Duct Cleaning – 3 Things to remember

If you wonder if air duct cleaning is worth the money, the answer is yes … but only if you can remember three things when they hire a duct cleaning company.

FIRST, do not waste your money cleaning the air ducts, if you do not want the entire AC system cleaned.

The air you breathe not only pass through air ducts, but also passes through the fan blows across several rows of cooling coils (evaporator coils), and during the condensate pan. The evaporator coils are what actually take heat and moisture from the air. The coils are cold because of the cooled refrigerant flows through them, pulling heat out of the air that passes over them and get the excess moisture in the air to condense on them and run into the condensate pan. The coils are of particular importance in a humid climate that we have here in Houston Texas. Duct cleaning alone will not solve the coils, which are particularly susceptible to an accumulation of dirt and debris because they are wet most of the time the system is in operation, especially in a humid climate. If you do not have the whole system is cleaned out of breathing air that has passed during the wet dirty coils, you will have a less energy efficient AC system. Dirt actually insulates the coils, reducing the amount of heat and moisture they can remove from the air. Also, since the coils are several rows of thick, dirt reduces air flow through the coils. Your AC has to work harder and longer to cool the air. Duct cleaning is worth it if it happens while cleaning your entire system.

SECOND, be sure to find a company that is licensed to clean your entire system.
In several states, including Texas, only a company with a licensed HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) can access and cleanse your entire system. This is necessary to ensure that only people who know what they do can access the inner workings of your AC system. In Texas. A company does not have a plumbing license can only clean what they can achieve from registers in walls and ceilings Not only can they not get access to critical parts of the system as broadband, they can not even clean the plenum, the box you looks at one end of the AC unit through which all air is delivered to your home flows. It would be like to clean the dirty floor in your room, but not entryway. Dirt would just get traced back to your living room. It’s the same with duct cleaning. Houston, for example, many companies advertising air duct cleaning, but many of them do not have Texas HVAC licenses and can not clean the entire system. Be careful whom you hire to clean your AC system.