Your home’s ducts are the channel for all the air that you’re breathing. In fact, your ducts can be equated to the lungs of your home. Along with taking in and supplying air within your home, they are also capturing pollutants. Things like pet dander, pollen and dust all pass through your ducts and will travel into the air you’re taking in. This is why expert duct cleaning is so important. So how do you know when you should have your ducts cleaned?
The National Air Duct Cleaners Association recommends that you get your air ducts cleaned every 3–5 years, depending on your circumstances. There are a number of factors the team at Custom Air Systems Inc considers when figuring out when to have your ducts cleaned based on the environment in Port St. Lucie. Everyday life produces contaminants like dust, chemicals and pet dander. There are also climate factors to bear in mind along with any recent home renovations. Also, looking at if anyone in your home is suffering from allergies or asthma is important, as pollutants in your indoor air can worsen these conditions. The air in your home’s system is usually recirculated 5–7 times a day, with that many more occasions for pollutants to accumulate inside your duct work.
The Environmental Protection Agency also offers a few propsals about when it’s time to plan a duct cleaning: if you believe or know you have seen mold inside your ducts, if you’ve seen a vermin infestation or spot rodents exiting or entering your ductwork, or if you see visible evidence of dust from your air register. The professionals at Custom Air Systems Inc would be happy to talk you through all of these issues and help you through the procedure to see if you could profit from a duct cleaning.
Although the name suggests it, a duct cleaning doesn’t just clean your ducts. A qualified duct cleaning takes into account every part of your system that air passes into. A clean system doesn’t have to labor as hard to keep pace with your thermostat. You’ll waste less energy and cause less erosion on your system.
If anyone in your home is experiencing the allergies floating around in Port St. Lucie or you’ve noticed any of the cautionary signs in your duct work, it’s time to start considering duct cleaning. The team at Custom Air Systems Inc is always accessible to answer any questions you have, simply give us a call at 772-247-2283.