10 Reasons Why Air Ducts Should Be Kept Clean

Reason One – Impure Air

The air ducts have not been cleaned since the day they were installed. Most of the homeowners never bother to clean their air ducts. According to a report from EPA, indoor air might be 70 times more impure than the air outside.

Reason Two – Allergies

One of the members in your family has allergies. The return air-side of your air duct system pulls dust and pollutants into the furnace. Besides, heated air duct systems provide perfect environment for the fungi, bacteria, molds & other allergens to breed. For instance, dust mites like to breed in temperatures that fall between 72 & 86 degrees. Unfortunately, the kids that are under 4 years or age are highly vulnerable to allergies and asthma due to pollutants. Regular duct cleaning can go a long way to help in this area.

Reason Three – Mildew & Mold

You may have a wet, soggy or flooded crawlspace/basement that may have allowed growth of mildrew & mold, which may have further penetrated in your HVAC duct system. The last thing you want are those spores circulating around your home. McIvor Power Vac can help seriously eliminate those spores. For really bad mold problems, we recommend that you contact Brothers In Grime for Mold Removal.

Reason Four – Drywall dust

Your home might have undergone a major renovation or remodeling in the past, which resulted into drywall dust circulating in your home.

Reason Five – Pet Fur

You have pets in your home. Pet fur has the tendency to get caught in the air vents, which provide fungus, germs, molds and allergens the right place to live on.

Reason Six – Creepy Crawlies

It’s time for you to clean all the dead and living creepy crawlies (spiders, insects, moths) and rodents, which either have died in your air ducts or might have been living there for years.

Reason Seven – New Furnace

You have installed a new furnace. The installation procedure is often quite messy that allows accumulation of dust and pollutants, which enter the living space once you start the system.

Reason Eight – Improper Cleaning

You got your air ducts cleaned by some cheap, unreliable and amateur duct cleaning company who had made the mess out of whole thing and left the dirt behind in the vent.

Reason Nine – Just Moved In

You recently bought a house from a homeowner who had pets and are now willing to clean the unwanted pet fur from the system.

Reason Ten – Reduce Dusting

Regular dusting with little or no results.