Duct Cleaning in Point Pleasant, NJ
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Eight months of running works dust into every room
Your furnace runs October through May here, eight months of the year. That is eight months of air pulled through the same ducts, over and over, picking up whatever dust has settled in them and pushing it into every room in the house.
Winter nights here average 27°F, so once the system starts in the fall it runs hard and does not get much of a break until spring. Ocean County has also seen 26 winter storms and 278 damaging wind events over the past ten years. A power loss during one of those can shut a system down mid-cycle and force a hard restart, which stirs up more of what has settled in the ductwork.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 4 months
- June 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 home, but a good rule is to have them checked every few years. If anyone in the house has allergies, or you have pets that shed, or you just finished a renovation, cleaning them sooner makes sense. Homes here run their heat for eight months of the year, from October through May, so ducts stay in near-constant use and collect dust during that stretch. A contractor can look at your system and tell you whether it needs cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what is going on in your ducts. If you can see dust building up at the vents, if the air coming out smells musty, or if someone in the house has unexplained allergy symptoms that ease up when they leave home, cleaning is worth it. If none of that applies and you have no reason to suspect a problem, there is less to gain from it. A contractor can inspect the ducts and tell you what is actually in there before you decide.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to loosen dust and debris from inside the duct walls, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Each supply and return vent gets cleaned this way, and the vent covers themselves get wiped down or washed. The furnace or air handler often gets a look too, since dust collects around the blower and coil as well as in the ducts. A contractor can walk you through which parts of your system will be covered before the work starts.