Your home should be your sanctuary, so if you have poor indoor air quality, consider getting an air duct cleaning. HVAC cleaning happens more often than it does for the ducts, but it’s a key part of system maintenance you can’t overlook.
Our team at Rogers Heating & Cooling is here to clean your ducts to help you breathe easily again. If you don’t know why your energy bills are so high, sneeze when the air turns on, or frequently have mold issues, it’s time to give us a call.
Duct Cleaning Services You Can Trust
At Rogers Heating & Cooling, we strive to be the most reliable HVAC company around. We offer vent cleaning and inspection services to ensure your home is as safe as it can be.
Air Duct Inspection
Peeking into the vents to see if they’re clean is a tough task, but our experts utilize the latest technology to make the job look easy. We use specialized cameras that weave through the vents to give us a clear view of what’s happening inside. Not only will we look for dust and debris, but we’ll also locate any holes or cracks in the system that may cause contaminants to enter the vents and blow into your home.
Inspect your ducts every one or two years to ensure your home’s indoor air quality stays at its peak. Unless you have excessive pet dander or other pollutants in your home, you may only need to clean them every five years.
Duct Cleaning
Our professional HVAC technicians use a specialized air duct vacuum for thorough duct cleaning. Our process looks like this:
- We cover all of the vent registers.
- We attach the vacuum to the air supply.
- We remove the seal from the register furthest from the air conditioner or furnace and blow compressed air into it to loosen the dust.
- We insert a skipper (a ball with air vents) to blow air through the ducts to remove debris from all the little crevices.
- Once all the debris is loose, we turn on the vacuum to suck it all out.
After cleaning the vents, we’ll run our camera through the system again to confirm that everything is clean and repeat the process as necessary.
Regular inspections and cleaning are crucial components of duct maintenance. If you schedule annual inspections for your HVAC system, ask your technician to include vent inspections and cleaning into the routine so you don’t have to wait for poor air quality as your reminder.
Signs You Need Duct Cleaning Services
How can you tell your ductwork needs cleaning if you can’t see it? Duct maintenance is the best way, but you can also tell by the following signs:
- Allergies and illnesses: If you’re fine all day at work but start sneezing and feeling ill when you come home, you might have dirty ductwork. Air pollutants, including mold, pet dander, and others, may cause you to develop allergies or flu-like symptoms.
- High energy bills: Ductwork caked with dirt and dust will reduce your HVAC system’s efficiency and cause it to use more energy to do bare minimum work. Energy bills will increase based on your home’s energy usage.
- The house always needs dusting: If it feels like a weekly dusting isn’t enough, call an HVAC technician to check the ducts. There may be a hole or crack allowing debris from the attic or crawl spaces to enter the system.
- You change the filters frequently: Furnace and air conditioner filters typically need changing every three months, though this frequency will vary based on usage and pollutants in your home. Frequent filter changes may result from dirty air entering the system.
- Mold, debris, and pests: It’s not just dirt and dust in the vents; mold, mildew, insects, and rodents could find their way into your vents, too. Have a professional inspect your vents every one or two years to prevent unwanted squatters like these.
- Uneven airflow: Vents caked with debris can’t allow air to pass through efficiently, so you may end up with uneven heating and cooling throughout your home.
Get into the habit of scheduling a duct inspection every one or two years and a cleaning every five years. Your HVAC technician will let you know if it needs to happen sooner.
Call Our Experts at Rogers Heating & Cooling
If you have concerns about your HVAC system’s air filtration capabilities, call our expert technicians at Rogers Heating & Cooling. We provide duct cleaning and inspections to keep your home safe and your air clean. Call us today at (434) 230-0093 for a free estimate.
