The Safety King Kid a Big Hit in Romeo Parade
September 7th, 2010 | 
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The Safety King Kid generated a lot of smiles per mile in his appearance in the Michigan Peach Festival Parade on Labor Day Monday in downtown Romeo. The parade, officially named the 2010 Peach Festival Floral Parade sponsored by Sheena’s Marketplace, began at at 1:30 PM on Monday, September 6, 2010 (Labor Day). The picture at right shows The Kid walking behind the Safety King pickup truck in the parade.
A truckload of fans of The Kid
The Kid is Safety King’s mascot and now has his own fan page at Facebook. To become a fan or just to see the fan page, go to www.facebook.com and type in Safety King in the search window at the very top. If needed, click on Pages in the menu at the left edge of your screen and The Kid’s fan page should come up as a link you can click on. Alternatively, copy this address: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/The-Safety-King-Kid/144745588885294?ref=ts and paste it into the address window of your web browser, then press Enter.
Here’s a video clip of The Kid in the parade: The Kid video clip 1
Safety King, Inc., established in 1969, is the oldest and largest air duct cleaning company in the state of Michigan. Their headquarters buildings are located in Utica, MI, a northern suburb of Detroit. From their headquarters location Safety King has served the residential, commercial and industrial air duct cleaning needs of southeast Michigan.
Email: info@safetyking.com. Website: www.safetyking.com. Blog: www.safetyking.com/blog/
Ounce of Prevention Saves a Ton
Detroit News 08/6/2010, Page H10
The Handyman (column by America’s Master Handyman, Glenn Haege)
Ounce of Prevention Saves a Ton on Home Bills
“And if you haven’t had your air ducts cleaned in the past seven years, now is a great time to do it to help your heating and cooling system work more efficiently and improve the indoor-air quality of your home. Make sure you call a company that is a certified member of the National Air Duct Cleaners Association, such as…Safety King, 1-800-AIR-DUCT.”
Link to the entire column at Glenn Haege’s website:
http://masterhandyman.com/columndetails.cfm?pubdate=20100806
Do-It-Yourself Doesn’t Apply to Duct Cleaning
Detroit Free Press 08/13/2010, Page H10
The Handyman (column by America’s Master Handyman, Glenn Haege)
DIY projects may not always save you money
“And just because you have a Shop-Vac it doesn’t mean you can clean your air ducts. There is a reason you hire a NADCA-certified professional with the high-powered, truck-mounted vacuum systems to clean your air ducts, because that is the only way the job will be done right.”
Link to the entire column at Glenn Haege’s website:
http://masterhandyman.com/columndetails.cfm?pubdate=20100813
$49 Air Duct Cleaning??
There are over 200 local Michigan providers of air duct cleaning and you’ve seen many of their ads offering a complete air duct cleaning for $49, $79, $99 or some other low price. Safety King charges between $449 and $599 for single-furnace homes with a basement. Why? Why so much more than these other providers?
The answer is this. We charge more because we do more.
Here’s what Safety King brings to every job:
- Best equipment (power vacuum trucks, onboard compressors, sanitized agitation tools)
- Best technicians (NADCA certified, uniformed, trained)
- Best procedures (DUCT-CAM , all ducts, blower and blower compartment, A-coil)
- Adequate time (average of two to three hours for each job)
- A real guarantee
- The right state licensing (licensed for duct cleaning & sanitizing, not carpet cleaning, etc.)
- Complete insurance, all risks, total coverage
- Specialization and focus (we do air duct cleaning ONLY)
- History and experience (since 1969, oldest and largest provider in the Midwest)
A small number of our competitors do have one or two of these good characteristics…But there’s not a single local competitor that has the whole package like we do.
We actually charge as little as we can and still do the job we do.
Choosing the lowest price provider carries certain very real risks.
They might:
- Reveal additional charges after they get to your home (bait and switch), and you end up paying more than you would have paid us.
- Bring portable or truck-mounted vacuum equipment to your home without enough power to do the job. If it’s small enough to carry into your house, it’s probably too small.
Some portable vacuum equipment is simply too puny to do the job.
This technician may be well-intentioned but we think he is also vacuum-challenged.
“Truck Mounted” vacuum equipment often does not truly mean a giant Power Vacuum Truck. And the one in this picture is one of the BIGGER examples!
Our good friends at MITE-E-DUCTS in Zionsville, IN, took this picture of the portable equipment that one of their local low-cost providers takes to the homes of his customers.
There is risk also in what a low-cost provider might NOT do. He might not:
- Have the right training, tools and techniques. Even assuming adequate vacuum, the key to a thorough cleaning is the skillful use of sanitized agitation tools (brushes, whips, air snakes) on all surfaces inside your air ducts to knock loose adhered dust and debris.
- Pull the blower to clean it thoroughly.
- Open the plenum to air wash and vacuum the A-coil.
- Protect your driveway and your home from damage and soil during the job. Some don’t even carry technician booties and drop-cloths.
Below are two pictures we took in November of 2008. The owners of this home had hired a low-price provider to clean their air ducts. The technician created such a mess in the house that the homeowners hired us to come out and check over the job. We discovered that not only had the low-price guy blown dust needlessly all over the home, he had also failed almost completely to remove the dust and debris from inside the air ducts. They had us do a proper cleaning on their air ducts. We got every scrap of that debris out, and we did it without adding to the dust in their home.
The inept technician did not need to release all this dust in the house. He simply had inadequate equipment and poor technique.
To make matters worse, he did not even get the debris out of the ducts. Whatever this customer paid him was wasted money for no benefit.
In short, if you hire one of the low-priced providers (we privately refer to them as BLOW-N-GOs), you’d have to get pretty lucky to even get a so-so job done on your ducts. If you want them REALLY clean, you’d better hire us.
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Safety King is now a Lead-Safe Certified Firm
Safety King is pleased to announce that on July 22, 2010, we received our official certification from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), making us a Lead-Safe Certified Firm. This means we are certified by the EPA to conduct Renovation, Repair and Painting Activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities. Our certification is good until August 2, 2015. To receive this certification our entire technician staff had to attend training in lead-safe practices.
New Facebook Pages for Safety King
Safety King the DuctPro
We now have two new Facebook pages for Safety King. The first is called Safety King the DuctPro and is our official Safety King fan page. The second is called The Safety King Kid and isdevoted to our Safety King Kid mascot.
The Safety King Kid
Did You Miss The Party?
7th Annual Duct Cleaners’ Network Conference
The Duct Cleaners Network (DCN: www.ductcleanersnetwork.org) hosted its 7th Annual Conference July 29 – Aug 1, 2010, at the Sterling Inn, located just outside of Detroit, Michigan.
2010 Convention Attendees
With a focus on business networking with the high quality service and equipment providers coupled with peer-to-peer hands-on training, the programs and events were overwhelmingly well received. It was one of our largest turnouts with over 60 business owners, managers, and technicians attending the full conference, and all conference sessions had a 100% participation level.
Day one featured our inaugural Annual Golf Outing at the luxurious Cherry Creek Golf Club in Shelby Township. On day two the powerful and energy-filled keynote presentation “Realizing and Using the Laws of Attraction in Your Life” was delivered by nationally renowned speaker Michael Jeffries. Day one sessions at the Inn covered topics such as “Choose your customer – Don’t let them choose you,” “Technology Innovations for the Duct Cleaner” and a very competitive hands-on estimating exercise in the Inn’s giant natatorium.
Party Room at Dave & Busters'
Day two of the conference was held on-site at Safety King the DuctPro in Shelby Township (www.safetyking.com, www.ductpro.com). At their campus, MJ and Marcus Palazzolo facilitated several more presentations including “Hiring and Background Checks” and “Crawl Space Solutions to Improve IAQ.” The entire conference also participated in a half-day presentation on Lead and Asbestos Awareness presented by Eastern Michigan University followed by a special BBQ luncheon. That evening attendees headed over to Dave and Buster’s for dinner, games, and merriness.
The Duct Cleaners Network has already announced plans to hold its 8th annual event at the same location in August of 2011. Exact dates will be announced shortly. The DCN’s mission remains promoting interaction among its members at reasonable costs. All events are held at family-friendly properties. In addition to the networking and educational programs some members even use the network to cooperatively participate in large projects together. To support true networking, DCN hosts a lively Discussion Forum. DCN members also have access to a comprehensive business audio library. More information about this exciting network and their upcoming events calendar can be found at the website, www.ductcleanersnetwork.org.
Safety King participates in MDA Benefit
Maria Donadio
Today Safety King received a Thank You message for our participation in the 16th Annual Maria Donadio Golf Classic To Benefit MDA. The Golf Classic was on June 17 and raised $42,000, bringing the grand total raised by the Donadio family over these years to $1,110,621. The family will be presenting the check from the 2010 Classic at the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Labor Day weekend. Next year’s Classic will be on June 16, 2011, and Safety King will be right there for this good cause as we are every year.
For more info on the annual fund-raising golf tournament , go to www.mariadonadio.com or email tdonadio@donadiofinancial.com.
Grand Opening!
Safety King, Inc. has been around since 1969 and is the oldest and largest air duct cleaning company in the state of Michigan. We are headquartered in Utica, MI, a northern suburb of Detroit. From here we have served the residential, commercial and industrial air duct cleaning needs of southeast Michigan.
Today, Safety King is pleased to announce the grand opening of a new branch location serving the west side of the state. The new branch is located near Grand Rapids at 7034 12th Avenue in Jenison, MI 49428. Interested customers in the Grand Rapids area may contact Safety King by phoning toll-free 1-800-AIRDUCT (247-3828). These calls are being answered in our Utica headquarters office and trucks and technicians are then dispatched from the new Jenison location to carry out the work.
Giant Power Vacuum Truck from Safety King
Detroit Baseball Legend Passes Into History
Ernie Harwell and Safety King founder Mike Palazzolo
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, Detroit’s baseball broadcasting legend Ernie Harwell died of cancer at age 92. Harwell was widely known as an engaging and warm person. Listeners said his Tiger baseball broadcast voice displayed kindness and welcome as did few others. Our founder, Mike Palazzolo, met Ernie a few years ago and had his picture taken with him.
In Tracee Hamilton’s sports column in the Washington Post today, she said Ernie Harwell “never met a stranger. He was just as kind as he sounded on the radio. There were no sides to Ernie Harwell. What you heard was what you got. And what you heard was that voice, that praline voice, smooth and sweet, homey and warm.”
Rest In Peace, Ernie Harwell. You will be missed.