Duct Cleaning in Moline, IL
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Eight months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. That's a long stretch of the ductwork moving air through the house, and the dust it carries settles back into the ducts between cycles instead of getting swept out.
Rock Island County has seen 23 winter storms and 87 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind like that works its way in around windows, doors, and the roofline, and what comes in gets pulled into the return air and left behind in the ductwork.
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- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed schedule that fits every house, and a contractor can tell you more after a look inside the ducts. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have pets shedding into the return vents, you'll want to check them more often. Homes here run the furnace October through May, eight months a year, so dust and pet hair have a long stretch to build up before summer gives the system a rest.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what's going on in your ducts right now. If you can see dust kicking out of the vents, or you're noticing more dust on furniture than you used to, cleaning them makes a real difference. If your ducts are newer or were cleaned recently, you likely won't notice much change. A contractor can look inside a vent or two and tell you honestly whether it's needed.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris, then pulls it out through the vacuum before it can resettle. They'll typically go through the supply and return ducts, the vents themselves, and often the blower compartment where dust collects near the furnace. The filter still does the ongoing work of catching what's in the air, so cleaning the ducts doesn't replace changing it on schedule.