Duct Cleaning

Should You Get Your Heating Ducts Cleaned?

A hot air furnace heats and distributes air through its ducting system. The ducts are usually made of sheet metal and are most obvious in your basement, where they hang from the floor joists. The return, or cold air, ducts bring air to the furnace, usually collecting it centrally in the house. 
The return air trunk duct is the big rectangular duct along the basement ceiling that enters the bottom of the furnace. The supply, or warm air, ducting usually exits from the top of the furnace. It starts with a trunk duct on the basement ceiling. The individual supply ducts, in round or smaller rectangular sheet metal, branch off the trunk duct and go to each room, where they terminate in a floor or wall register. Over time, dust and debris will collect in theses ducts, particularly in the return air ducts. It is recommended to have your heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) cleaned every 2-3 years.

What is the Advantage to Regular Duct Cleaning?

Four reasons you should get your ducts cleaned regularly are:
  • Clean ducts result in better indoor air quality (IAQ).
  • Reduce the presence of house molds and allergens.
  • Lower over all household dust.
  • Increased air flow through clean ducts reduces energy cost’s.