Duct Cleaning

Professional Air Duct Cleaning

When considering your home’s health and efficiency, you may want to check your ducts. Your heating and cooling system are the lungs of your home. The duct system distributes air throughout the home by pulling air through the air handler and pushing it through the entire duct system.

The entire HVAC system should be cleaned. Failure to clean all components of the system can result in contamination of the entire system, thus minimizing the benefits of cleaning.

Through normal occupation in a home, we generate a great deal of contaminants and air pollutants such as dander, dust, and chemicals. These contaminants are pulled into the HVAC system and recirculated 5 to 7 times per day on average. Over time, this recirculation causes a build-up of contaminants in the ductwork.

What Should Be Cleaned

Cleaning just the ducts can be a major shortcoming. We recommend the entire system be examined to Include:

air ducts
coils
drain pan
registers
grills
air plenum
blower motor and assembly
heat exchanger

There are two key components to HVAC cleaning :
Breaking Contaminants Loose and Collection of Contaminants

Breaking Contaminants Loose

Properly cleaning HVAC systems requires removing the sources of contamination. Source removal begins with the use of one or more agitation devices designed to loosen contaminants from the surfaces within the heating and air conditioning system. Examples of agitation devices include brushes, air whips and compressed air nozzles or “skipper balls.” Agitation can also be achieved through hand-brushing or contact vacuuming.

Collection of Contaminants

During cleaning, the entire HVAC system is placed under continuous negative pressure (a vacuum) to prevent the spread of contaminants. Continuous negative pressure allows very fine particles to be removed from the system as they become airborne, ensuring that these particles are not released into the living space when the system is turned on after cleaning. This negative pressure also serves to extract the loosened contaminants which are collected and removed from your home.