Duct Cleaning in Sedalia, MO
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Seven months of heat, pushed through the same ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, close to seven months a year. Every one of those months, the same air keeps moving through the same ductwork. Dust, pet hair, and whatever settles in the attic or crawlspace gets pulled in and pushed back out into the rooms you live in.
Years of that pass builds up a layer inside the ducts that a filter never touches, since the filter only catches what passes through it, not what is already coating the duct walls. That layer narrows the path the air has to travel, so the furnace works harder to push the same amount of heat through the house.
- 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. If anyone in the house has allergies, you have pets that shed, or you just finished a remodel, cleaning sooner makes sense. Homes that ran the furnace fan during recent duct or attic work often pick up extra dust in the system too. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you what condition they are actually in rather than going by the calendar alone.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on with your ducts right now. If you can see dust blowing out of the vents, notice a musty smell when the furnace runs, or know there was rodent activity or water damage in the ductwork, cleaning solves a real problem. If none of that applies and your filter is doing its job, there is less to gain. It will not lower your heating bills or fix an unrelated furnace issue, so it is worth doing for air quality and buildup, not as a repair for something else.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor uses brushes and a vacuum system to loosen and pull dust, debris and pet hair out of the supply and return ducts. They typically access the ductwork through your existing vents rather than cutting new openings. The furnace and coil often get a look too, since dust in the ducts usually means dust has settled on those as well. Afterward, the vents get sealed back up so air moves through the system the way it did before.