Recently, my buddies have been complaining about the air quality in my house.
It has been pretty bad regardless of me changing the air filters regularly. My buddies determined that it was the ductwork system that needed cleaning and they showed me how dirty it was behind the HVAC vents. I was concerned because I knew the ductwork cleaning was going to cost a lot of money that I didn’t actually have. I asked if my buddies would pitch in to help, but they all didn’t want to either because everybody was low on money. Then one friend said he knew somebody who wasn’t an HVAC professional but knew how to take care of ductwork cleaning. He said all the time he was vacuuming his ductwork system with his shop vac. I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea and so we invited the man over. He came over with all his tools. They were all kinds of crazy shapes and he said they were just as good as the vacuum tools that the HVAC professionals used. He said that he 3D printed these tools with his own equipment and he has been able to clean his own ductwork and help friends for many years now. He took care of the ductwork cleaning and we all took turns at it. He ended up just wanting a little bit of money and some beer and he was good to go. We all didn’t have any issues splitting the bill because it was so cheap! I guess you don’t necessarily need an HVAC professional to help clean with the ductwork, it’s not like you’re working with moving parts with the risk of electric shock, but you still have to shut the power off to the HVAC system when you are cleaning.