Duct Cleaning in Greeneville, TN
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Seven months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. Every one of those months it is pulling air through the same ductwork, and whatever is riding in that air, dust, dander, the fine debris that settles in a house, gets pushed along with it and some of it stays behind on the duct walls.
Greene County homes deal with real storms too, 25 winter storms and 99 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Power interruptions come with that, and a furnace that cycles off and back on during a cold snap is drawing in whatever settled in the ducts while it sat idle. Over years that buildup narrows the path the air travels, and the furnace has to push harder to heat the same rooms.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 4 months
- June 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. It comes down to what a contractor finds when they look inside your ducts, whether that is a heavy coat of dust, pet hair, or signs of a leak that let moisture in. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have had furnace or duct work done recently that left debris behind, it is worth having them checked sooner rather than later.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It is worth it if your ducts actually have a buildup of dust, pet hair, or debris inside them. A contractor can look inside and tell you whether there is enough there to matter. If the ducts are already clean, cleaning them again will not improve your air or your furnace's performance.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from the inside of the duct walls, then pulls it all out through the vacuum. Every supply and return vent gets opened up and cleaned this way, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace blower and coil are often cleaned at the same time, since they sit in that same airflow.