* hvac * cleaning toys/junk in vents??????? Nightmare please help?

[kailo1]

we bought a 2 story house forclosed and none of the vents upstairs are releasing air. we cleaned the vents out w the hvac serviceman and we found a glass coke bottle and a nerf baseball in the vents just by reaching our hands down it as far as we could but we can only reach so far.. im now possitive there is more toys or junk down there causing air flow problems.. how in the hell am i going to get that junk out of the vents with little mess as possible?????? please help

 

[gagootza]

those vents go through the floor and it's possible that the vent tubes came apart from the previous residents and their children,take a good flashlight and a mirror and look down through the floor where the vents are.if you know for sure thats whats causing it get you a long fish steel with a big hook on the end and shove it in till you feel what ever is in there.those vents in the floor more than likely join together at one point.if you can get you a drop light and stick it on the end of something that will slide through the vent without bending too much someone looking into another vent should be able to see the light and if they can see the light then more than likely there's no more in theres 2 good mirrors and 2 bright flash lights and one drop light with a bright bulb in it.we had those in the apts where i worked and they can be tough.i hope i was of some help to you.i'd like to know the outcome. good luck

 

[camlawnman@sbcglobalenet]

id have the ducts cleaned who knows whats lurking in there.all the duct lines will be blown out with air and sucked into a truck outside,no mess.