Keeping your home comfortable requires the multiple components of your HVAC system to work in harmony. One of these crucial portions of the system is your ductwork. Even when your furnace or air conditioner is in optimal condition, dirty ducts can create a problem. With routine duct cleaning, you can eliminate this problem now, prevent it from recurring in the future, and enjoy ideal home comfort. Trust us at Twin Peaks Plumbing, Heating & Gas with this task, and we’ll make sure your Nanaimo home stays fresh, efficient, and pleasant.
How Is Duct Cleaning Performed?
We begin duct cleaning by inspecting the air ducts in your home, checking the ones that are visible for holes, gaps, or corrosion. We then use a camera or special scoping equipment to see areas that are hidden, such as those behind the walls or beneath the floor.
Our technicians next use a vacuum system with powerful suction at one end of the ductwork and compressed air at the other end. The compressed air forces dust, debris, and contaminants through the ductwork and out into the vacuum. The vacuum helps the process and traps all the material that comes out, keeping your home clean in the process.
How Often Should You Schedule Duct Cleaning?
Routine duct cleaning is ideally performed every three to five years. The exact timing may depend on the environment where you live, with cleaning required more often in dustier regions. However, if you have a blockage in your ducts, you’ll need cleaning immediately to restore proper airflow and home comfort.
Benefits of Duct Cleaning
As with any routine maintenance service, there are good reasons to schedule. When performed regularly as a routine service, professional duct cleaning offers many perks. Read on to learn more about the top benefits of regular professional duct cleaning in your residence.
1. Even Airflow Throughout the House
Obstructions inside the air ducts can cause hot and cold air to stop in certain areas and not reach the vents. Even when air does squeeze past the clogs, the conditioned air may be less intense when it blows out of the vent. This creates uneven airflow in different areas of the house. With clogs like this, you may experience hot or cold spots, requiring you to adjust the thermostat often when occupying different parts of the home.
2. Sufficient Airflow for Comfort
When ducts are dirty or clogged, air cannot travel through them as easily. When conditioned air meets resistance inside the air ducts, it can raise or lower the air temperature, depending on the season. By the time the air does reach the vents, it isn’t at the targeted temperature, and you’ll have a harder time reaching your ideal comfort level.
3. Efficient Airflow for Lower Utility Costs
When air can flow easily through the ducts, it takes less energy from your system. With buildup and blockages, your heating and cooling system has to work harder to push the air through and reach your desired comfort level. More work means higher utility costs. As a matter of fact, one of the most common signs that your ducts are in need of cleaning is soaring energy bills.
4. Odour-Free Airflow
As contaminants build up inside your air ducts, they may begin to stink. This odour then blows through the vents with your hot or cold air, smelling up your entire house. Removal of these contaminants is the only way to get rid of that odour.
5. Nearly-Silent Airflow
When ductwork service leaves your duct system clean and free of debris, you’ll hardly hear the air as it blows through the ducts. If debris somehow enters the ducts, you may hear rattling or banging noises. Narrowed air ducts can cause whistling or popping sounds. To get rid of the noises and enjoy quiet airflow, you need professional duct cleaning.
6. Enhanced Longevity of Air Ducts
Your home’s air ducts can last a couple of decades under ideal circumstances. However, without professional cleaning, the lifespan of the ducts may be drastically cut short. Buildup of debris inside the ducts can produce added pressure and weight, causing the ducts to weaken and come apart. Some contaminants can cause corrosion of the air ducts. As the corrosion worsens, the ducts weaken and holes may form. Damaged ducts require replacement, which can be quite costly.
7. Extended Life Expectancy of Your HVAC System
Clogged and obstructed air ducts cause your HVAC system to work harder in order to get conditioned air to the vents. This added stress creates difficult conditions for your central comfort system and can lead to more frequent breakdowns and failures. Over time, this stress can put so much pressure on the system that you’ll risk putting the equipment out of service permanently, with replacement the only feasible option. Getting a few more years of comfort from your existing system can save you thousands of dollars.
8. Better Indoor Air Quality
Dust, allergens, and contaminants that creep into your ductwork come out through the conditioned air blown from the vents. This air then circulates through your home and is taken back into the system. Dirty ducts can create an endless cycle of particle-ridden air throughout your residence. Professional duct cleaning takes these contaminants out of the ducts, thus removing them from your home and improving indoor air quality.
Professional cleaning on a regular basis is critically important for those more susceptible to poor air quality. This includes very young children and babies, elderly people, and those with respiratory illnesses and diseases such as asthma or COPD.
9. A Cleaner Home With Less Effort
As with poor air quality, you have endless dust recirculating through your home when you have dirty ducts. This means that the dust continues to blow around the household and settle on surfaces. When you keep the ducts clean, you don’t have to dust the house quite so often to stay ahead of the grime.
10. Safer Operating Conditions for Your HVAC System
Dust that recirculates through the air ducts goes through your HVAC system as well. Some of this dust may become trapped inside the equipment and build up there. The HVAC system gets warm when it operates, and it may become even warmer when stressed due to dust buildup. If the system gets too hot, you have a higher risk of a fire, which can devastate your home.
Schedule Professional Duct Cleaning With Our Experts
At Twin Peaks Plumbing, Heating & Gas, your home comfort is our top priority. We have a team of highly skilled and dedicated technicians to perform all your HVAC services, and we offer comprehensive duct cleaning to promote better airflow. We also furnish skilled repair services for your ductwork and HVAC system, getting things back on track when issues arise. Our technicians can install new HVAC systems and also perform in-depth maintenance to keep an existing system running optimally. Whatever your heating, cooling, or indoor air quality needs may be, we have you covered.
Count on our professional technicians at Twin Peaks Plumbing, Heating & Gas for the most trusted duct cleaning in Nanaimo. Call us today to schedule it.
