If you have a forced-air furnace, you have air ducts. They're what allow the air to be channeled to each outlet or register in the building to provide heated and/or cooled air. Sooner or later you're going to need to have these ducts cleaned and you'll be calling the air duct cleaning guy. Even in a new building (or maybe ESPECIALLY in a new building) the ducts get full of dirt and debris and need some maintenance.
Back in '76 the term Legionnaire's Disease hit the media and started a real change in the duct cleaning industry and in people's levels of awareness. Bad stuff can be lurking in those hidden recesses that can make people sick. They need to be cleaned.
One of the most important things you can do to improve your indoor air quality is to have the ducting cleaned. The duct cleaning industry has seen some good, innovative advancement in the past few years, including the introduction of robot technology to do the job. This has created quite a stir, literally.
In traditional duct cleaning methods, a big vacuum hose is fed down the duct work and all the dirt and debris is, ideally, sucked into some kind of containment receptacle. These rigs can either be truck mounted or of a portable nature, using either gasoline or electric power to run the big sucker (sorry, couldn't resist). The Robot uses a vacuum too, but the hose is smaller and he carries it down the shaft for you. This is a labor saving device.
Agitation tools meant to dislodge the dirt and debris trapped within the duct work have evolved nicely. Rotating brushes, high pressure air and the bird's eye view of a moving video camera all make the job easier and better than in the old days of 'chimney sweep' technology. Clients like the camera view which lets them see what's really up there above their heads, hidden from view.
One company who says they don't just clean your ducts but your whole system has the right idea. There's more to a good cleaning job than just doing the ducts. The entire HVAC system should be inspected and cleaned, including (especially) in brand new buildings. Filters should, of course, always be maintained.
Back in '76 the term Legionnaire's Disease hit the media and started a real change in the duct cleaning industry and in people's levels of awareness. Bad stuff can be lurking in those hidden recesses that can make people sick. They need to be cleaned.
One of the most important things you can do to improve your indoor air quality is to have the ducting cleaned. The duct cleaning industry has seen some good, innovative advancement in the past few years, including the introduction of robot technology to do the job. This has created quite a stir, literally.
In traditional duct cleaning methods, a big vacuum hose is fed down the duct work and all the dirt and debris is, ideally, sucked into some kind of containment receptacle. These rigs can either be truck mounted or of a portable nature, using either gasoline or electric power to run the big sucker (sorry, couldn't resist). The Robot uses a vacuum too, but the hose is smaller and he carries it down the shaft for you. This is a labor saving device.
Agitation tools meant to dislodge the dirt and debris trapped within the duct work have evolved nicely. Rotating brushes, high pressure air and the bird's eye view of a moving video camera all make the job easier and better than in the old days of 'chimney sweep' technology. Clients like the camera view which lets them see what's really up there above their heads, hidden from view.
One company who says they don't just clean your ducts but your whole system has the right idea. There's more to a good cleaning job than just doing the ducts. The entire HVAC system should be inspected and cleaned, including (especially) in brand new buildings. Filters should, of course, always be maintained.
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