Duct Cleaning

How Often You Should Get Your Ducts Cleaned Depends On Your Living Situation

Duct cleaning is an often overlooked part of home maintenance which, when done regularly, can save on your electric bill. If not completed, it can place your home at risk for a fire….If you have someone in your household who has severe allergies or asthma, regular duct cleaning may be helpful. The more people you have in your home, the more laundry gets done on a regular basis. The more laundry, the more lint released. Not all of it gets stopped by the dryer lint trap. Much of it flows out through the vent tubing and unfortunately over time, that can build up causing a fire hazard of dry lint particles.

Insects and or vermin can also get inside of the ducts. This means a gathering of shed skin and hair particles as well as feces. This should be removed as soon as you notice a problem as they can cause health issues.

Mold can also form inside of vents and duct work. It is important, especially in a tropical damp climate such as Florida, to check for mold yearly.

When ducts get very full and clogged the dust particles and skin cells from laundry can be re-released into the air causing your home to be more dusty than usual and may cause respiratory issues for some sensitive individuals.

No matter how diligent you are and how clean your home is, dust and lint do form and collect. It’s important for everyone to get their ducts cleaned on a regular basis even if that means just once annually.

During a duct cleaning here is what to expect from Beattie Home Services:

• All ports and doors will be opened in order to allow the entire system to be cleaned and inspected.
• The whole system must be inspected before cleaning in order to be sure that there are no dangerous particles such as insulation or asbestos present.
• Use vacuum equipment that exhausts particles outside of the home or use only high-efficiency particle air (HEPA) vacuuming equipment.
• Take all precautions to help protect the carpet and household furnishings during cleaning.
• Use well-controlled brushing of duct surfaces alongside of contact vacuum cleaning to dislodge dust.
• Take care to protect the duct work, including sealing and re-insulating any access holes the service provider may have made or used so they are airtight.

How to prevent recontamination

• Use high efficiency air filters.
• Change air filters often.
• Never leave your HVAC running with no filter.
• Always ask the tech to clean the cooling coils and drain pans.
• If you are doing construction or renovation seal off and turn off AC and heat to prevent dust from getting into the system.

Ready to get your air as clean as it can be and make sure your home is protected from potential unseen fire hazards? Give Beattie Home Services a call today

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