Duct Cleaning in Medford, OR
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Nine months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through June here, nine months of the year. Every one of those months, air is moving through your ductwork, and whatever is sitting in there moves with it. Dust and pet hair get pulled through and pushed back into the rooms you live in, over and over, most months of the year.
Jackson County has seen 64 winter storms and 69 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When a storm cuts power, the furnace shuts off and starts back up once it returns. Each restart pulls air through the system again, stirring up whatever has settled in the ducts and sending it back into the house.
- 9 months
- October through June, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 2 months
- July through August, 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. Homes with pets, a recent renovation, or someone with allergies tend to need it sooner than others. If you can see dust building up around the vent covers or the air coming out smells stale, that is a better sign to go by than any calendar.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on in your ducts right now. If there is visible dust, debris, or signs of pests inside them, cleaning solves a real problem. If your ducts are newer or were cleaned recently and nobody in the house has new allergy symptoms, there may not be much to gain. A contractor can look inside the ducts with a camera and tell you what is actually in there before you decide.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork and uses brushes or compressed air tools to knock loose dust and debris from the inside of the duct walls, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Each vent and return is cleaned this way, and the main trunk lines get the same treatment. The furnace or air handler often gets checked too, since air moves through it on its way to every room.