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Why Duct Cleaning ?
  • More reliable heating and air conditioning equipment needing less frequent repairs.
  • Healthier indoor air quality with no viruses or mold spores for a reduced allergy potential.
  • Cleaner indoor environment with much less dusting required.
  • More efficient airflow for even more comfort and a lower operating cost.

Airborne contaminants are drawn through the duct work of the central air conditioning system via return air registers. Standard, throw-away fiberglass filters remove less than 7% of these particles, which means much of the rest settles in your air ducts.
Air Ducts
  Now acknowledged as a major allergy and disease causing problem by leading medical authorities, poor indoor air quality has prompted doctors and allergists to commonly prescribe a clean home furnace and air duct cleaning as a remedy.
 

If you question the need for air duct cleaning, take a look behind the return air grills in the HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) system of your home. Many people have found that one glimpse into their air ducts provides all the evidence they need to initiate a thorough cleansing of the of the home furnace and ac system.
 

A residential air duct cleaning job takes just a few hours and is a surprisingly clean and routine process. While making your home's indoor air quality safer, duct cleaning can also reduce heating and cooling costs by allowing your clean home furnace to operate more efficiently. Moreover, duct cleaning can cut maintenance costs because a clean system has fewer breakdowns.
   
  If It's in Your Air Ducts - It Can be in Your Lungs
 

Fungi and Bacteria in ventilation systems can contaminate indoor environments and cause a variety of health effects. Many organisms cause allergic-type reactions, such as headaches, runny nose, and itchy eyes. Some fungi and bacteria can cause respiratory infections, especially in immuno-comprised individuals.
  Dryer Dangers -

There were 24,000 clothes dryer fires in the US in 1987, resulting in 20 deaths, 180 injuries and property loss estimated at more than 96 million. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in most of these cases the culprit was lint - Robert J. Richards, The Detroit News.
  Dryer Vent Cleaning -

We can clean residential and commercial dryer vents. When dryer vents become clogged with lint it makes the dryer work harder. This can cause the dryer to fail, or with a gas dryer it can be a fire hazard. A clogged dryer vent will lessen your efficiency costing you more money to run your dryer. If you have to run your dryer more than one cycle to dry towels, jeans, or heavy linens, your dryer vent may need cleaning.
 

Air duct cleaning can improve indoor air quality by removing the breeding ground for microorganisms from the air duct system.

A study by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health indicates that occupants in buildings where ducts have never been cleaned are 60% more likely to develop respiratory ailments.

 
  1. Eye irritation
  2. Asthma attacks
  3. Allergy "turn on"
  4. Sinus congestion
  5. Chest tightness
  6. Shortness of breath
  7. Employee absenteeism
  8. Constricted air passage
  9. General fatigue
  10. Poor work performance
  11. Rashes
  12. Coughing
  13. Lethargy
  14. Dry throat
  15. Dizziness
  16. Itchy skin
  17. Irritability
  18. Headache
  19. Sneezing
  20. Malaise
  If you are feeling and reporting the effects of any of these symptoms, they are often associated with unhealthy indoor air quality.

Wherever you find an air handling system and building occupants, you'll find the potential for poor indoor air quality and the need for ventilation duct cleaning. Some commercial places could include office buildings, apartment buildings, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, and clean rooms of all type including computer and high tech equipment rooms.

  Consider these facts:
  • Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), Sick Building Syndrome, and Building-Related Illness are emerging as critical health, environmental, and legal issues throughout the world;
  • Environmental Protection Agency studies show that indoor air may be as much as 100 times more polluted than the outside air;
  • Improperly cleaned and maintained ventilation systems allow microbes to breed. This leads to a host of serious medical problems including: asthma, allergies, skin rash, fatigue, tuberculosis, and legionnaire's diseases;
  • The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in 3 buildings in America have sick building syndrome;
  • 50% of ALL ILLNESSES are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air. American College of Allergists