Duct Cleaning in Blytheville, AR
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Seven months of heating pushes air through the same ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. Every one of those months it's pulling air through the same ducts, and whatever is riding in that air settles along the way. Dust, pet hair, the fine grit that gets in around windows and doors, all of it collects in the bends and joints.
Mississippi County sees its share of wind, 73 damaging wind events over the past ten years, plus 14 winter storms. Wind drives dust and debris into a house through every gap it can find, and that ends up in the return air and then in the ducts. A furnace forcing air through ducts loaded with that buildup has to work harder to heat the same rooms, and the air coming out of your vents carries more of it into the house.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no set schedule that fits every home, but a contractor can tell you if yours needs it now. If anyone in the house has allergies, you have pets that shed, or you have just finished a remodel that left dust behind, it is worth doing sooner rather than later. Homes here run the furnace from October through April, and that many months of steady airflow can push more dust through the ductwork than a shorter heating season would.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on in the ducts. If you can see dust building up around the vents, or a room never seems to heat or cool right, cleaning can help air move the way it should. If nobody in the house has allergy trouble and the system runs fine, there may not be much to gain, and a contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether cleaning will actually make a difference in your house.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust and debris, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Every supply and return vent gets checked, and the furnace or air handler itself may be cleaned too, since dust collects there as well. Once the ducts are clear, the vent covers go back on and the system is tested to make sure air is moving properly through the house.