Duct Cleaning in Gooding, ID
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Eight months of heat pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Gooding County homes need heat from October through May. Nights average 21°F in December through February, so the furnace is cycling on and off most of the day and night, and every cycle pushes air through the same ductwork. Dust and debris that settle in the ducts get stirred up and blown back into the house each time the system runs.
Wind is part of the picture too. The area has logged 16 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and wind drives dust toward the house, where it works its way in through gaps around vents and returns and settles into the ducts along with everything already there.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 2 months
- July through August, your air conditioner does the same
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed schedule that fits every home, so watch for the signs instead. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you've had a rodent problem, water damage, or a remodel that kicked up dust and drywall debris, get the ducts cleaned. Homes here run the furnace October through May, eight months of the year, so the ducts stay in near-constant use and are worth checking on sooner rather than later.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what's going on in the ducts. If you can see dust building up around vents, if the system smells musty when it kicks on, or if someone in the house has unexplained respiratory irritation, cleaning is worth doing. If none of that applies and the filter gets changed on schedule, the ducts are probably not the problem, and cleaning them will not make the air noticeably different.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A technician connects a powerful vacuum to the duct system, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside the ducts so it gets pulled into the vacuum instead of blown into the rooms. This is done at the supply and return vents throughout the house, and usually includes the main trunk lines too. A contractor can walk through what the job covers for your specific duct layout.