Reasons to Have your Air Ducts Cleaned:
Other than health concerns, air ducts need cleaning for many other reasons. Air ducts are often cleaned in response to a specific event such as a leak or excessive dust from home remodeling. Many homeowners have their air ducts cleaned regularly because of environmental factors related to where they live, the age of your air conditioning system, age and health of your home's occupants, whether people smoke in the home and if you have pets living in the home.
Annual air duct cleaning is a pro-active approach to your family's health as opposed to a reactive approach. Many bird owner are well aware of the need for regular air duct cleaning due to the excessive amount of dust in the environment caused by many common species such as Cockatoos, Cockatiels and African Greys. Since our birds are living in a confined indoor environment and have very sensitive respiratory systems it is important for both human and avian health to schedule regular air duct cleaning.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends having your air ducts cleaned if:
* There is visible mold growth inside your air ducts or on other components of your heating and cooling system
* Your ducts are infested with rodents or insects – cleaning will remove them and whatever attracted them to your ducts
* Your ducts are clogged or air flow is severely restricted
* Recent home remodeling – if you recently completed a home remodeling project that created a lot of dust (saw dust, demolition, dry wall work, etc.) – cleaning will prevent the dust from being distributed throughout the rest of your home.
* If you find mold during a home renovation (in walls or ceilings – mold likes drywall) or when removing old carpet (mold is often found under carpet, in the carpet pad or on wood under the carpet) turn off your heating or cooling system immediately and try to seal off the room where you found the mold to prevent it from spreading to other parts of your home. If the mold problem is severe and you are concerned that it has contaminated your heating and cooling system or duct work you may want to consult and air duct cleaner to determine if your air ducts need cleaning.
* Residents have asthma or allergies – health concerns related to dust, mold, pollen, pet dander, etc.
* Water has entered the duct work from a pipe break, storm, fire, etc.
* During routine cleaning of HVAC components mold was found or significant amounts of dust and debris was released into the duct system that the homeowner does not want distributed throughout their home by their duct system
Can Air Duct Cleaning Make Indoor Air Quality Worse?
Only if the air duct cleaner does not follow proper cleaning procedures for the type of duct work installed in your home. Many homes and condos have fiberglass duct work and an unskilled air duct technician using a rotobrush can dislodge fiberglass and make air quality worse. if the contaminates that are dislodged from the ducts by the technicians air duct cleaning machine are not adequately removed by a vacuum system they will be released into the home. An unskilled air duct cleaner can damage your air ducts or heating and cooling system. That can lead to expensive repairs or replacement and at the very least… a less effective heating and cooling system. When air duct cleaning is performed properly by a qualified professional ac technician there is no evidence that regular cleaning can harm a system.
Universal Air and Heat employs only professional, qualified and experienced air duct technicians.
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ning Rotobrush equipment to clean dirty air ducts. Our qualified Miami, Broward, Palm Beach & Tampa team of professional air duct cleaners and air Conditioning technicians may eliminate microbes, spores, mildew and fungus from your air ducts to ensure that your air conditioning system is free of all contaminants and bacteria. Having your air conditioning system's air ducts cleaned regularly will give your home or business a healthy breathing environment.
