The Importance of Cleaning Your Home’s HVAC Ducts for Fall and Winter
10/28/2024 (Permalink)
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The Importance of Cleaning Your Home’s HVAC Ducts for Fall and Winter
As the cooler months approach, it’s time to prepare your home’s HVAC system for increased use. One often-overlooked but essential step is cleaning your HVAC ducts. Here’s why this simple maintenance task is so valuable:
Improved Air Quality: Dust, pollen, and pet dander build up in HVAC ducts over time. When the system is in use, these contaminants circulate throughout your home, impacting air quality. Clean ducts help ensure a healthier indoor environment.
Enhanced System Efficiency: Clean ducts allow your HVAC system to run more efficiently. Fewer obstructions improve airflow, reducing strain on the system, potentially lowering energy bills, and extending the equipment's lifespan.
Odor Control: Mold, mildew, and accumulated debris in your ducts can create unpleasant odors. Cleaning your ducts helps eliminate these smells, making your home fresher and more inviting.
Reduced Fire Hazard: Dust and debris in ducts can pose a fire risk, especially when heating systems are active. Regular duct cleaning significantly reduces this hazard, keeping your home safer.
Get a head start on winter by scheduling professional duct cleaning from SERVPRO of Roanoke, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties. With National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) certification, SERVPRO® ensures your home is ready for the season.
Call us today at 540-389-5818 or 540-731-3080.
- Lily Oliver
Reasons to keep your Air Ducts Clean
11/14/2017 (Permalink)
The air quality in your home is important. Keeping dust, pollen, pet dander, and other irritants out of the air you breathe involves more than changing the air filter. What about the air ducts? Contaminants collect in the duct system too, and regular cleaning of the air channel is important.
Energy Consumption
Dirty HVAC systems consume more energy than clean ones. Older ductwork starts leaking and not only do irritants enter through cracks, but air escapes too. Dirty ductwork also impedes airflow that drives up energy bills as much as 20 percent. Plus, dirt stresses your system causing frequent breakdowns. Clean ductwork helps lower your utility bill and helps your HVAC unit last longer.
Smelly Air
If someone in your home smokes that cigarette or cigar order hangs not only in the air but in the ductwork. Likewise, if you burned something on the stove, the smoke must go somewhere. These smells and other household odors collect in the ductwork and get circulated five to seven times per day, on average. Odors continue to plague your home long after you remove the offensive item.
More Reasons
Mold and mildew grow in your duct system especially if your home suffered recent water damage from flooding or foundation cracks. Home renovations and repair often lead to contaminants settling in your air system, and newly built homes need the air ducts cleaned before occupancy.
Call the Professional
Air duct cleaning is not an easy job. It needs special vacuum hoses and tools to reach throughout the system. This is not a do-it-yourself task. Contact SERVPRO of Roanoke and schedule your cleaning today.
Make sure you contact a NADCA Certified Company for ductwork cleaning. Another helpful idea is to buy a high-quality air filter like the ones sold at home improvement stores. Look for pleated filters costing around $15. Not only do these last a little longer, these filters also catch more debris, including bacteria and viruses, before you breathe it in.
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