Duct Cleaning in Kansas City, MO
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Seven months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. On the winter nights that average 23°F, it runs long and often, and every hour it runs it pushes air through the same ductwork. That air carries dust, pet hair, and whatever has settled in the register boxes back into the system.
Jackson County has also logged 212 damaging wind events and 10 winter storms over the past ten years, and storms like that knock out power to homes across Missouri. When the power goes, the furnace stops moving air until it comes back on. Whatever has built up inside the ducts stays put until then, and once the furnace starts again, it moves through the house with the rest of the air.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every home, so go by what you see and feel rather than the calendar. If dust is building up around the vents, airflow feels weak in rooms farther from the furnace, or someone in the house has started having more allergy trouble, that is reason enough to have them looked at. A recent renovation or new pets in the house are also good reasons to check sooner.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It is worth it when there is a real reason behind it, like visible dust at the vents, a musty smell when the air runs, or debris left behind from work done on the house. It will not lower your heating bill or fix an allergy on its own. A contractor can look at the ducts and tell you whether cleaning will help or whether the problem is actually the filter or the furnace itself.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris, then pulls it out through the vacuum before it resettles. The vents, the return, and the main trunk lines all get covered, not just what is reachable by hand. Once the ducts are clear, the filter is worth checking too, since it is what cleans the air passing through, not the ducts themselves.