Dusty Air Vents Can Cause Health Problems?

It is amazing how much bacteria and germs can be blown in a home through dirty ducts in the air system. Until a family get ill these areas go basically unnoticed. However, when your family’s health is a stake, it is always a good idea to get the air vents in your home cleaned on an annual basis and get those germs and unwanted bacteria out.

Air Duct Before and After Cleaning

The home ductwork usually contains as much space as an average size room.  You would never clean every room in your house with the exception of one that would be allowed to build up dust, dirt and other such as-sundries over time! But that’s exactly what is happening throughout your air vent system. So when was the last time this room was cleaned?

Because the heating and cooling ductwork is such a perfect breeding ground for germs and bacteria, health experts have come to believe that approximately one in six people who suffer from allergies do so as a direct result of fungi and bacteria in the air duct system. Other diseases, such as Legionnaire’s and hypersensitivity pneumonitis have also been traced to germs in the air vent system.

Health considerations aside, there are other good reasons to have your air ducts cleaned. Dust and dirt in the heating/cooling system is a primary cause of system break-down. Proper cleaning helps eliminate breakdowns and unscheduled service calls. A clean system is also more efficient; proper cleaning of the air duct system can reduce heating/cooling costs by 10-20%.

So, as you can see, furnace and air duct cleaning cures “sick homes” and makes the system last longer and conserve energy. Consider having your air ducts cleaned today.

We use a very large vacuum system designed to put your air duct system under negative pressure.  We close or seal each vent to maintain this pressure and prevent dust entry into the home.  We then clean the interior of the ductwork with special tools that travel through the ductwork, to dislodge the debris.  Once airborne inside the duct work, the debris is drawn into the vacuum system by the strong airflow created by the negative pressure.  After cleaning the ductwork we sanitize and deodorize the system.