Duct Cleaning in Clovis, NM
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Clovis winters put your ductwork to work for seven months straight
Your furnace runs from October through April here, and on nights that average 25°F it cycles on and off for hours at a time. Every time it starts, air moves through the ducts. Dust, pet hair, and whatever settles in the register boots gets pushed through the system and some of it stays behind, coating the inside of the duct walls.
With 101 damaging wind events recorded in the county over the past ten years, plenty of that dust started outside. Wind-driven dust finds its way in through door seals and window frames, and once it's inside, the return air pulls it straight into the ductwork. Seven months of daily heating is a lot of chances for that buildup to grow.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 4 months
- June through September, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- Most homes do fine with a cleaning every few years rather than on any fixed yearly schedule. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have pets shedding into the return vents, it's worth doing sooner rather than later. Homes here run the furnace October through April, so whatever dust and pet hair settled in the ducts over summer gets pushed through the house for seven months straight once the heat kicks on.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason for it, not on a fixed schedule. Signs it's due include dust that resettles on furniture within a day or two of cleaning, a musty smell when the furnace or AC first kicks on, or someone finding rodent debris in a vent. If none of that is happening, the ducts are probably fine and cleaning them won't change much about the air in the house.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a powerful vacuum to the duct system, then agitates the inside of each duct with a brush or air whip to loosen dust stuck to the walls so the vacuum can pull it out. The supply and return vents and the furnace blower compartment usually get cleaned as part of the same visit. A contractor can walk through what your specific system needs and price it out.