Duct Cleaning in Parker, SD
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Eight months of heat moving through the same ducts
Your furnace runs October through May in Parker, close to eight months of the year. Every one of those months, air is moving through your ductwork, and dust, pet hair, and whatever else is in the house settles out along the way. On nights averaging 12°F, the furnace runs longer and more often to keep up, pushing more air and more of that buildup through the system.
Most homes in the county are single-family and owner-occupied, one system doing that work season after season for one household. Nothing clears it out on its own.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- Most homes do fine having ducts checked every few years rather than on a strict schedule. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have had pets shedding into the return vents, or you just finished a remodel that left drywall dust in the air, it is worth doing sooner. A contractor can look inside your ducts and tell you whether the buildup is enough to matter.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in your ducts. If you can see dust kicking out of the vents when the furnace kicks on, or you are cleaning more dust off surfaces than you used to, cleaning them will help. If the ducts are just carrying normal household dust and your filter is doing its job, cleaning will not change much. A contractor can check the ducts and tell you what is really in there before you spend money on it.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or compressed air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside the ducts, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Every supply and return vent in the house gets covered, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace and coil often get looked at too, since dust built up on the blower or the coil affects airflow the same way dirty ducts do.