Duct Cleaning in Raymore, MO
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Seven months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, close to seven months a year. That is a long stretch of air moving through the same ductwork, carrying dust and whatever else settles in the house. On winter nights averaging 24°F, the furnace cycles on and off often, and every cycle pushes more of that through the system.
Cass County also sees its share of hard weather, nine winter storms and 89 damaging wind events over the past ten years. A furnace that sits idle during a power outage still has that ductwork full of what the season already pushed through it, waiting for the system to start moving air again.
- 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. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies tend to need it sooner than others. If you see dust building up around the vents or the air coming out smells musty, that is a sign to have them looked at regardless of when they were last cleaned.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on inside the ducts. If there is visible dust, debris, or signs of pests, cleaning improves the air moving through your home and helps your furnace and air conditioner run the way they were designed to. If the ducts look and smell fine, cleaning them without a specific reason will not make much difference. A contractor can inspect the ducts and tell you whether cleaning will actually help your situation.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor uses vacuum equipment and brushes to loosen and pull dust and debris out of the ductwork. They access the ducts through the vents and work through the system section by section, drawing the material out rather than pushing it further in. The coil and blower inside the furnace or air handler are often cleaned during the same visit since they connect directly to the ducts.