Duct Cleaning in Henderson, KY
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Seven months of heat moves whatever is sitting in your ducts
Your furnace runs October through April here, seven months out of the year. Every time it kicks on, air pushes through the ducts and carries along whatever has settled in them since the last cycle. On the nights that average 28°F, the furnace can be cycling on and off for hours, and each cycle stirs more of that dust back into the rooms you're heating.
Henderson County has also seen its share of winter storms, ten of them over the past decade, along with 82 damaging wind events. Storms like these knock out power, and a furnace that sits idle during an outage still has all that settled dust waiting in the ducts for when it starts back up.
- 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's no fixed schedule that fits every home. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies tend to need it more often than homes without those things. If dust is building up around the vents again just a few months after a cleaning, that's worth a look sooner rather than waiting. A contractor can look at your ducts and tell you what makes sense for your house.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason behind it, like visible dust and debris coming out of the vents, a musty smell when the system runs, or work done on the ducts themselves that left debris behind. It won't lower your heating bills or fix a furnace that's struggling, so it's not a substitute for regular filter changes and furnace service. A contractor can look at your ducts and tell you whether cleaning will actually help your situation.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside the duct walls, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Each supply and return vent gets cleaned this way, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace or air handler itself, including the blower and coil, usually gets cleaned as part of the same visit since it's connected to the same airflow.