Duct Cleaning in Hattiesburg, MS
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Hattiesburg's storms push dust and debris through your ducts
Forrest County sees damaging wind far more than anything else, 115 events in ten years. Every time wind knocks out power or drives dust and debris into the house, your ductwork is what moves it around. Cold air settles that dust into the ducts, and it sits there until the furnace kicks on again come November.
Your furnace only runs from November through March here, five months a year. The rest of the time, that dust and whatever else got pulled in during a storm just sits in the duct runs. When the system finally starts up on a 40 degree night, it pushes all of it straight into the rooms you're heating.
- 5 months
- November through March, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 6 months
- May through October, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every home. Homes with pets, a smoker, or someone with allergies tend to need it more often than homes without. If you just moved in and don't know the history of the ductwork, that's a good reason to have it looked at rather than wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason behind it, like visible dust coming from the vents, a musty smell when the system runs, or work that was just done on the ductwork itself. It won't fix an allergy problem on its own or lower your utility bill. Where it does help is keeping dust and debris from cycling back into the air you breathe and off the coil, where buildup can affect airflow over time.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris, then pulls it out through the vacuum before it can resettle. This covers the supply and return ducts, the grilles, and usually the coil and blower area since those collect buildup too. A thorough job checks every run of duct, not just the ones easy to reach.