NADCA Certified Since 2000 — 25 Years in the Field — Still Runs Jobs Himself
NADCA certified since 2000. Twenty-five years in the field. Still runs jobs himself. Trained restoration companies, HVAC shops, waterproofing firms, and property management teams nationwide.
Duct cleaning is the add-on most service companies already have the clients for. Restoration, HVAC, janitorial, waterproofing, property management — you are already in the building. Three days to add the trade without buying the wrong truck.
$5,000plus travel, anywhere in the United States
Companies trained routinely save thousands in wrong equipment purchases.
Technicians leave having actually cleaned a system, not watched slides.
Post-training support included — techs keep my cell for FaceTime from the jobsite.
Your instructor
Twenty-five years in the industry before the janitorial company. NADCA certified in 2000. The hard-knocks version: trial, error, and every expensive machine you should not buy first. He has trained restoration companies, HVAC shops, waterproofing firms, and property managers to add air duct cleaning without lighting money on fire.
He still runs jobs. The course is at your location — Connecticut or he travels — so your technicians learn on your building, not a rented classroom.
Managed and sold over a hundred million dollars in commercial construction and restoration projects — estimating, project management, deal-closing, and field operations.
From the field
“I loved the training so much I have Mike out periodically to train new managers.”
“We used Mike for training and we still use him on large commercial projects to train new crews on site.”
“Duct cleaning was the obvious add-on. Three days with Mike saved a boatload of money in mistakes we would have paid for later.”
Another passion
Duct cleaning is an add-on, not a new company. Most service businesses already have the clients: restoration, HVAC, waterproofing, janitorial, property management. They keep asking about air quality. You keep sending the work down the street.
Mike’s other passion is teaching those crews how to keep the work — the right equipment list, a real job on your building, and a plan for the first ten invoices. You do not start with a $40,000 truck. You start with people who already trust you.
Day 1
Indoor air quality in plain language. How duct work actually moves air in houses, offices, and light commercial. NADCA-informed standards without the seminar fluff. We map which of your existing clients should hear this first — restoration, janitorial, waterproofing, property management, HVAC — so you sell the add-on before you buy a box truck.
Day 2
We clean your office or a house you control. Registers, returns, flex, trunk lines, and the mistakes that shred equipment. You get the shopping list before class so the machines are in the room, not in a catalog. Technicians run the job. Mike stands over the shoulder and stops the expensive habits on day one.
Day 3
Job costing, crew roles, close-out photos, and what to say when a customer asks if the mold is “gone.” You leave with a playbook. Techs keep Mike’s cell for FaceTime from the jobsite — that follow-through is included, not a upsell.
Do not start with a $40,000 truck.
Most service companies already have vans, clients, and a reputation. Air duct cleaning fails when someone buys a shiny negative-air rig before they have ten booked jobs. We start with a list you can actually afford, then grow the fleet from paid work.
Sell it to people who already trust you.
Restoration, janitorial, waterproofing, and HVAC already walk into dirty systems. Cold-calling “free duct inspections” is how rookies burn Saturdays. Your base is the market.
Clean source, not just the register.
Wiping a vent and calling it a duct clean is how you get chargebacks. We teach inspection, containment, and the difference between dust you can see and dust that recirculates after you leave.
Document like an insurance job.
Before/after, static pressure when it matters, and a written scope. Indoor air quality is a health conversation. If you cannot explain what you did, do not invoice it.
Pay the crew like you mean it.
This is dirty, technical work. The companies that last are the ones who do not treat techs as disposable. Mike has run crews for 25 years. We talk about pace, safety, and not wrecking a homeowner’s Sunday.
$5,000 for the three-day course, anywhere in the United States, plus actual travel (airfare, lodging, ground). Travel is quoted before you book — no padded extras after the fact.
The fee is the cheaper line on the invoice. Buying the wrong vacuum, the wrong brushes, and a truck you do not need is how service companies lose five figures before the first paid duct job. This course is built to stop that: the right list, the right sequence, and hours you will not spend undoing bad habits on a customer’s house.
Connecticut companies train at your location. Everywhere else, Mike comes to your facility. Tell him the trade you already run and how many techs will be in the room.