Duct Cleaning in Pella, IA
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Your furnace runs most of the year here
Pella needs heat from October through May, eight months of the year. That furnace pushes air through the same ducts night after night, and whatever is riding in that air, dust, pet hair, the fine grit that works into a house over a long winter, settles along the way. Eight months of that adds up inside the duct runs even if the house looks clean.
Marion County has logged 20 winter storms and 79 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and power does not always hold through them. When a furnace shuts off during an outage and starts back up once power returns, the dust sitting in the ducts gets stirred and pushed further into the system. Ductwork that has gone a long time without cleaning ends up carrying more of that into the rooms you heat.
- 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. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies may need it more often than a home without those things. If you can see dust building up around your vents or the air coming out smells musty, that is a sign to have them looked at. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether cleaning is actually needed.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in your ducts. If they are full of dust, pet hair, or debris, cleaning them improves the air moving through your home and helps your furnace and air conditioner push air the way they were designed to. If your ducts are already reasonably clean, cleaning them will not make a noticeable difference. A contractor can look inside and tell you whether it is needed before any work starts.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor loosens dust and debris from inside the ductwork, then vacuums it out with a high-powered system so it does not get pushed back into your home. This usually covers the supply and return ducts along with the grilles and registers, and sometimes the coil and blower if they are accessible. The furnace filter gets replaced as part of the job since it is what filters the air, not the ducts themselves.