Air Duct Cleaning: Preventing Future Problems

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If you want to protect the health and wellbeing of your family it is important that you takes steps to provide them with a clean and safe environment in which to live. Having your system cleaned by an air duct cleaning professional is one way to protect the health of your family by keeping contaminants and debris out of the air that they are breathing. This system is the passageways through which the air moves throughout the home when using the heating and air conditioning system. Contaminants and debris such as dust, dirt, insects, mold, fungi, pollen, bacteria and clothing fibers can become integrated into the air that is moving through the system and introduced into the living space, eventually being breathed in by you and your family. This can lead to a variety of worsened health concerns including asthma, allergies and respiratory infections. Periodic cleaning of the duct system can help protect your family from these problems and create a healthier and cleaner home.

In between cleanings, duct cleaning professionals recommend that you follow a program of air duct maintenance in order to keep the contamination of your air duct system at a minimum. This maintenance program will have two focuses:

Keeping Dirt Out of Your System

• Use a high quality air filter that is specifically recommended by the manufacturer of your home climate system
• Change these filters regularly, at least as often as is recommended by the product, but more frequently if you notice clogging
• Ensure that there is a filter in every filter holder, and that these filters do not have gaps around them
• If your heating and cooling system need any form of maintenance, request that the technician clean the drain pans and cooling coils
• If there is any construction or renovation being performed at your home, seal off the registers and do not operate the system until after the construction work has been completed and the resulting dust has been cleaned up
• Keep your home clean by regularly vacuuming and dusting. Use an air purifying vacuum or one with high efficiency filter bags
• Use the in duct humidification system strictly according to the instructions by the manufacturer, and do not over use.

To Keep Your Air Ducts Dry

• Regularly examine your duct system for leaks or cracks
• Repair any leaks or damage immediately
• Regularly emptied the drain pans around the cooling coils, and examine the surrounding area for substantial moisture
• Have any leakage or excessive moisture in this area addressed promptly
• Ensure that your ducts are properly sealed in areas of your home that are non air conditioned or heated such as the crawl spaces
• If you plan on replacing your heating and cooling system, ask an air duct cleaning professional a unit that is the appropriate size for your home, and that all ducts are properly installed and sealed.

A duct cleaning professional can evaluate your system to indicate areas that may need attention so you can determine what measures should be taken to protect your system.

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Source by Julia Spence-McCoy