Duct Cleaning in Rexburg, ID
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Rexburg ducts stay busy most of the year
Your furnace runs from September through June here, ten months of the year. On nights that average 14°F through the winter, it's pushing air through those ducts for hours at a stretch to keep the house warm. That much runtime moves a lot of dust through the system, and a good share of it settles inside the duct walls instead of passing on through the vents.
Madison County has logged 103 winter storms and 60 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that can knock out power, and when it comes back on, the furnace pulls in whatever dust and debris got stirred up around the house in the meantime. That buildup narrows the duct and blocks airflow to some rooms, so the furnace has to work harder to heat the house evenly.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 1 months
- July through July, 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, but a good rule is to have them checked every few years and cleaned when they need it. If anyone in the house has allergies, if pets are shedding into the return vents, or if you just finished a remodel that kicked up drywall dust, do it sooner. Homes here run the furnace from September through June, so the ducts get more months of use than in most places, which gives dust more time to build up inside them. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether yours need cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on in your ducts. If you can see dust kicking out of the vents, if a room never seems to get enough airflow, or if the ducts were exposed to construction dust or rodents, cleaning them makes a real difference. If none of that applies and your filter has been doing its job, you may not get much benefit from it. A contractor can look at your system and tell you whether cleaning will actually help your situation.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A technician connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust and debris from the inside walls of the ducts before pulling it out. Every supply and return vent in the house gets covered, along with the main trunk lines. Some jobs also include cleaning the blower compartment and coil, since those sit right in the airflow path and collect dust too.