Duct Cleaning in Muscatine, IA
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Eight months of heat means eight months of dust moving through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, close to eight months a year. On nights averaging 17 degrees, it cycles on and off many times a day just to hold the temperature. Each cycle pushes air through the ductwork, and whatever has settled there, dust, pet hair, fine grit, moves with it and works its way back into the rooms you live in.
Muscatine County has seen 25 winter storms and 59 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that can knock out power, and when it comes back on, the furnace starts up again and pushes another round of air through ducts that have been sitting still.
- 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?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every home. Have a contractor look at the ductwork if anyone in the house has allergies, if pets shed near the return vents, or if a renovation left drywall dust in the air. Dust building up at the supply vents is a sign it is time to have them checked.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It is worth it when the ducts actually have a problem, like visible dust blowing out of the vents, a musty smell when the system runs, or debris you can see when a vent cover comes off. Clean ducts let your furnace and air conditioner move air the way they were built to. If you cannot see or smell anything off, there is less urgency.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock dust and debris loose from inside the duct walls so it can be pulled out. They work through the supply and return lines, and often the coil and blower housing too, since dust collects there as well. Vent covers get pulled off, cleaned, and put back on when the job is done.