Should I Have My Ducts Cleaned
Duct Cleaning has potential benefits but there are questions to ask before you have this done at your home. Since conditions in every home are different, you cannot generalize to generalize whether air duct cleaning in your home would be beneficial.
Here are some questions to ask yourself before you have this done.
- Does anyone in your home have allergies or our breathing illnesses?
- Do you see large amounts of dust or mold on your air conditioning vents?
Seeing dust or debris on your return air register does not indicate that your ducts need cleaning.
You may however decide to have your ducts cleaned because over time the air ducts will get dirty over time and should occasionally be cleaned.
It is important that the technician follows proper procedures when completing the process. Without doing this properly you may create more air pollution. For example, an inadequate vacuum collection system can release more dust, dirt and other contaminants. A poor cleaning can damage your ducts or heating and cooling system, possibly increasing your heating and air conditioning costs or forcing you to have costly repairs or replacements.
You should consider having the air ducts in your home cleaned if:
- There is visible mold growth in your ductwork. Sometimes the mold growth may not be visible to your naked eye, the technician needs to show you the mold growth that he finds in your duct system. Also, if your air ducts are insulated the insulation getting wet can create mold. It should be removed and replaced.
- If you have a rodent or insect problem that has made its way into your duct system.
Just remember that duct cleaning does not actually prevent health problems. There is no evidence that a light amount of household dust or other particulate matter in air ducts poses any risk to health. So, you need to be careful when determining that this procedure is necessary.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not recommend that air ducts be cleaned except as needed, except on an as-needed basis because of the continuing uncertainty about the benefits of duct cleaning.
So, with this said, if you feel that duct cleaning is needed in your home, it is best to talk with a professional duct cleaning company and have them inspect to make this determination. You want to be sure and obtain conclusive evidence that duct cleaning is necessary.
We at Action Heating and Air Conditioning have been serving the Mobile and Baldwin County areas since 1997. We can inspect and make air duct cleaning recommendation if necessary. Please call us at 251 272-5900 to set up an inspection. Also visit our website at https://www.callaction.net to learn more about us and all the services we offer.
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