Duct Cleaning in Lewisburg, WV
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Eight months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. That is most months moving air through the same ductwork, and the dust in your house rides along every time it cycles. On nights that average 23°F, the furnace kicks on often to keep up, and each run leaves a little more dust settled in the ducts.
Greenbrier County has seen 44 winter storms and 104 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When a storm cuts the power, the furnace shuts down, and when the power comes back and it starts up again, whatever has settled in the ducts since gets stirred back into the air.
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- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- July 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 home. A contractor can tell you by looking at the ducts themselves, whether there's visible dust buildup, signs of pests, or leftover debris from a remodel. Homes with pets or with someone who has allergies tend to need it more often than others.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason for it, not just on a schedule. If you can see dust kicking out of the vents, if a room never seems to get fully warm or cool, or if the system sat open to construction dust for a while, cleaning solves something. Your furnace runs from October through May here, so ducts choked with dust make it work harder for those eight months. If nothing looks or smells off, the filter is doing its job and cleaning may not change much.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the duct system to pull it under negative pressure, then agitates the inside of each duct run so dust and debris get pulled into the vacuum instead of back into the house. They'll also clean the supply and return vents, and check the coil and blower compartment since dust collects there too. A contractor can walk through what your specific system needs before starting.