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Home » 5 Fantastic Reasons to Spend Money on Air Duct Cleaning
5 Fantastic Reasons to Spend Money on Air Duct Cleaning

5 Fantastic Reasons to Spend Money on Air Duct Cleaning

05/21/2021 By Deborah T

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Why is air duct cleaning important?

Everyone needs fresh air to breathe. Proper ventilation is also important to allow sufficient flow of air both inwards and outwards. Ducts present in our house perform this function.

They also help in maintaining the temperature of the place by balancing the air around us. Due to this constant air flow, the ducts get polluted with the contaminants present in the air. It is essential to remove them to maintain a secure environment for your family.

Why Should You Spend Your Hard Earned Dollars on Air Duct Cleaning?

Spending money maintaining all parts of your HVAC system can help save you money in the long term. This blog post highlights why duct cleaning is important.

1) Maintain a cleaner environment

Every morning you may encounter a thin layer of dust over the tables, books, shelves, and other items in the room. Ducts ensure that there is the movement of cleaner air all around. This is only possible when your ducts are clean. If you have not used ducts for several weeks or months, then there is a high chance that dust may accumulate in them. 

If you switch on the ducts suddenly, then all the dust may come flying out, settling on all the objects around the place. You may not even notice these particles then, but the next morning these particles will be everywhere. These particles are so light that they can travel all around the place. They can even settle in your food. Thus, they make the environment unhealthy, so duct cleaning is important to have a hygienic environment around you. 

2) Helps in better breathing 

Today the air is so polluted that several people are suffering from breathing issues and asthma. These problems are caused by the minute particles of dust and pollutants present in the air. If your ducts are clean, it reduces these pollutants. 

Ducts are full of dust, pollutants, debris, and dry material, which can only be removed during cleaning. If you have people in your house suffering from asthma or have lung infections, they can be affected by it severely. If your house is not well ventilated, you even feel cumbersome in your own house, and similarly, the people who visit you may feel the same. 

Duct cleaning removes all the impurities from the ducts completely. 

3) Save you from a large bill

Ducts need proper cleaning and maintenance regularly. It ensures that the system remains intact and works efficiently. Dusty ducts reduce efficiency significantly, which increases your bill. The particles increase the load on the system as the air is to be pushed against them, which creates a heavy load on the system.

These contaminants affect the system as it has to work more to maintain the ventilation, which increases the bill. This load can even break the system or can cause damage to the system. 

4) Removes smell from the air

Several things are consumed in our house every day, and each one has a unique smell. The aroma of the food, deodorants, paint fumes, cigarettes, cleaning agents add to this smell. This smell mix can create a weird smell around the place if proper ventilation is not there. Ducts remove this odor from the room efficiently, boosting your indoor air quality.

5) Reduces chances of infections

Dust is an irritant which can cause nasal and breathing infection frequently. If one may breathe air full of dust particles, it can lead to cough, cold, headache, and severe cases of asthma or lung infection. The pollens, debris, dust, and other contaminants can only be removed when cleaning the duct. This reduces your chances of getting sick and taking sick leave. This also keeps your family healthy and fit.

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A well-maintained air conditioner and clean ductwork will run efficiently. (HINT: It therefore lowers your bill)

The Bottom Line: Air Duct Cleaning Improves Your Health and Helps Your HVAC Perform Better

Unclean ducts can have several impacts on your life. Cleaning them regularly is of utmost importance. You can clean these ducts yourself or hire a professional service to help you. Prefer to hire a company as they are expert on the subject. They have the proper equipment to carry out the task and know how to keep themselves during this type of work. 

If you attempt to do the air duct cleaning yourself, you can even damage the working parts, increasing the servicing cost. Bad ducts multiply the chance of infections as well. Now the decision is yours!

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Deborah T
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Editor and author at DIY Home & Garden, a Word Innovations publication
Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
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About Deborah T

Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.

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