Air Duct Cleaning: What you need to know

Posted by The Efficient Business LLC in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Jun 16, 2010

The air ducts in your home or office can be harmful to your health. Today we are armed with more information about heating and air conditioning pollutants and their effects on your health than ever before. Studies have recently discovered that air quality in 19 out of 20 homes was considerably more polluted than air outside.
Today we are armed with more information about pollutants and their effects on your health than ever before.  Studies have recently discovered that air quality in 19 out of 20 homes was considerably more polluted than air outside. The fact is that the air ducts and vents in your heating and cooling systems designed to keep you comfortable may actually be making you uncomfortable or sick. Heating and Air Conditioning systems play host to a variety of pollutants, such as mold, mildew and dust mites, etc. Often impurities commonly cause allergic reactions, breathing difficulties, infections and disease. Homes that are one year old or more may have contaminants clinging to every square inch of your air duct system. Cleaning the air ducts in your home can now be done using advanced cleaning methods to thoroughly scrub and vacuum your air ducts. Most Companies offering HVAC in Dallas can use these advanced cleaningn systems to eliminate the use of harsh chemicals such as sealers, leaving you with the assurance of having fresh, clean and virtually contaminant free air in your home or office.

The EPA or Environmental Protection Agency stance on air duct cleaning is that if everyone in your home is free from allergies, other unexplained illness, and visual inspections reveal that air ducts are not contaminated with mold or dust air duct cleaning is unnecessary. At the same time air duct cleaning services that do not use harsh chemicals certainly won’t hurt the air quality in your home and can be a good idea if dust or health problems arise in your home.

There are many reasons that you may need to have your Dallas heating and air conditioning air ducts cleaned, and many of them are highlighted below. First if you notice that you have to sweep floors and dust your furniture more frequently, you may want to at least have your air ducts inspected and make sure that air filters are high quality and clean. Also if you notice dust floating around in the air of your home even after you clean thoroughly you should schedule an inspection. Other reasons that warrant an inspection of your air ducts may include slow or no air flow to rooms in your home and foul odor coming from the air vents when the heating or air conditioning system is running.

Problems such as headaches, congestion, sinus problems, fatigue or other illnesses can be caused from dirty air ducts and if any of these persist you should definitely look into an air duct inspection and cleaning,