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NADCA ACR-compliant source-removal cleaning of commercial HVAC across Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton. ICRA-certified crews for hospital and hard-to-service facilities. Nikro HEPA-filtered negative air + Myers vacuum. $599 minimum engagement.
Commercial air duct cleaning is the NADCA Standard ACR-compliant cleaning of commercial HVAC systems — supply, return, and exhaust ductwork; air handlers (AHUs); coils; blower wheels; plenums; mixing boxes; and makeup air systems. It uses source-removal methodology: dislodged contamination is captured at a HEPA-filtered negative air machine, not re-circulated.
Commercial duct cleaning differs from residential in three ways: duct dimensions are larger (24"+ vs 6–12"); NFPA 652 combustible-dust protocols apply where applicable; and the contamination profile includes metal dust, resin particles, fiber, process residue, and baked-on oil mist.
Service-Tech has run commercial air duct cleaning operations since 1960 across Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton. Our NADCA-certified crews hold the 19 consecutive NADCA Safety Awards record. ICRA-trained crews deliver hospital-grade work — representative project: the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center air duct cleaning program.
Latent NFPA 652 violation waiting to be cited — or, worse, ignited.
Worker respiratory issues, odor at diffusers, visible dust, and OSHA complaint risk.
Partial blockage in coils, blower wheels, and runs raises kW draw by 10–30%.
Dust reintroduction into clean production zones through supply air.
Pharma GMP, food GFSI, and ISO 14644 cleanroom audits all require documented ductwork cleanliness.
Service-Tech deploys commercial air duct cleaning most often at these customer profiles:
Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth, OSU Wexner, Nationwide Children's, Kettering Health — ICRA-certified crews work around patient-care areas.
Massive warehouse HVAC serving Victoria's Secret, DHL, FedEx, Amazon, Gap.
High-particulate plants — metal machining, plastics, packaging, food, woodworking.
Downtown Cleveland / Columbus / Dayton office towers, post-renovation and IAQ-driven.
Cardinal Health, Amgen, pharma cGMP cleanroom HVAC.
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, other VA / DoD / State Department work.
Service-Tech's commercial duct cleaning crews follow the same eight-step NADCA ACR protocol on every Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton job.
NADCA ACR visual inspection; dust sampling where required; static-pressure baseline.
Nikro HEPA-filtered negative air blower connected to the duct system; the entire run is brought under negative pressure.
Cut-in access panels with gasketed closures at strategic points.
Rotating brushes, compressed-air whips, or scrubber heads dislodge particulate.
Negative air captures loosened debris at HEPA collection — contamination leaves the building.
AHU coils, blower wheels, mixing boxes, turning vanes — Myers vacuum and HEPA contact-vacuum wipe-down.
NADCA ACR visual; optional NADCA Vacuum Test or ATP per client spec.
Access port map, before/after photos, verification results delivered to facility management.
NADCA ACR recommends a 3–5 year baseline for commercial systems, with more frequent cleaning driven by:
NFPA 652 inspection every 6–12 months in applicable facilities.
Renovation dust, drywall powder, and post-incident debris remaining in the system.
OSHA complaint, worker respiratory issues.
Static pressure rising, airflow dropping, kW draw climbing.
Facility acquisition review.
Pharma GMP, food GFSI, ISO 14644 cleanroom audit prep with documentation chain of custody.
Most projects are priced by scope after a short site walk.
Cost drivers: duct diameter and total run length, access difficulty (above-ceiling, exterior rooftop, confined-space), contamination type (oil, fiber, or combustible dust adds NFPA 652 protocol), operational-hours requirement (shutdown, nightshift, or phased), and verification method (visual per NADCA ACR, NADCA Vacuum Test, or ATP for pharma / food / cleanroom audits). Call 800.992.9302 and a Service-Tech estimator will walk your site and return a fixed-price proposal — typically within 1–2 business days.
Deferred duct cleaning in Ohio manufacturing and commercial facilities has five documented consequences:
NFPA 652 non-compliance event with potentially catastrophic loss.
Citations and remediation order.
Translated directly into higher energy bills.
Yield loss, scrap, customer complaints.
Pharma GMP, food GFSI, ISO 14644 cleanroom certification all require documented ductwork cleanliness records.
Nineteen straight years of safety recognition from the National Air Duct Cleaners Association. The dominant vendor-qualification criterion at Ohio's OEMs, hospital campuses, and federal procurement offices. Our duct cleaning crews carry this record into every engagement.
Service-Tech has provided industrial cleaning services from Cleveland since 1960 — 62 technicians and estimators across Cleveland (65+ years), Columbus (45+ years), and Dayton (45+ years). Four things distinguish our commercial air duct cleaning program.
Service-Tech crews are certified in Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) — the healthcare-construction-and-cleaning standard required to work inside operating hospitals around patient-care areas. Most regional competitors are not ICRA-trained and are locked out of hospital HVAC engagements. Representative project: the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center air duct cleaning program.
An industry-record run of annual safety recognition from NADCA, the governing body of air duct cleaning. The dominant vendor-qualification criterion at Ohio's OEMs, hospital systems, and federal procurement offices.
Nikro HEPA-filtered negative air machines, Myers general vacuums, and HEPA contact vacuuming on every duct job. Source removal captures loosened contamination at the negative-air machine rather than redistributing it.
Aeroseal authorized dealer — clean AND seal the duct run, recovering 10–30% of HVAC efficiency lost to seam and joint leaks. GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (#GS-21F-0032U) for federal customer work.
Trusted by Ohio's Industrial & Institutional Leaders
Service-Tech dispatches commercial duct cleaning crews from three Ohio operating centers, covering the manufacturing belt from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Call 866.682.7727 to reach the regional dispatch.
A sample of named Service-Tech client references across the three markets:
Service-Tech's protocols and documentation are built around the authorities that govern this work.
OSHA-certified supervisors. Lockout/tagout + confined-space entry on all jobs. GSA Federal Supply Schedule #GS-21F-0032U.
osha.gov →Yes — extensively. Service-Tech has delivered commercial and industrial air duct cleaning across Ohio since 1960, from Cleveland (65+ years, ~100,000 total jobs), Columbus (since ~1980, ~25,000 jobs), and Dayton (since ~1980, ~25,000 jobs). Representative projects include the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center air duct cleaning program (a named hospital-grade ICRA engagement), DuPont K-3 Oven Cleaning in Columbus, and Thermofisher dust-collector cleaning in Dayton. The Rickenbacker 3PL warehouse cluster, Cleveland Clinic, Case Western, and Ohio State campus HVAC are all core repeat engagements.
Service-Tech's commercial air duct cleaning carries a $599 minimum engagement. Larger systems are priced by scope because duct diameter, run length, access difficulty, contamination type, and verification method (visual NADCA ACR vs NADCA Vacuum Test vs ATP) all factor in. Call 800.992.9302 for a fixed-price quote.
For planned work, crews typically mobilize within 1–2 business days of confirmed scope. Larger hospital or industrial HVAC engagements are scheduled around the facility's operating calendar — nightshift, weekend, and zone-by-zone cleaning are all standard.
Service-Tech has won 19 consecutive NADCA Safety Awards. All supervisors and foremen are OSHA-certified, and crews follow standard protocols for lockout/tagout, confined-space entry, hazardous communication, respiratory protection, and PPE. Drug-free Safety Program maintained.
Yes. Service-Tech crews are ICRA-trained (Infection Control Risk Assessment) — the standard required to work inside operating hospitals around patient-care areas. Most regional competitors are not ICRA-certified and therefore cannot work in occupied patient-care zones. ICRA training lets Service-Tech run air duct cleaning in hospitals, surgery-suite HVAC, and outpatient clinics without displacing the clinical calendar.
NADCA certification means technicians follow the ACR standard — source removal with HEPA-filtered negative air (Service-Tech uses Nikro machines), documented access-port cutting, component cleaning (AHU coils, blower wheels, mixing boxes, plenums), and post-cleaning visual verification. Non-NADCA cleaning often skips source removal, which redistributes contamination through the system instead of capturing it.
19 consecutive NADCA Safety Awards. ICRA-certified for hospital HVAC. Nikro source-removal protocol. Aeroseal sealing on the same dispatch.
