Forced air duct cleaners?

I have forced air heating in my 3-story brownstone. Since we did a pretty intense reno, there’s a lot of construction debris in the vents that needs to be cleaned out, and we figure it makes sense to get all of the ducting fully cleaned. I have located cleaning companies, but have gotten wildly differing rates for cleaning – one as high as $1200.00, and one as low as $100\. Can anyone provide any thoughts on why this is, what one should be spending, and if you have any vendor recommendations?   Thans!

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in Duct Cleaning 13 years and 11 months ago

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krinokin | 12 years and 8 months ago

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I know this is an old post but I am looking for the same now and curious who you went with..

khadi426 | 13 years and 11 months ago

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I had my forced air heating ducts cleaned last year and it was around $300.  It is also a 3 story brownstone.  I had it done by Sears.  The whole process took about 1-1.5 hour.  $1,200 is way too high.

wholesalerbill1 | 13 years and 11 months ago

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$1,200 for a 3 story Brownstone sounds very fair. $100.00? Do you really think someone could do that job for a ‘C’ note? Either they were pulling your leg or it’s a hoax. Common sense. Use it. Hell, before I left the plumbing trade, I wouldn’t walk into someones house for under $100.00\. And that was almost 15 years ago.