Duct Cleaning in Moundsville, 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 out of the year. Every one of those months, the same air keeps moving through the same ductwork, and whatever is riding in that air settles out along the way.
Marshall County has seen 8 winter storms and 36 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When one of those knocks out power, the furnace sits off until it comes back, then kicks on and pushes through ducts that kept collecting dust the whole time. Across West Virginia, over a third of households lost power for a day or more in 2024. That is a lot of restarts moving a season's worth of buildup through the same vents.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- Most homes do fine getting ducts cleaned every few years, not every year. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you've had remodeling work that left dust behind, sooner makes sense. Homes here run the furnace October through May, so ducts are moving air eight months of the year. A contractor can look inside and tell you whether yours need it now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what's actually built up in there. If dust kicks out of the vents when the furnace kicks on, or a room never seems to stay clean, cleaning makes a real difference. If the ducts are new or were cleaned not long ago, you probably won't notice much change. A contractor can check for buildup before you spend money on it.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor hooks a vacuum system up to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock dust and debris loose so the vacuum can pull it out. Each supply and return vent gets opened and cleaned on its own. The vent hood and register covers get wiped down too, since dust settles there just as much as inside the duct.