Duct Cleaning in Orlando, FL
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Florida ductwork works year round with barely a break
Your air conditioner runs almost every month here, and the ducts carrying that air run with it. Orlando doesn't get the cold snap that lets a furnace and its ducts sit idle. Even the two months of winter stay mild, so the blower keeps moving air through the same ducts all year, and whatever is in that air settles inside them without much of a pause.
Orange County has also seen 64 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and outages follow storms like these. When the power drops, so does the air conditioner, and ducts that sit warm and still are a place dust and moisture can settle in. Once power comes back, that system pushes whatever built up during the outage straight into the house.
- 2 months
- December through January, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 9 months
- March through November, your air conditioner does the same
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed number that fits every home. If anyone in the house has allergies, you've had a pest problem, or water got into the ductwork, that's reason to have it looked at sooner rather than later. Visible dust around the vents or a musty smell when the air conditioner runs are the signs to watch for. A contractor can look at what's actually built up inside and tell you whether it's time.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It depends on what's in your ducts right now. If there's visible dust coming out of the vents, a musty smell when the air conditioner runs, or you can see debris when you pull a vent cover off, cleaning solves a real problem. If none of that is happening, cleaning a system that's already fairly clean won't do much for you. A contractor can check the ducts and tell you honestly whether it makes sense before you spend anything.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A technician connects a vacuum system to the ductwork and uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from the inside of the duct walls, then pulls it out through the vacuum. Every supply and return vent in the house gets opened up and cleaned this way, and the vent covers themselves get wiped down too. The filter gets checked as part of the job, since a clogged filter puts dust back into the system right after it's been cleaned.