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4 Tips for Choosing an Air Duct Cleaning Company in Ontario
Have you stumbled across an article or heard from a friend that poor air quality in your home can lead to a range of health issues for your family? It’s true,
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What Causes Poor Indoor Air Quality in Your Home and How can it be Improved?
The air we breathe is directly linked to our health. In fact, the air we breathe has a direct impact on our life expectancy! What does this mean for your home?
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Top 5 Ways to Eliminate Dust in Your home
Finding dust in your home can be annoying, especially when it seems like no matter how much you clean it just keeps on coming back time and time again. Dust is
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Buying a New Home in 2019? 4 Reasons Why You Should Clean Your Air Ducts
For many people across Ontario the start of the new year will mean the start of something new. Many families across the province will have already...
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Autumn is the Season for Allergies
Autumn is just around the corner! Along with fall leaves and cool air comes the time of year when allergies flare up. If you are an allergy sufferer, you know that fall brings on the symptoms of sneezing, coughing, irritated watery eyes and sometimes difficulty breathing. Why do people get allergies in the fall? The reason why autumn is the worst season for allergies is because mold spores are released in the air from the leaves, trees and bushes. Plus autumn is cold and flu season and someti
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3 Benefits of Getting Your Air Ducts Cleaned this Summer
Making sure you have clean air ducts is important to maintain the overall health of your home and its occupants. Unfortunately many people don’t know how much strain the summer really puts on their air ducts. There are many reasons why it is important to prepare your air ducts for the intense summer. Today we are going to share the 3 benefits of getting your air ducts cleaned this summer. 1. Energy/Cost Savings The dirt that builds up in your air ducts after a long winte
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Home Buyer With Allergies? Consider Duct Cleaning!
Home Buyer With Allergies? It’s common to notice as Spring begins that allergies are coming back, and for home buyers it can make or break a sale. Previous owners may have had pets, or bad cleaning habits that could affect the air quality in the home. Spring cleaning isn’t done for real estate agents until the house is completely clear of contaminants. Here are tips to ease your buyers allergies when buying a home, and they’re nothing to sneeze at! Stress Levels Contribute to Allergies Histamin
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5 Signs it’s Time to Clean Your Dryer Vents
When was the last time you had your dryer vent cleaned? Dust, lint and debris can build up in your dryer vent over time, restricting air flow and creating a serious fire hazard. Length of the duct, malfunctioning dampers, frequency of use, and critters in the duct work, are all factors that contribute to lint accumulation and dryer overheating. Here are 5 signs that its time to clean your dryer vent: 1. It takes a long time to dry your clothes. If you’re clothes are still wet at the end of the
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Don't Forget to Replace your Furnace Filter the Fall
Replacing your furnace's filter is one of the best and easiest things you can do to save money and keep your indoor air clean. Furnace filters are your home's first line of defense against allergens, dust, and other airborne particles. They also protect your furnace's fans and heating coil from potential damage caused by these particles. So let's take a closer look at the benefits of regularly checking and replacing your furnace's filters. 1. Protection from Airborne Particles. Your furnace wor
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Fall is a Perfect Time for Getting Air Ducts Cleaned
Fall is a beautiful season to enjoy, but it is also a time to prepare your home for winter. This may involve a roof inspection, window cleaning, garage cleaning, gardening, and getting your air ducts cleaned! If you suffer from seasonal allergies, then getting your air ducts cleaning (if haven't already) may be beneficial to you and your family. It will help with your breathing. By getting your air ducts cleaned you can get rid of all the dust, dirt and bacteria lingering in your ventilation
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Enjoy The Holidays But Stay Safe
It's the holiday season, time for tinsel, decorations, gatherings around the fire, entertaining by candlelight, and lots of action in the kitchen preparing special food and treats. Even though it's the season of giving and fun, you still need to think about safety. Here are some safety tips from the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs. 1. If you have a real Christmas tree water it daily. If you don't the tree can become dry and can catch on fire really easily. Keep anything flammable item away fr
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Get Your Home Ready For the Holidays
Around this time of year people get down to serious preparation for holiday parties and events at their home. Entertaining is one of the joys of the season! It's fun to get out the decorations and transform your living room into a sparkling place for a party. Chrystal needs to be cleaned, silver polished and you may even be getting your carpets cleaned. It's all about making your home inviting and comfortable for guests, and you want to make sure your rooms are dust free and smell clean. Have yo
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Sanitize and Refresh Your Air Ducts with Our Herbal Sanitizer
Do you need to get your air ducts cleaned? Are you concerned and worried about mold and bacteria? Try using our benefect herbal sanitizer. Our Benefect Herbal Sanitizer is proven to kill over 99.99% bacteria and surpasses Health Canada's efficacy requirements for a broad range of disinfectants. Benefect Sanitizer complements the air duct cleaning, without adding any harmful chemicals into the air you breathe. Indoor air quality is not just about dirt particles suspended in the air. It is also a
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The dangers of dryer fires and what causes them?
It's the weekend, the time to relax! It’s also time to start the weekly chores such as doing the laundry. Washers and dryers are one of the workhorse appliances in your home. Our dryers can be our best friend but could be our worst nightmare. Over time, dryer vents become clogged with lint, hair and dust, and they have to be cleaned regularly. A clogged dryer vent can also increase the drying time for every load of laundry done. At the end of the cycle, the clothes may still be damp and if you
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Top 5 Contributors to Poor Indoor Air Quality
Poor indoor air quality can have a direct impact on our lives and our health. If you’re experiencing symptoms of poor indoor air quality, such as dryness and irritation of the eyes, headaches, fatigues, shortness of breath or sinus congestion, you should take some steps to make improvements. The first step in improving your home or office’s air quality, is understanding what contributes to poor indoor air quality in the first place. There are many offenders when it comes to poor indoor air qual
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Why You Should Clean Your Air Ducts This Spring
Ahhh Spring is finally here! With the days finally warm and sunny, you’re most likely going to want to open up your windows and get some fresh air inside. During the winter months you probably stayed indoors more often, with the windows closed and the air not getting much circulation. If you read our last blog post, you’ll know that this can really have a detrimental affect on your indoor air quality. Spring is the perfect time to get your ducts cleaned for this exact reason. Especially since s
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Improve Your Indoor Air Quality for Spring
Throughout the winter, you most likely spent a lot more time indoors. You probably kept your windows and doors closed to keep the warmth in.
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5 Tips on Getting a Jumpstart on Your Spring Cleaning
As the weather starts to change, and we see longer sunnier days, it might have you thinking about starting your spring cleaning soon. Giving your home a good cleaning is important this time of year, especially for your indoor air quality.. During the winter months you most likely spent more time indoors, and less time opening windows and doors. Your furnace system was probably also running more. Dust most likely has built up on a few surfaces and the air might feel stagnant. To improve this air
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Remedy Excess Humidity In Your Home
The right amount of humidity in your home makes you comfortable and healthy… but too much humidity can cause many problems ranging from damage to your home, to damage to your health! If you notice your house has a humidity problem; condensation on the windows and walls, mould or mildew growth etc.. the first thing you should do is find the source of the humidity. Showering, doing laundry, and cooking all generate a lot of moisture that can accumulate and cause issues if not dealt with properly.
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Why Fall is a Great Time to Clean Your Ducts!
As winter fast approaches, leaving autumn behind, it is good to know that there is still time to get your ducts cleaned before the heating season truly sets in.
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5 Ways to Improve Air Quality in Your Home
Indoor air quality starts to become a concern in winter months as we start to spend more time indoors, and less time opening windows to let in fresh air. Here are 5 tips to improving your indoor air quality and ensuring your family stays healthy all winter long. Keep your house tidyRegular dusting, sweeping, mopping, and wiping are all effective ways to keep the dust in your home at bay. You do not need to be obsessive about cleaning, but things like removing shoes when entering the house and du
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What’s in Your Dust? How to Reduce Dust with Air Duct Cleaning
Ever wondered what’s in your home’s dust? The dust in your home can contain up to 9,000 different microbes … including 7,000 types of bacteria and 2,000 varieties of fungi. And while the majority of the bacteria and fungi are harmless, some of them can be linked to allergies and illness. National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA)“In a typical six-room home, up to 40 pounds of dust is created annually through everyday living.” – National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) Your heating and
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Georgian Duct Cleaning's 40 Point Residential Checklist
Air ducts can be home to pet hair, dust, building materials, mould, bacteria and fungal growth. Every time your heat or air conditioner operates, these contaminants are forced throughout your home. Regular cleaning of your air ducts is the most effective way to reduce air contaminates and promote healthy air within the home. When choosing an air duct cleaning company, integrity and transparency are important factors to consider. We use a 40 point residential checklist to ensure our fully trai
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Clean Your Air Ducts When You Spring Clean Your Home
Spring.. even though we haven't had any warm spring days yet, it won't be long until you want to open the windows and air-out the house.
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Protect Your Home and Family From Dryer Fires with LintAlert
How would you rate your dryer’s performance? Dryers that feel hot to the touch or take more than one cycle to dry a load indicate a serious problem. Poor dryer performance indicates dryer lint build-up, and since lint is highly flammable, this build-up can increase your risk of fire. Lint build-up can lead to fire as it causes a blockage in the dryer exhaust system, restricting airflow and causing the dryer to overheat. In addition to annual dryer vent cleaning and recognizing signs of
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How To Improve Your Home's Indoor Air Quality
The average person spends 90% of their time indoors! Healthy indoor air can make a huge difference in your overall health. How would you rate you indoor air quality? Take the Lung Association’s Healthy Home Tour to take closer look at different areas in you home and how they contribute to your indoor air quality. Designed to help you find out what can be harmful to you and your family, the Healthy Home Tour is the perfect tool to help you determine the quality of your air. You can also fol
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Fall is a Good Time to Clean Your Home's Air Ducts
As much as we want to savour the warm days of August, there are signs that the season is starting to change. It's getting darker earlier and in the morning the gardens are heavy with dew. If you look around at the maple trees you might notice the start of fall colours on some of the branches. In a month or so we'll need to turn on our furnace and we'll be circulating air through the duct systems in our homes. This is an optimum time to have your home's air ducts cleaned. Residential air ducts
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Top Reasons to Have Your Air Ducts Cleaned
When I talk to people about HVAC systems they often ask - should I get my household air ducts cleaned? There are many reasons to have air ducts cleaned and in addition to looking at the reasons, you need to make sure you're working with a reputable company with experienced service staff. 1.) Allergies - Some people have specific allergies to dust and special attention needs to be given to indoor air quality, such as frequent furnace filter replacement and duct cleaning. Duct cleaning will remov
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Prevent Dryer Fires - Have Your Vented Cleaned and Monitored with LintAlert
Over a period of time, dryer vents become plugged with lint, hair and dust. If the dryer vent is not cleaned regularly, it will eventually become blocked, restricting the airflow that may cause a serious fire hazard. Every year fires caused by plugged dryer vents account for loss of life and millions of dollars in property damage. Every bend in the duct-work, the length of the duct, birds, rodents, malfunctioning dampers and the frequency of use are all contributing factors to lint accumulatio
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The Benefits of Spring Cleaning
It's been a long drawn out winter in Central Ontario, and everyone is looking forward to opening up the windows and airing out the house. In a few weeks, April showers will wash away the build up of dirty snow and ice and nature will take its course and lawns will grow anew. Mother nature won't, unfortunately, step inside and help with your interior spring cleaning. Your furnace has been recycling dirt and debris through your air vents contributing to the dust layer that accumulates throughout
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Does Your Spring Cleaning Include Duct Cleaning? Ask These Questions..
Everyone is longing for spring after having 4 solid months of winter! It's time to start thinking of spring cleaning and many people, who haven't had their residential ducts cleaned will be wondering if they should.1. Do you suffer from allergies? 2. Do you often sneeze when you are at home? 3. Do you have a lot of dust in your home? 4. Is your home new or has it had recent renovations? 5. Are you concerned about build-ups of dirt and debris in your ducts? 6. Would you feel better knowing y
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Learn About the Georgian Duct Cleaning Difference!
Your only choice for Source removal Air Duct Cleaning. Georgian Duct Cleaning uses the latest in custom built, truck mounted and portable duct cleaning technology to thoroughly clean your home and commercial heating and cooling air duct system. Our uniformed, certified technicians attach the powerful vacuum via an 8-inch hose to your air ducts. Our vacuums pull between 7,500 -12,500 cubic feet of air per minute (CFM). The vacuum is connected to the duct work on each of the main duct plenums; t
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