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What
You Can't See Can Hurt You
A clean, efficient system will operate more effectively, be less
likely to break down, circulate less dust, save energy and save
money.
Take for example the items inside your vacuum cleaner bag after
you've vacuumed your floors. You might find items such as dust,
dirt, carpet fibers, particles of food, pet dander, etc. Imagine
having an open window to a room in your house, closing the door
on the room, and never cleaning or dusting that room. These are
the same types of items that are inside your air ducts, only
worse. Your heating and air conditioning ducts are the lungs of
your home.
The most expensive air
filtration systems made "will not" remove all the dust
and dirt from your air ducts. They will help after the ducts are
cleaned.
Air ducts can become contaminated with a variety of materials
that may pose risks to your health. The duct system can serve as
a means to distribute these contaminants. An unclean system will
constantly time release dust and dirt from your duct work into
your home every time the system is activated. Just installed a
new furnace or air conditioner to replace an old furnace or air
conditioner? Part of the high efficiency features of a new
furnace or air conditioner is greater air volume and a change of
the conditioned air in living space. The new system could be
cleaning your duct work for you throughout the inside of your
home or office (not a good thing). Have your ducts cleaned soon!
If your HVAC technician said duct cleaning is not necessary,
question his experience.
Take this simple test to see if your environment requires duct
cleaning by our Diversified Mechanical Maintenance professional.
- Do you have
pets? Or did the previous owners have pets?
- Do you see or
have "dust trails" or discoloration on or coming
from your registers?
- Are there
registers that do not have any air flow?
- Are you
constantly needing to dust furniture?
- Are you a
smoker?
- If your home
or office was previously owned, were they smokers?
- Does anyone in
your household or office suffer from allergies, asthma,
headaches, sinus or nasal congestion, unexplained symptoms
or illnesses that could be caused from your home or office
environment?
- Do you feel
better outdoors than indoors?
- Do you have a
furnace that uses standard disposable filters?
- Do you see
visible mold growth inside your ducts or on the components
of your heating and cooling system?
- Are your ducts
infested with vermin, e.g. rodents or insects?
- Older home?
Even if you are the best housekeeper in the world, what
about the person who lived there before you?
- Newer home? In
almost every case, pieces of sheetrock and sheetrock dust,
dirt, tile dust, cigarette butts and empty packs, pop cans
and other debris fall into your registers during the
construction of your home.
- Has it been
two years or longer since your system has been
professionally cleaned?
- Does anyone in
your household suffer from a compromised immune system?
- In one out of
every five double wide modular homes, we find mice droppings
or dead mice. Mice enter through the cross
over ducts that connect the two sides together.
If you said yes to any of these items,
you need to have your air ducts cleaned by our Diversified
Mechanical Maintenance professionals.
Frequency of cleaning depends on several factors, not the least
of which is the preference of the home or office owner. Some
factors that may lead a home or business owner to consider more
frequent cleaning include:
- Smokers in the
home or office.
- Pets that shed
high amounts of hair and dander.
- Water
contamination or damage to the home, office, or HVAC system.
- People with
allergies, asthma, or compromised immune systems who might
benefit from a reduction in the amount of indoor air
pollutants in the HVAC system.
- After home or
office renovations or remodeling.
- Prior to
occupancy of a new home or office.
Prices
The Environmental Protection Agency says that, "duct
cleaning services typically, but not always, range in cost from
$225 (small modular homes) to $1,000 per heating and cooling
system (large custom homes, 5,000 sq. ft. plus), depending on
the services offered, the size of the system to be cleaned,
system accessibility and level of contamination."
All houses and office buildings are created differently.
Free estimates and inspections are
recommended.
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