WHAT IS AIR DUCT CLEANING?

Air duct cleaning is an important cleaning services for home and business owners. Air duct clean

ing means having all your duct system, including the supply, intake and return vents cleaned using professional air duct cleaning equipment. In addition, air duct cleaning may also include cleaning the registers, grills, fans, the HVAC unit and cleaning the furnace if you have one.

Air duct cleaning companies have a variety of professional duct cleaning equipment designed to clean your air ducts and make them a healthier living environment in your home. Having your air ducts cleaned is recommended every three to five years, though in some cases two to three years would be the optimal time for best results and maintenance.

What Equipment Do Air Duct Cleaners Use?

Air Duct cleaners use a variety of equipment, ranging from small hand held tools to heavy duty machinery. In addition, air duct cleaners will probably have at least one inspection tools - from a simple mirror, to a periscope, and all the way to the CCTV camera system with flexible cables to go all the way in to the hard-to-reach parts of the air ducts system. The inspection equipment will be used mainly in cases where there is a clog or other reason to inspect the air vents (such as bad odors).

The basic cleaning tools are brushes, vacuums and other agitation devices. While you can clean the air vents on your own, using a simple brush and home vacuum, it is not recommended. Doing it wrong will cause the pollutants and debris to flow in to your home from the air ducts, rather than actually extracting it with professional methods.

How Do Professionals Clean Air Ducts?

The whole cleaning process can be divided into 3 steps: pre-inspection, duct cleaning, a final walk-through inspection.

Step 1. Pre-inspection.

The air duct technician, after arriving to your location, will inspect the entire system. Checking all the access points to the duct work, assessing its condition (by looking inside) and then decide which cleaning technique would be best in your home's case. After checking the duct work, the cleaning will begin.

Step 2. Air Duct Cleaning Process: Negative Pressure & Debris Removal.

Afterwards, the technician will arrange the vacuum collection unit - it is important to create negative air pressure in the air ducts to make sure dust, dirt and other debris do not spread around the house and get collected in to the vacuum collection unit. After setting this up, the technician will start agitating the walls of the duct work, taking out the pollutant like duct, dirt, pollen, bacteria and other icky stuff stuck on the ducts walls out.

Step 3. Final Walk-through Inspection.

When the cleaning is done, another inspection of the air ducts is required to make sure nothing was missed and the ducts are thoroughly cleaned. Now you know how air duct cleaning works.