Duct Cleaning in Tampa, FL
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Storm outages push whatever is sitting in your ducts through the house
Hillsborough County has had 63 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and storms like that knock the power out. Statewide, 38% of households went at least 24 hours without power in 2024. When the air conditioner shuts down and then comes back on, the air that starts moving through the ducts again carries whatever settled in them while the system was off.
Winter here is short, just December and January, so the ductwork spends most of the year moving air for cooling instead. That's more months for dust to settle in the duct runs between storms.
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- December through January, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
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- March through November, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed schedule that fits every house. Get them checked sooner if anyone in the house has allergies, you've had pests or water get into the ducts, or you just finished a renovation. A contractor can look inside the ducts and tell you whether they actually need cleaning now or can wait.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it when there's a real reason for it, like visible mold, a pest problem, dust coming out of the vents, or renovation debris that got into the system. It's less useful as a routine thing done on a schedule with no problem to point to. Clean ducts don't fix a dirty filter or a leaky duct run, so those are worth checking too. A contractor can look at your ducts and tell you what's actually going on before you pay for anything.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to your ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris and pull it out through the vacuum. Each supply and return vent gets opened up and cleaned individually. The registers, grilles, and sometimes the coil and blower are cleaned as part of the job too. Afterward, a good contractor checks that everything is sealed back up so air isn't leaking out of the ducts before it reaches your rooms.