Duct Cleaning in Virginia City, NV
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Eight months of heating pulls dust through the same ducts all winter
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months out of the year. Every one of those months it's drawing air in through the return and pushing it back out through the same ducts. Dust and ash settle in that ductwork a little more with each cycle.
Storey County has logged 99 winter storms and 200 damaging wind events over the last ten years. Wind like that forces dust and fine debris into a house through any gap it can find, and the return air pulls a share of it straight into the ducts. Once it settles there, the furnace just keeps moving it through the house.
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- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- 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 house, but a contractor can tell you what your ducts need by looking at them. Homes with pets, a smoker, or someone with allergies tend to need it more often because more gets pulled into the return air. If you see dust building up around the vent covers or blowing out when the system starts, that's reason enough to have them looked at.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason behind it, like heavy dust buildup, a musty smell coming from the vents, or work that's been done on the ductwork itself. It won't lower your heating bills or fix an allergy on its own. With heat running here from October through May, clean ducts mean the air moving through the house most of the year isn't carrying that dust and debris with it.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose the dust and debris so it can be pulled out before it resettles. This usually covers the supply and return ducts, the grilles and registers, and the coil near the furnace or air handler. The filter isn't part of the ductwork, so it still needs its own regular changes even after the ducts are cleaned.