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Duct Cleaning in Amory, MS

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What Amory's wind and storms leave behind in your ducts

Monroe County has logged 70 damaging wind events over the past ten years, along with 4 winter storms. Wind like that works dust and yard debris into the seams of your ductwork, and every time the system runs, the return side pulls in more.

Your furnace only needs to run November through March here, five months a year. The rest of the year, that dust sits in the ducts with nothing moving through to clear it out, so when the weather turns cold again, the first air out of your vents carries whatever settled in over the summer.

5 months: November through March, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
5 months: May through September, your air conditioner does the same

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Your ducts carry heat November through March and cooled air May through September.

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How often should air ducts be cleaned?: There's no fixed calendar for it. Most homes go years without needing it, and it depends more on what's happening in the house than on time passing. If anyone has allergies, if you've had a renovation that left dust behind, or if you have pets shedding into the return vents, it makes sense sooner. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you what's actually in there instead of guessing by the year.
Is air duct cleaning worth it?: It's worth it when there's a real reason behind it, like dust visibly blowing out of the vents, a musty smell when the air kicks on, or debris left over from work done nearby. It won't lower your heating bill or fix weak airflow by itself. If nothing seems off with the air in the house, there's no reason to have it done just to have it done.
What does air duct cleaning involve?: A contractor hooks a vacuum system up to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris, then pulls it out through the vents. Every supply and return in the house gets cleaned this way, along with the main trunk lines. The furnace or air handler usually gets checked too, since dust collects around the blower and coil. The filter should be replaced afterward, since a dirty one undoes the work by feeding new dust right back into the ducts.

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