Duct Cleaning in Cleveland, TN
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Seven months of runtime moves a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months of the year. On winter nights averaging 32°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and every cycle pushes air through the same ductwork. Dust, pet hair, and whatever else is in the house gets pulled in and pressed along the duct walls a little more each time.
Bradley County has also seen 12 winter storms and 60 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When storms knock out power, systems sit idle and then kick back on, and that stop and start pattern gives dust more chances to settle in the ducts instead of blowing through. Over years of this, buildup narrows the path air has to move through, and your furnace has to work harder to heat the same rooms.
- 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 fixed schedule that fits every home. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies tend to need it more often than others. If you see dust coming out of the vents when the furnace kicks on, or you are dusting more often than you used to, that is a sign to have them looked at.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is sitting in your ducts right now. If there is visible dust, debris, or signs of pests or mold, cleaning them will improve the air moving through your home and take some of the load off your furnace. If your ducts were cleaned recently and the filter gets changed on schedule, you may not need it yet. A contractor can look inside the ductwork and tell you whether it is worth doing now.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor loosens the dust and debris built up inside the ducts, then pulls it out with a high powered vacuum through an access point cut into the ductwork. This covers the supply and return ducts along with the grilles and registers, and the coil and blower too if they can be reached. The point is to clear out what has collected over the years so your furnace is not pushing air through buildup all winter.