Duct Cleaning in Starkville, MS
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What Starkville's weather leaves behind in your ducts
Your furnace runs November through March here, five months of pulling air through the same ductwork. Oktibbeha County has logged 91 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and wind like that works dust and debris into a house through gaps around vents and siding. That settles in the ducts, and every time the system runs it gets pushed back out into the rooms you're heating.
Power is part of it too. Across Mississippi, 30% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. Every time the system shuts off and starts back up, it stirs whatever has settled near the vents since the last run.
- 5 months
- November through March, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 5 months
- May through September, your air conditioner does the same
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There is no fixed schedule that fits every house. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have had rodents or a water leak near the ductwork, that is reason to have them checked sooner rather than later. If it has been years since anyone looked at your ducts, that alone is reason enough to have a contractor take a look.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is actually in your ducts. If you can see dust coming out of the vents, there is visible mold, or you just finished a renovation that filled the house with drywall dust, cleaning will make a real difference. If your ducts are just a normal amount of dusty and nobody in the house has breathing problems, the case for it is weaker. A contractor can look inside your ducts with a camera and tell you what is actually there before you decide.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum to your duct system and uses brushes or air tools to knock dust and debris loose from the inside of the ducts, then pulls it out through the vacuum. The supply and return vents get cleaned as part of the job too. Some jobs include the blower compartment and coil housing near the furnace or air handler, since dust collects there as well. The system stays under negative pressure while this happens so the dust is pulled out rather than blown into the rooms.