FAQ - Frequently Asked
Questions about Air Duct Cleaning:
What could possibly be in my
air ducts?
What could be in your air ducts are the same things
that are
in your vacuum cleaner bag. Picture a full vacuum cleaner bag.
This bag may contain any or all of the following debris: carpet
fibers, skin scale and hair, dust mites and their feces, food crumbs,
pet
food and cat litter, mold and mildew, drywall dust and new
construction debris, insect and rodent excrements and remains, bacteria
and
viruses,
pet hair and dander.
How do I know if my system needs to be
cleaned?
- Smoker(s) in the house?
- Have pets?
- Have “dust trails” or discoloring coming
out of your registers?
- Constantly
dusting furniture?
- Does anyone in your family suffer from allergies,
asthma, headaches,
sinus or nasal congestion?
- Do you have young or elderly family
members
that tend to be more susceptible to respiratory illness?
- Have
a furnace that uses
a standard
disposable filter?
- Does it seem like there is not enough airflow
coming from your registers?
- Has it been two years or longer
since your system
has been
cleaned?
If you answered yes to any of these questions,
then it may be time for you to
consider having your air duct system professionally cleaned!
Even
if you are the best housekeeper in the world, what about the person
that
lived
there before
you? New home? In almost every case pieces of sheetrock
and sheetrock dust, dirt, nails, pop cans, and other debris fall
into
your
registers during
the construction
of your home.
I vacuum down each register, isn’t that enough?
What
you see down each of your registers is just a small portion of
what
lurks in
the main
trunk line
of your
ductwork. Your ductwork consists of register boots and
laterals that all tie into a main trunk line.
How is my system cleaned?
The most
effective way to
clean air ducts is to use “source removal” techniques.
This process is the highest standard in the industry your
system
is placed
under negative
pressure.
While
the vacuum draws air through the system, various tools
are inserted into the return and supply register boots
to dislodge
Contaminant's
and debris.
The
powerful vacuum pulls the Contaminant's out of the air
ducts, removing them from the system
and your home with no mess left behind. The final steps
are to clean the plenum, and the blower housing, motor & wheel. How
long should it take to clean a typical residential system?
A
typical
three to
four bedroom
home
will require 1 to
2 hours for cleaning. Every home is different, some
homes take longer.
What are
the benefits of air duct cleaning?
Clean systems
are less likely to breakdown. Nine out of 10 A/C system failures
are caused
by dirt and
dust. Savings
on monthly heating/cooling bills. Research by the
U.S. EPA shows that buildup
of .042 inches
of dirt on a heating or cooling coil can result
in a decrease in efficiency by 21%. Clean systems restore capacity
and lessen running
time.
Dust
on furniture
is reduced. Dust is made up of dirt, pollen,
fibers, mold
spores, hair and other
allergy causing particles. About 30% of these
particles will pass through your filter and back into your
home. Maximum
airflow possible
from
your registers. The dust that stays in your system
will
accumulate on the
fan blades of the
blower motor, the grills, or the inside of your
ductwork.
This build up in your air
ducts can reduce the flow of air up to 40%.
Allergy
sufferers may also find relief. Now acknowledged as a major
allergy and disease-causing problem
by leading
medical authorities, poor indoor air quality
has prompted doctors and allergists to commonly
prescribe air duct cleaning as one of the ways
to reduce allergy problems.
To ensure good indoor air quality
in your environment.
The EPA states
that indoor
air is up to 70 times more polluted than
outdoor air, now consider that according to the American Lung Association
most people
spend 90% of their time indoors.
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