State Shuts Down Several Air Duct Cleaning Companies For …

DENVER (CBS4) They claim to clean air ducts for a low price but the state has now shut the companies down.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is going after the companies that have a lot of potential victims. According to the lawsuit filed by the attorney generals office, the companies not only scammed people out of money, the service could get some customers sick.

Many people who get their air ducts cleaned do so because they have asthma or allergies, and a shoddy cleaning can actually be worse than not getting the ducts cleaned at all.

Customers thought they were getting fresh air when they hired Seabreeze Air, Quality Air and Fresh Air.

Well, it starts out as a classic bait and switch, Suthers said.

Suthers says the companies advertised duct cleaning for $35 and then charged up to $1,000. He says customers werent the only ones they lied to.

They told both the court and ourselves in a previous proceeding that they were going out of business, but in fact they simply changed their name and went back into business, Suthers said.

Unfortunately within our industry its not the exception, its the norm where you have folks that are taking advantage of folks, Ductworks General Manager Eddie Frisk said.

Frisk has been in business 23 years and cleans more than 4,000 homes a year. This year he says the floods have meant more business and more unscrupulous companies than ever.

I get the same coupons that everybody else gets. You cant get your ventilation system cleaned for $35, Frisk said.

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