Duct Cleaning in Covington, KY
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Seven months of heat, running through the same ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. On the cold nights in between, when it drops toward 26°F, that system is pushing air through your ducts for hours at a stretch. Every bit of dust in your house rides that air, and some of it settles out in the ductwork each time.
Kenton County has had 14 winter storms and 67 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When storms knock the power out, and in Kentucky about a quarter of households lost power for at least 24 hours in 2024 alone, the system stops and starts back up once it's restored. Dust that settled during the outage gets stirred up again the moment the blower kicks back on.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner does the same
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every home. Have them checked sooner if anyone in the house has allergies, if you have had drywall work or a renovation that left dust behind, or if you have pets shedding into the return vents. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether they need cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in the ducts. If dust is building up fast at the vents, or the house stays dusty no matter how often you clean, having them cleaned will help. If nobody in the house has allergy issues and the vents look clean, it may not change much. A contractor can check what is inside before you spend money on it.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock dust and debris loose from inside the duct walls so it can be pulled out. Every supply and return vent gets cleaned this way, along with the main trunk lines. The blower and the inside of the furnace or air handler are usually cleaned too, since air moves through them on the same path.