Duct Cleaning in Fallon, NV
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What eight months of heating pushes through your ducts
Homes in Churchill County need heat from October through May, eight months a year. That is eight months of air moving through the same ductwork, night after night, with winter lows averaging 22°F from December through February. Whatever is sitting in those ducts, dust, lint, pet hair, gets pushed through the house every time the furnace runs.
The county has also logged 51 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind that strong works its way into homes through door seals and window frames, and whatever it carries ends up pulled into the return vents along with everything else the system is already moving.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- 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 have pets shedding into the return air, cleaning more often makes sense. Homes coming off a remodel or with visible dust around the vents should have it looked at sooner, regardless of when it was last done. A contractor can look at your ducts and tell you whether they need it now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason behind it, like dust building up fast, a musty smell from the vents, or someone in the house with breathing trouble that gets worse indoors. It won't lower your heating bills or fix a furnace that's struggling. A contractor can look at your ducts and tell you honestly whether cleaning will help your situation or whether the dust is coming from somewhere else.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside the duct walls, then pulls it all out through the vacuum. They'll also clean the supply and return vents, and check the coil and blower if those are part of the job. The furnace filter gets replaced too, since a clean duct system feeding into a dirty filter doesn't do much good.