Duct Cleaning in Kearney, NE
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Eight months of heating pushes air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. On the nights Kearney gets all winter, averaging 16°F from December through February, it runs long and often to keep the house warm. Every hour it runs, it pulls air through the same ductwork, and whatever has settled in there moves through the house with it.
Buffalo County has seen 21 winter storms and 132 damaging wind events over the past ten years. A storm that cuts power stops a furnace mid-cycle, and when it comes back on, dust and soot already loose in the duct run get pushed further through the house.
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- October through May, 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 is no fixed schedule that fits every home. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have pets shedding into the return vents, that is a reason to have them looked at sooner rather than later. Homes that just finished a renovation should have the ducts cleaned once the dust from the work settles, since drywall dust travels through the system and coats everything downstream. A contractor can check what is actually built up inside before you decide.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in your ducts. If you can see dust blowing out of the vents, or there is visible buildup when you pull a vent cover off, cleaning them will help the air in the house and can ease strain on the blower motor. If the ducts look clean and nobody in the house has breathing trouble, there is less to gain. A contractor can look at your system and tell you whether it needs it before you pay for anything.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the duct system to pull air through it at negative pressure, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from the inside of the ducts so it gets pulled into the vacuum instead of back into the house. The supply and return vents, the main trunk lines, and often the coil and blower compartment on the furnace get cleaned this way. The whole system has to stay under negative pressure the entire time, or the dust just spreads to rooms that were already clean.