Duct Cleaning in Pasco, WA
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Eight months of heat pushes dust through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May in Franklin County, close to eight months of the year. Every time it cycles on, air moves through the ducts and pushes along whatever dust has settled there. With winter nights averaging 28°F, that cycling happens many times a day, all winter long.
Pasco has seen 14 winter storms and 25 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When a storm knocks out power, the furnace picks up again as soon as it returns, pulling more air through ducts that sat untouched while the heat was off.
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- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 2 months
- July 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, smokers, or someone with allergies tend to need it sooner than others. If you can see dust building up at the vents or notice a musty smell when the furnace kicks on, that is worth a look regardless of when it was last done. A contractor can check the ducts and tell you whether they need cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in the ducts. If there is visible dust, debris, or signs of pests or mold, cleaning them makes a real difference to the air moving through your home during the eight months a year you run the furnace here. If the ducts are already clean and the system runs fine, cleaning them just for the sake of it will not do much. A contractor can look and tell you which situation you are in.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor uses a vacuum with a long hose along with a brush or air whip to loosen and pull dust and debris out of the supply and return ducts. They will typically check the furnace and coil too, since buildup there affects the same air moving through the house. Rooms are sealed off one at a time while the work is done so the dust being pulled out does not just resettle somewhere else.