Duct Cleaning in Point Pleasant, WV
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Seven months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. On the cold nights in between, the ones that average 26°F from December through February, it cycles on and off for hours at a time, and every cycle pushes more air through the same ductwork.
Mason County has also seen its share of winter storms and wind, twelve winter storms and 76 damaging wind events over the last ten years. Outages that follow can shut a system down and start it back up more than usual, and each restart stirs up whatever has settled in the ducts and sends it back through the house.
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- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- June through September, 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 house. Homes with pets, a smoker, or someone with allergies tend to need it more often because more gets pulled into the return air. If you had renovation work done, get the ducts cleaned once the dust from that settles. Otherwise, dust visibly coming out of the vents or piling up around the supply registers is the real sign, not a date on the calendar.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in your ducts. If there is visible dust, debris, or signs of rodents or mold, cleaning them is worth doing. If the ducts look clean and nobody in the house has breathing trouble, there may not be much to gain. A contractor can look inside the ducts with a camera and tell you what is really in there before you decide.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the duct system to create negative pressure, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris so it gets pulled out rather than pushed further into the ducts. Every supply and return vent gets cleaned, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace or air handler blower compartment usually gets cleaned too, since that is where a lot of buildup collects. The filter should also be checked or replaced once the job is done, since a dirty filter puts dust right back into clean ducts.