Duct Cleaning in Niagara Falls, NY
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Eight months of heating pushes a lot of air through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. On winter nights averaging 21°F, it cycles on and off for hours at a stretch, pulling household air through the same ductwork night after night. Dust, pet hair and skin cells settle in the bends and joints, and every cycle stirs some of it back into the rooms you live in.
Niagara County has seen 16 winter storms and 87 damaging wind events over the past ten years. When storms knock out power, furnaces and air handlers stop moving air through the ducts entirely, and when they kick back on, they push out whatever settled while the system sat idle.
- 8 months
- October through May, 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's no fixed schedule that fits every house, so a contractor should look at your ducts before you settle on a timeline. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have pets that shed, or you just finished a renovation, it is worth checking sooner because all of that gets pulled through the ducts and back into the air. Homes here run the furnace from October through May, so buildup has more months to collect than it would somewhere with a shorter heating season.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It is worth it if your ducts actually have buildup in them. Dust, pet hair, and debris inside the ducts get pushed into every room every time the furnace or air conditioner runs, so clearing that out means cleaner air circulating through the house. If you have not had it done in years, or you notice dust settling fast after cleaning, that is a sign the ducts are due.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor cleans out the supply and return ducts that carry air through your house, along with the grilles and registers where dust collects. Specialized tools and a vacuum system loosen debris from inside the ductwork and pull it out rather than pushing it further into the system. The furnace or air handler and coil often get looked at during the same visit since air passes through them too.