Duct Cleaning in Jonesboro, AR
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Seven months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, close to seven months straight. Every one of those months, air is moving through your ductwork, and whatever is sitting in there moves with it, out into your rooms and back in again.
Craighead County has seen 91 damaging wind events and 11 winter storms over the past ten years. Wind like that drives dust and debris in around doors, windows and vents, and a good bit of it ends up pulled into the return air and settling in the ducts.
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- 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's no fixed schedule that fits every home, but a good rule is to have them checked every few years and cleaned when they need it. If someone in the house has allergies, or you've had a pest problem or water damage in the ducts, do it sooner. Homes with pets or a recent renovation collect more dust and debris and may need it more often.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it if you can see dust building up around your vents, notice a musty smell when the system runs, or someone in the house has unexplained allergy symptoms that ease up when they're away from home. Dust and debris in the ducts don't hurt how the furnace or air conditioner runs, since the blower still moves the same air either way. But that dust gets pushed into every room, so cleaning the ducts is really about air quality, not equipment performance.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork to create suction, then uses brushes or air whips to loosen dust and debris from inside the duct walls so it pulls into the vacuum instead of blowing into your rooms. They'll go through the supply and return ducts, the vents themselves, and usually the blower compartment. A licensed contractor will look at the whole system first and tell you what it actually needs before starting.