Duct Cleaning in Los Lunas, NM
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Seven months of duct work in Los Lunas
Your furnace pushes air through those ducts from October through April, seven months of the year. On nights that average 23°F, it runs long and often to keep the house warm, and every one of those runs pushes air through the same ducts.
Valencia County has logged 59 winter storms and 107 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind on that scale works dust and grit into a house, and a duct system moving air seven months a year gives it somewhere to settle and build up.
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- October through April, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- June through September, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed calendar for this, but a house with pets, smokers, or someone with allergies usually needs it sooner than one without. Dust building up around the vents or a musty smell when the heat kicks on is a sign worth checking too. A contractor can look inside the ductwork and tell you what shape it's actually in rather than guessing by the calendar.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason for it, like visible dust coming out of the vents, a rodent or pest problem, or mold after a leak. Ducts here run for seven months of heating a year, October through April, so anything sitting in them gets pushed through the house a lot during that stretch. If the ducts look clean and nobody in the house has breathing trouble, it's not something you need to chase without a reason.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a powerful vacuum to the duct system and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside the ducts, then pulls it all out through the vacuum. This covers the supply and return ducts, the grilles and registers, and usually the coil and blower near the furnace. The filter is separate from the ductwork and gets replaced or cleaned on its own schedule.