspect” for mold, and they always find it. Removing molds will shoot up the charges by several hundreds. They will use fake tests to convince you. They will point at black patch and call it a sign of mold. But every patch of black is not mold. The matter of the patch has to be tested by a microbiological laboratory to confirm it. Therefore not get the wool pulled over your eyes. Take a small portion of the patch on sticky tape and send it for lab testing. These days there are professional mold testing companies. Place a call with one such service providers. Remember they will only do the testing. As for cleaning and treating the ducts, it will be performed by professional duct cleaning service.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is a non-profit organization focused on advancing marketplace trust. The BBB stipulates certain norms that you should apply before hiring a duct cleaning company-