There is a continuous cycle of airflow within your home. Over time, dust bypasses your furnace filter. Particles of dust, allergens, and other debris cling to the walls of your air ducts.
As those particles of dust gather in your HVAC ductwork it builds up reducing airflow and makes your furnace and AC system work harder. This ends up costing you more on your energy bill to heat and cool your home. Not to mention the dust and particulars you are circulating throughout your home every time your furnace and AC blower motor turns on.
Pet Dander and Pet Hair In Your Ducts
Pet hair and ducts do not mix well. Both pet hair and pet dander pose a huge risk to the integrity of your HVAC system and specifically your ducting. If you have a dog or cat, an animal that sheds, you should be having your ducts cleaned at least every six months if not more.
Hair from the animals can collect quickly in the ducts and blower motor of the furnace and begin to harbor bacteria. This can quickly cause breathing and lung issues in the home for you and your pets. Clogging in the furnace blower motor often happens from pet hair. Have you ever looked at the underneath of your vacuum at home? Imagine that hair and dander getting stuck inside your furnace’s blower motor. This would likely cause it to be blowing the pet hair into your duct for the second round or have it fail prematurely.
Home Remodels
After a remodel the last thing you might think of is cleaning your ducts, but it is an extremely good idea. Home renovations generate many contaminants like dry wall dust and mudding. Whenever a wall in your home is cut into, taken down, or erected the amount of drywall dust that enters your system is astounding. That drywall dust now becomes recirculated into your home at least 5 to 7 times per day according to the HVAC Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Association.
Allergies
As spring gets close in Colorado you might hear the sneezing, coughing and see the red itchy eyes of your family in your home. It’s always commonsense if you have allergies or are sensitive to the changes in the seasons to get your ducts cleaned regularly. The constant rotation of air through your HVAC system not only pushes more of these irritants through your home but begins to gather them in your ducts as well.
Some ways to know that your ducts might be the culprit of your allergies are:
- Have your ducts ever been cleaned when you lived at your home?
- Is your asthma and allergies not well controlled even though you take your medicine?
- Do you notice your symptoms heightening when you turn on your HVAC system?
- Does your house collect dust even though you clean it regularly?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, it would be a good idea to at least call Absolute Electrical Heating and Air and request a duct cleaning consultation.
In the worst case, there might be debris from rodents and cockroaches in your ducting system. If you notice any of these pests in your home, we would recommend a full duct cleaning immediately.