Duct Cleaning in Cleveland, OH
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Eight months of heat means eight months pulling air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months out of the year. Every one of those months it is pulling air through the same ducts, over and over, and whatever is riding in that air settles along the way. Dust, pet hair, the fine grit that comes in every time a door opens. It builds up along the inside walls of the duct where the air moves slowest.
Nights here average 23°F, and on those nights the furnace is cycling on and off for hours at a stretch. Each time it starts back up, air pushes through the ducts again and can stir loose whatever has settled since the last cycle, sending it into the rooms you live in.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every house. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have had rodents or a water leak near the ductwork, get them looked at sooner rather than later. Homes here run the furnace eight months of the year, October through May, so dust moves through the system more than it would in a milder climate. A contractor can look at the ducts and tell you if they need attention now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on in the ducts. If you can see dust coming out of the vents, if a room never seems to get enough airflow, or if the ducts were exposed during a renovation, cleaning them is worth doing. If the ducts look fine and the system heats and cools evenly, there is less reason to spend money on it. A contractor can inspect the ducts with a camera and tell you honestly whether cleaning will make a difference in your house.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust along the duct walls, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Every supply and return vent gets cleaned, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace or air handler and the coil often get cleaned at the same time, since they sit in the same airflow path as the ducts.