Duct Cleaning in Clifton, AZ
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Seven months of heating pushes dust through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, close to seven months a year. Every time it kicks on, air moves through the ductwork, and whatever is sitting in those ducts, dust, drywall grit, pet hair, gets pushed into the rooms you're heating. On winter nights that average 29°F, that furnace is cycling on and off for hours, and each cycle moves more of it.
Most homes in Greenlee County are single-family houses people own rather than rent, and the ductwork in a home like that is built to last decades. But the ducts themselves don't clean themselves out. Whatever collects in them over years of winters stays there until something moves it, and right now that something is the air headed to your living room.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- Most homes do fine having their ducts cleaned every few years rather than on a set yearly schedule. If no one in the house has allergies, you don't see dust building up around the vents, and there's been no work done on the ductwork, you can go longer between cleanings. Homes with pets or a recent renovation should get it done sooner, since both add debris to the system faster.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it if your ducts are visibly dirty, you notice dust settling again soon after you clean the house, or you've had rodents or a leak that let debris into the system. It won't lower your heating bills or fix a furnace that's struggling, so if that's the goal, have a contractor look at the equipment itself instead. Clean ducts mostly mean cleaner air moving through the house, not a more efficient system.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the duct system to pull air through it while agitating the inside of the ducts with brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris. Every supply and return vent gets cleaned, along with the grilles, and the coil and blower housing are usually cleaned at the same time since they're part of the same airflow path. The whole job is done from inside the house, through the existing vents, without cutting into the ductwork.