Duct Cleaning in Parkston, SD
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Eight months of heat means eight months of dust moving through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, close to eight months a year. On nights that average 12°F, it cycles on and off often to keep up, and every cycle pushes air through the same ductwork. Dust, pet hair, and whatever else has settled in the trunk lines gets stirred up and redistributed through the house each time it runs.
Hutchinson County has logged 38 winter storms and 65 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind that strong can drive dust and debris in around doors, windows, and vents, and once it's in the ductwork, the furnace keeps circulating it all winter long.
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- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every house. It depends on what is going on inside the ducts, not on the calendar. If dust keeps coming back after you clean surfaces, if someone in the house has allergies that flare up indoors, or if you have had rodents or a water leak near the ductwork, that is when to have them cleaned. A contractor can look inside and tell you whether yours need it now.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It is worth it when there is a real problem behind it, not just as routine upkeep. Dust that keeps coming back after you clean, a smell that follows the airflow, or debris you can see at the vents are all good reasons. It will not lower your heating bill or even out temperatures between rooms. Those come from the furnace or how the ducts are sized, not from dust sitting inside them.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then agitates the inside of the ducts so dust and debris break loose and get pulled out. Each supply and return vent gets cleaned along with the main trunk lines. On a forced air system this usually includes the furnace blower compartment too, since air passes through there before it moves through the ducts.