Duct Cleaning in College Station, TX
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What Brazos County ductwork deals with
Heat runs November through March here, five months out of the year. The rest of the time your ducts sit closed up, and dust settles in them until the system kicks back on and blows it through the house.
Brazos County sees its share of rough weather, wind events especially. Seventy-five damaging wind events in the last ten years means power drops, and power drops mean the system stops moving air and starts again, over and over. Every restart stirs up what has settled in the ducts instead of carrying it along and out.
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- November through March, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- April through October, 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 house. Ducts are worth a look when you notice dust building up fast at the vent covers, or when a room stops getting the airflow it used to. A renovation is another reason, since drywall dust gets pulled through the whole system and settles inside. A contractor can check inside the ducts and tell you honestly whether they need cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in the ducts right now. If you can see dust piling up at the vent covers, or a room never seems to get as much air as the others, cleaning will likely help. If the system is newer and the filter has been changed on schedule, there may not be much to gain. A contractor can look inside the ducts with a camera and tell you honestly whether cleaning will make a difference before any work starts.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to the duct system and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Every supply and return vent in the house gets opened and cleaned, along with the main trunk lines. The coil and blower inside the furnace or air handler often get cleaned at the same time, since they collect dust the same way the ducts do.