Getting your heating system ready for the fall
With the upcoming heating season fast-approaching, now would be a good time to think about getting your furnace ready before that first cold day hits. Spending about only 10 minutes of your time to check out your furnace now before it's actually needed, could spare you some time and grief. Here's a quick checklist of things to do. We'll also go over these items in more detail. 1. Visually inspect your furnace 2. Turn up your thermostat 3. Make sure the furnace "fires up" 4. Check and clean your air filter 5. Get the humidifier ready 6. Run everything through...Read More
2006 Consumers Choice Award
2006 Consumers Choice Award From the beautiful Stage West Theatre, the 2006 - 10th annual Consumers Choice Awards Gala for the Greater Toronto Area took place, right in Mayor Hazel McCallion's magnificent City of Mississauga. On this night we were among ambitious business men and business women who are working very hard to reach and maintain long term success. We are excelling because we believe in ourselves and our products and services and above all, we know how to motivate our employees. Customers realize those accomplishments and that's why they are able to choose the recipients of the Consumer Choice...Read More
Cleaning the Dryer Exhaust Fan and Ducts in Your Condo
Over the years we have cleaned the dryer exhaust ductwork in literally thousands of condos throughout the GTA. Many times we do this work for the building’s management company and in this case we would clean the dryer exhaust ductwork and the fan in every suite throughout the building. Condo dryer vent cleaning is crucial for maintaining a safe and efficient laundry system in residential buildings. Discover effective tips on how to clean dryer vent in condo for a safer and more efficient home environment. Home duct cleaning services ensure a clean and efficient ventilation system for individual condominium owners....Read More
Flow-Through Humidifiers
Need a new humidifier or is it time to upgrade? About 15-20% of the homes we visit in the GTA still have the older drum-type humidifiers on their furnaces. And easily more than half the time they don't work anyway. They've been disconnected because they were either leaking water all over the place or else the motor was making noise. The older types usually have a yellow humidifer pad that turns in a tray full of water. The tray had to be completely level and the float had to be adjusted properly at the beginning of each heating season or...Read More
Beware of possible fire hazard
City Duct Cleaning Inc. has always specialized in fire restoration work, and over the years we have seen fires in many homes that were caused by the homeowners having removed their electronic air cleaner cells and replacing them with a 4" or 5" cardboard high-efficiency air filter. This in itself is a reasonable thing to do, as these disposable filters require basically no maintenance at all as compared to the cumbersome air cleaner cells that were replaced. And if the cells were not being cleaned regularly then the cardboard replacement can be even more efficient than what they had. It...Read More
