Homeowners have numerous responsibilities when it comes to home maintenance and upkeep services. Your ductwork, which carries conditioned air from your furnace and air conditioner to the vents, requires regular maintenance by a professional. Duct cleaning is crucial for comfort and cleanliness inside your home and offers a host of benefits designed to improve conditions and save you money. Read on to learn more about duct cleaning, how it is performed, how often it should be done, and why you need it for your California home.
How Is Duct Cleaning Performed?
Our technicians perform comprehensive duct cleaning in multiple steps. We begin by assessing your ductwork system. We observe the areas of your ductwork that are visible to the naked eye. We may use scoping equipment or special cameras to inspect the ducts that are hidden from plain sight behind walls or in other unseen areas of your home. This visual inspection helps us find damaged parts of the ductwork system that can cause problems with heating and cooling. If damage is found, we schedule repairs as soon as possible. The inspection portion of duct cleaning also helps us spot difficult or large obstructions inside the ducts that may require a little extra effort to clean.
Once the visual inspection is complete, we focus on cleaning dust, dirt, and debris from the air ducts. We begin the cleaning process by attaching our powerful high-suction vacuum system to the end of your ductwork. This vacuum sucks dust and contaminants out of the ducts and traps them in the vacuum chamber. We empty the vacuum chamber later, away from your property, keeping your home clean as we go. At the other end of your ducts, we use compressed air. This high-pressure air forces debris and buildup out of the ducts and into the vacuum system. The heavy force of the compressed air ensures buildup sticking to the interior walls of the ducts is eliminated as well. This double-ended process helps us ensure your ducts are fully cleaned from beginning to end and ready to carry the hot and cold air from your HVAC system without obstruction.
How Often Is Duct Cleaning Necessary?
Routine duct cleaning is a crucial maintenance service for your heating and cooling system. Schedule duct cleaning every three to five years to enjoy the maximum benefits of the service. If you live in an industrial area or somewhere prone to higher pollution, you may need service more frequently to keep your system and your home clean.
If you’ve forgotten to schedule your routine cleaning, it’s never too late. Our technicians provide emergency cleaning services as well, helping you take back control of your HVAC system and home comfort.
Why Is Regular Duct Cleaning Important?
Duct cleaning as a routine service has many benefits that help you save money and enjoy your home. Here, we touch on the most important benefits of the service and show you why they are important to your overall happiness and well-being as a homeowner.
Even and Sufficient Airflow
Accumulated debris inside the air ducts can cause a narrowed passage for your hot and cold air as it travels from the HVAC system to the vents. If the air isn’t able to move through, you won’t get the heating and cooling you’ve come to expect from your system. Further, blocked ducts mean that you’ll get no airflow to some or all of your vents, depending on where the blockage is located within the ductwork. Clean ducts allow conditioned air to travel stress-free and without obstruction for even and sufficient heating and cooling.
Energy Efficiency
If air cannot travel through the ductwork without interruption, your furnace and air conditioner must work harder to bring your home to the desired temperature. This added workload requires extra energy and fuel to create and pump the hot and cold air. With higher energy consumption comes higher utility bills. With regular duct cleaning, you can avoid these rising costs as conditioned air travels smoothly through the clean and unobstructed ducts.
Eliminates Odors
Some contaminants emit foul odors that can come out of the vents with the hot and cold air from your system. This could be due to heavy loads of dust and dirt or even rodents such as mice that find their way into the system and cannot escape. When our technicians clean your ducts, we remove the odor-emitting debris, leaving you with odor-free heating and cooling.
Quiet Airflow
Normal problem-free airflow is quiet with only a slight sound as the air moves through the ducts. If you hear whistling or rattling from the ducts, it’s likely caused by contaminants blowing around inside. We remove all foreign material from the air ducts when we clean them, leaving you with nearly soundless heating and cooling.
Improved Air Quality
Comfort at home includes not only an ideal temperature but also healthy air for breathing. Contaminants and allergens built up inside your ductwork circulate through the conditioned air in your home and can cause adverse health effects, making it more difficult to breathe. Duct cleaning to remove these allergens and contaminants is essential, especially for people who suffer from allergies and respiratory diseases and illnesses.
Protects Air Ducts
Keeping buildup out of the ducts helps protect the structural integrity of your ductwork and lowers the odds that you’ll need duct repair and replacement services. Debris inside the ducts can cause corrosion, which leads to small holes over time. These tiny holes allow air to escape from the ducts before reaching the vents, lowering the efficiency of your HVAC system. Large accumulations of debris can weigh down the ducts, leading to gaps or causing the ducts to break. Duct cleaning eliminates the buildup before it can cause these problems, saving you from costly ductwork services.
Extends Life of HVAC System
Dirty ductwork can add loads of stress to your heating and cooling system. With professional cleaning, you can lower this stress and keep your system in better working condition. A lighter workload can save wear and tear and premature damage from occurring, thus lengthening the life of your HVAC system. With the high cost of replacement, professional duct cleaning pays for itself over the years and helps save you thousands over the course of your homeownership.
Schedule Duct Cleaning With the Pros
As your home comfort specialists, we know all about heating, cooling, and ductwork services. Let our technicians handle your duct cleaning services so you can enjoy a healthier and more comfortable home with better indoor air quality. We also have a skilled team of technicians for heating and cooling repairs, replacements, and maintenance for your systems, including ductless mini-splits and heat pumps. With the varying weather conditions in Southern California, your entire system is crucial for your comfort while relaxing at home. With top-notch professionals, high-quality materials, and state-of-the-art equipment and tools, we have everything needed to keep your HVAC system operational, reliable, and efficient.
Schedule regular duct cleaning with the best professionals in San Marcos by calling the dedicated technicians at Oak Island Heating and Air Conditioning today.
