Duct Cleaning in Georgetown, KY
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Seven months of heat pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. On winter nights averaging 26°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, and every cycle pushes whatever has settled in the ducts back into the rooms you live in.
Georgetown has seen 11 winter storms and 65 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that can knock out power, and when a furnace sits idle then kicks back on, it stirs up dust and debris that built up in the ductwork while it was off.
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- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- June through September, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed number of years that fits every home. A good rule is to have them looked at if anyone in the house has allergies, if you have had a pest problem, or if you just finished a renovation that left dust behind. Homes here run the furnace October through April, seven months of the year, so whatever is sitting in the ducts gets stirred up and breathed more during that stretch than in summer.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- For most homes it is worth doing now and then, though not on a strict schedule. It will not lower your heating bills the way some ads claim. Where it actually helps is homes with visible dust coming from the vents, a musty smell when the furnace kicks on, or a recent renovation that left debris in the system. If none of that applies to your house, cleaning the ducts is more about comfort than anything else.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust and debris, then pulls it out through the vacuum. The supply and return vents get cleaned too, and the coil and blower are usually checked since debris collects there as well. The furnace filter is handled separately since it is not part of the duct system itself.