Duct Cleaning in Erie, PA
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Eight months of heating pulls a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. That is eight months of air moving through the ductwork, carrying dust, pet hair, and whatever else settles in a house over that stretch. It builds up along the inside of the duct walls where the airflow does not reach.
Erie County has seen 29 winter storms and 128 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that mean furnaces working harder and longer to keep up on the cold nights, and more air pushed through ducts that were already carrying a season's worth of buildup. Dirty ducts do not just move air, they move whatever is sitting inside them, back into the rooms you live in.
- 8 months
- October 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. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies usually need it more often than homes without those things. If you can see dust building up around your vents or the air coming out smells musty, that's a sign to move the schedule up rather than wait it out.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what's in your ducts right now. If there's visible mold, a heavy dust buildup, or signs of rodents or insects, cleaning is worth doing. If your ducts look clean and your filter is doing its job, cleaning them on a whim won't improve your air or lower your heating bills. A contractor can look at your system and tell you whether cleaning will actually change anything for your house.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust and debris from the inside of the ducts so it can be pulled out. This covers the supply and return ducts, the grilles and registers, and usually the coil and blower housing on your furnace or air handler since those collect debris too. The furnace filter itself gets replaced rather than cleaned, since it's designed to be swapped out.