How Cardinal Air Duct Marietta Was Born in Marietta
When we first brought Cardinal Air Duct Cleaning to Marietta, we walked into homes where people had been burned before. One house off Powder Springs Road sticks with us. The homeowner had paid another company to clean her ducts a year earlier. She showed us photos on her phone: vent covers popped off, dust still caked inside the boot, and a receipt for work she wasn’t sure ever happened. No before-and-after photos. No written breakdown of what was covered. Just a charge and a vague promise. That afternoon, we pulled the blower housing and found years of construction dust from when her East Cobb neighborhood was first developed. She’d been breathing it in while believing the problem was solved. That’s the moment we knew Marietta needed what Cardinal stands for: a written price before any work starts, photos of the work before and after, and a real person showing up when they say they will. We opened this branch because Marietta homeowners deserve to see exactly what they’re paying for, not to take somebody’s word for it over the phone.
Omar Haddad’s Personal Connection to the Air Duct Cleaning Trade
Omar Haddad came into this trade the way a lot of people come into work that matters: through someone else’s house. Years ago, long before leading the Marietta branch, he helped a relative move into an older home near the Square. The place had charm, but the air felt heavy the moment you walked in. Every room had that musty, stale smell that settles into walls and carpet and ductwork. The previous owner had pets. The return vents were coated with a gray film you could scrape with a fingernail. Omar pulled a floor register and reached down into the duct with his phone camera. What he saw looked like the inside of a vacuum bag that hadn’t been emptied in twenty years. That image never left him. The thing is, the family living there had just accepted it. They assumed old houses smelled that way. They didn’t know the air they were breathing every night was moving through that. When the ducts were finally cleaned properly, the house smelled different within a day. A kid who’d been coughing every morning stopped coughing. That’s what hooked Omar: not the grime, but the difference it made. He’s spent the years since learning this trade from the inside out, working through every type of duct system Marietta homes actually have, from postwar ranches with rigid metal runs to newer flexible duct in split-level and Craftsman builds. What gets him out of bed is pretty simple. People can’t see what’s in their ducts. They trust whoever shows up. Omar takes that trust personally. If he weren’t doing this, he’d still be doing something with his hands, probably woodworking, because he likes seeing a job done right and having the result he can point to.
Meet Omar Haddad – The Person Behind Every Job
Omar Haddad is the Owner & Founder of Cardinal Air Duct Marietta. He leads a local team that works to one standard: total visibility. That means every customer knows who is coming, when they’ll arrive, and what the job will cost before anything starts. Omar’s background is in hands-on home services, and he’s spent years learning duct systems the way they actually behave in Georgia homes: humidity, pollen seasons, crawlspace issues, and the fine red clay dust that finds its way into everything. He’s not a corporate franchise technician running a route. He’s the person accountable for every job this branch takes. When he’s not inspecting ductwork or reviewing before-and-after photos with the team, he’s usually outdoors or working on a project at home. His commitment to customers is simple and personal: if we wouldn’t do the work in his own house, we won’t do it in yours.
Our Promise to Marietta Homeowners
Our promise comes from the Relay Standard, the set of values every Cardinal location works to. Book in a tap, no phone tag. Give a live arrival time, not a four-hour window. Send photos of the work before and after. Put the price in writing before we start. Text a digital invoice you can pay from the link. That’s not marketing language. That’s how we operate every job, from a small condo near Vinings to a full-system cleaning in Kennesaw. The written price is the one that matters most to us, because it’s the one most often broken in this industry. When we quote a job, that’s the price. You see exactly what we’ll do, what it costs, and what it looks like when we’re done. If something changes mid-job, you’ll know before we do anything and you’ll approve it first. We stand behind every job with The Relay Visibility Guarantee.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed: Every pro working under our name is required to hold the license their state requires for the work they perform.
- Insured & bonded: We carry the coverage homeowners should expect from anyone working inside their house.
- Local experience: Our team knows the duct systems in Cobb County homes, from older rigid metal runs to newer flexible ductwork.
- Local reputation: We’ve built our name in Marietta one job at a time, with photos and written prices on every visit.
Why these matter to you: when someone works in your home, you deserve proof they’re legally allowed to do the work and financially covered if something goes wrong. A written price and photo documentation mean you can verify the job was actually done, not just take a technician’s word for it.
Rooted in Marietta
We serve the whole Marietta area: the neighborhoods around the Square, East Cobb, West Cobb, and everything between. We know the difference between a 1960s ranch off Lower Roswell Road and a new build near Kennesaw Mountain, because we’ve cleaned both. Marietta’s humidity, pollen seasons, and red clay dust aren’t abstract to us. They’re what we find in your ducts every week. We’re a local branch of a national brand, but the team here is your neighbors. When you call us, you’re talking to a live coordinator who connects you to your local team, not a distant call center. That matters when the air in your home is what’s at stake.
Written by Omar Haddad, Owner & Founder at Cardinal Air Duct Marietta.