Duct Cleaning in Grand Junction, CO
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Nine months of heating pushes a lot of dust through your ducts
Your furnace runs September through May here, nine months of the year. Every one of those months it is pulling air through the return, warming it, and pushing it back out through the same ducts. That is a lot of air moving across a lot of dust, and most of it settles inside the ductwork instead of blowing out into the room.
Mesa County has seen 182 winter storms and 152 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind like that works dust and grit into a house around windows, doors, and any gap in the attic or crawlspace, and the return vents pull it straight into the duct system. Add nine months of the furnace running and that grit does not just pass through. It builds up along the duct walls, coating the inside so the air moving through has to push past it on the way to every room.
- 9 months
- September through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 2 months
- July through August, 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 home. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you've had work done that stirred up drywall dust or insulation, that's a reason to have them checked sooner. Homes with pets that shed a lot can also collect debris faster in the return ducts. A contractor can look inside and tell you what's actually built up in there, rather than going by the calendar.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it if your ducts actually have buildup in them, and not worth it if they don't. Dust, pet hair, and debris in the ducts can end up blowing back into your rooms every time the furnace or air conditioner runs. Clean ducts don't need cleaning, no matter what a flyer in your mailbox says. Ask for a look inside before you agree to the work, not just a quote based on square footage.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose the dust and debris built up on the inside of the duct walls before pulling it all out through the vacuum. Registers and grilles usually get cleaned by hand. On a full job, the return ducts, supply ducts, and sometimes the coil and blower housing all get checked, since debris settles in different spots depending on how the air moves through your system.