Duct Cleaning in Nixa, MO
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Seven months of heat means seven months feeding your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months of the year. Every one of those months it is pushing air through the same ducts, and whatever is sitting in them rides along with it. Dust and pet hair build up faster in a system that runs this many months.
Winter storms add to what the ducts have to deal with. Christian County has seen 11 winter storms and 143 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and power loss is part of that picture across Missouri. A furnace that shuts off and restarts during an outage stirs up whatever has settled in the ducts since the last time it ran.
- 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?
- There's no fixed schedule that fits every house. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you've had renovation work that left dust in the lines, that's a reason to clean them sooner rather than wait. Homes with pets tend to need it more often too. A contractor can look at your ductwork and tell you what it needs.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason behind it, like dust coming out of the vents, a musty smell when the air kicks on, or work that was just done on the ductwork. It won't lower your heating bills or fix a furnace that's struggling. What it does is clear out what's built up so the air moving through your house isn't carrying it into every room.
- 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 so it doesn't just resettle further down the line. Every supply and return vent in the house gets covered, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace or air handler itself usually gets a look too, since that's where the blower and coil sit.