Duct Cleaning in Scottsbluff, NE
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Eight months of heating puts a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. Every one of those months, the same air cycles through your ductwork again and again, and whatever is riding in it settles along the way. On nights that average 16°F, the furnace is cycling hard to keep up, and that means more air moving through the ducts, not less.
Scotts Bluff County sees its share of winter storms and wind, 39 winter storms and 144 damaging wind events over the last ten years. Wind like that works dust and debris into a house around doors and windows, and it ends up pulled into the return air and settled in the duct runs. Dirty ducts do not just hold dust. They feed it back into the air the furnace pushes through the house.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed schedule that fits every home, so most contractors go by what they find rather than the calendar. If you have pets, allergies in the house, or a dusty attic or crawlspace where the ducts run, they get dirty faster. Homes here run the furnace eight months of the year, October through May, so there's more time for dust to move through the system than in a house that heats for just a few weeks. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether it's time.
- 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 musty smell when the furnace kicks on, or work that was recently done on the ductwork itself. It won't lower your heating bill or fix an allergy on its own. A contractor can look at your ducts and tell you whether cleaning will actually help your situation.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the duct system, then uses brushes or air tools to knock dust loose from the inside of the ducts so it gets pulled into the vacuum instead of blown into your rooms. Each supply and return vent gets cleaned this way, and the furnace or air handler often gets a look too since it connects to all of it. A contractor can walk you through what your system will need before starting.