Duct Cleaning in Payette, ID
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Eight months of heating pushes dust through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, close to eight months a year. On winter nights that average 25°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and every cycle pushes air, and whatever dust has settled in the ducts, back into the rooms you live in.
The county has also logged 37 winter storms and 8 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that can knock out power and force a furnace to shut down and restart, and each restart moves more of what has built up in the ductwork through the house.
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- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- June through August, 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 house. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies tend to need it more often than homes without those things. If you can't remember the last time your ducts were cleaned, or you notice dust building up fast around the vents, that's reason enough to have them checked.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when your ducts are actually dirty, not as a routine service done on a schedule. Dust blowing out of the vents, a musty smell when the furnace kicks on, or visible debris around the vent covers are signs it will help. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether cleaning will make a difference in your house.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust and debris from inside the vents before pulling it out. Every supply and return vent in the house gets cleaned this way, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace or air handler and the coil usually get cleaned in the same visit, since they're part of the same air path.