Duct Cleaning in Rogers, AR
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Seven months of heating means seven months of dust moving through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months of the year. Every time the blower kicks on, it pulls air through the same ducts and pushes it back into the house. Dust, pet hair, and whatever else settles in the house gets carried along with it, night after night, all winter.
Most of Rogers is single-family homes, owner-occupied, the kind of house where the same air keeps moving through the same ducts year after year. Nothing about that changes on its own. The furnace just keeps circulating what's already built up in there, every time it runs.
- 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's no set schedule that fits every home. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you've had work done that left dust behind, like a duct replacement or a renovation, it's worth cleaning sooner rather than waiting. Homes with pets or a history of pests in the ducts may need it more often too. A contractor can look at the ducts and tell you what they actually need instead of going by a calendar.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what's going on in your ducts. If there's visible dust coming out of the vents, a musty smell when the system runs, or signs of rodents or mold, cleaning is worth it. If the ducts look fine and nobody in the house has breathing trouble, it's not something you need to do just to be safe. A contractor can check the ducts and tell you whether cleaning will actually help your situation.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose the dust and debris built up on the inside of the duct walls, then pulls it all out through the vacuum. They'll also clean the supply and return vents, and check the coil and blower housing since dust collects there too. The filter isn't part of the ductwork, but a contractor will often check it while they're in the system.