How can you do duct cleaning services easily by yourself?

 Why should you clean the air ducts and vents in your home regularly? When the ducts are clean, the air you breathe in your home is cleaner and your heating system automatically lasts a lot longer. Also, if you are prone to allergies, the dust trapped in your duct system can cause health hazards. When the contaminants block the duct system of your home, your energy bills can also rise drastically. Although professional ductcleaning is also a viable option, you can easily clean the duct system in your home yourself as well. In this way, you can save a lot of money.

Before, you go for a in-depth cleaning of your airduct, first do these two steps:

1. Assess your Ducts: The configuration of your duct system is important to decide the cleaning process. If your duct system is running lengthwise at a stretch, the equipment’s used will be different.

2. Gather your supplies: DIY duct cleaning can be really messy at times. So, before you actually start cleaning, make sure you have already collected all the equipment’s.

Let us have a quick glance of all the equipment’s you will need for cleaning your ducts:

• Furnace filter: At the end of the duct cleaning process, you will have to remove the dirty filter. So, keep a clean, fresh filter with yourself for replacing the old one. Make sure the furnace filter is compatible.

• Vacuum: Though professional vacuum can clean much better, a standard home vacuum will also do. Make sure the vacuum has at least a decently powerful hose so that you can reach the corners without much difficulty.

• Brush: There will be a lot of sticky contaminants stuck to your air ducts that won’t come off easily. You will need a toilet brush or a stiff paint brush with hard bristles to remove them.

• Screwdriver or Hex Wrench: The air duct in your home will be covered with grate. So, in order to access it, you will need a screwdriver. A regular screwdriver will work, but a Philips head on hand will be better.

• Paper Towel: After the entire duct cleaning process, you will need some paper towel handy, to clean all the dirt and mess. You will also need the paper towel to cover the supply registers.

Let us start with the cleaning process:

1. Remove vent covers and wash them: Remove the covers of your vent with the screwdriver and clean those, either within the dishwasher or you can simply cleanse it off with your hands. Put them aside in the sun to try.

2. Cover the supply registers: Take some paper towels and cover up the supply air registers that you will find on the floor. If you don’t do so, before duct cleaning all the dust blowing out of them will get carried away to your other rooms and the entire home will get dirty.

3. Turn on the fan: Set your thermostat to “Fan on” and close the “heat/cool” mode so that only the fan runs or simply run the heat. This will easily loosen up all the dirt, without all the brushing and banging.

4. Check your filter: Once the duct cleaning process has started, make sure the furnace filter has not shifted from its place. Otherwise, all the dirt and dust you have cleaned might end up getting sucked back to your duct system.

5. Clean the supply registers: Use your vacuum to suck all the dust blown by the fan, and reach out to all the tight corners. Take the handle of your brush and remove any sticky particles on the surface and dispose off with the paper towels. You can use a long broom to swipe deep from the piping system. Clean any kind of dust and debris that have accumulated.

6. Clean return air registers: Use a screwdriver to unbolt the return air registers and cleanse deep with continuous brush swipes. Use the long handle of a brush to go as deep as you can inside the cavity.

7. Turn off the power to the system: Now you will need to access the main ducts, so turn of the power for safety.

8. Unscrew air duct cover: Unscrew the air duct cover and grills, and use a cleaning cloth to wipe the grate. If it has accumulated a lot of dirt, you can use soap lather.

9. Vacuum clean the air ducts: Use a powerful vacuum cleaner for thorough duct cleaning. Leave no spots! Use a brush to remove all the molds and mildew.

10. Clean Blower Apartment: There is usually a good buildup of dirt around the furnace which clogs it. Use vacuum cleaner to remove every dirt and debris without damaging the fan.

11. Replace furnace filter: A poor filter will lead to restricted airflow and your heating or cooling system will get damaged sooner. So, make sure to replace it, after the duct cleaning.

12. Replace vent cover: Also, the vent covers might have dried by now, so don’t forget to put it back.

Now that you know how should clean your duct system, get your hands dirty and start cleaning! Or you may choose to call the professional near you to get your work done. For more information don’t hesitate to message or call us!

What is the importance of Ductwork sanitation in Pandemic Situation?

As the world shelters against the COVID-19 pandemic, ductwork sanitation & cleaning takes the center stage as building owners and commercial occupants look for ways to improve interior air quality!

But what happens when you don’t clean the duct? Let’s take a look at the consequences of neglecting duct work cleaning.

Build up mould and spreading of mildew

The air ducts in any property or business do a lot of work. This means if it’s neglected, dirt and mould can build up easily. Over the passing time, the uncleaned duct will start giving birth to mould and mildew blown throughout your house or business areas. Not only will this create an unpleasant odour and people will start getting ill.

Clogged duct blocking air flow

Piled up dirt and debris in the air duct unit may clog it badly. Eventually, dust will clump together, building up the duct itself, surrounding the outlets and filters as well. This will slow down the air ventilation across the rooms also reduce the efficiency of AC heating or cooling capability. Thus, causing the HVAC system to operate harder, that its capacity. Moreover, if it’s kept neglected for a longer time the duct could stop working entirely.

It may Cost you expensive service

Finally ignoring your air duct will cost you an expensive service leaving you no option to regret! Heating and cooling will become harder to manage, causing a surge in your electricity bill and pay for a posher service. But you can easily solve all this problem during the pandemic, with ductwork sanitation. 

Having dirty and mouldy air vents doesn’t sound much hygienic during this pandemic, isn't it? That’s why it is important to have the ductwork sanitised before your HVAC completely shuts down! Now if you still don’t believe it, let us get you through some important benefits of ductwork cleaning!

Top benefits of professional ductwork cleaning

·         Helps to Create a cleaner environment

Cleaning and sanitizing your air ducts reduce the dust that could otherwise ventilate throughout your living space, piling up on your furniture, your bed sheets and floors too! You don’t want that to happen! Fortunately, a professional ductwork sanitisation lowers the amount of indoor cleaning and dusting that is needed to maintain hygiene during a pandemic. 

·         Makes it easier to breathe

Does anyone at your home suffer from chronic sickness or allergies? If so, then it is a must to get the air duct sanitation done, as cleaner air makes it easier for them to breathe. A duct system has a supply-side that circulates conditioned air through the opening of each room, and the return sides that clings the air back into the air handler of the air conditioning system, to make it conditioned again. The problem is that the circulated air attracts pollutants including, bacteria, pet hair, dirt and pollen that could be entrapped inside the motors and coils. And a bigger problem may arise if it remains neglected for years. So, before things go out of control consider getting a duct cleaning now to get most of the airborne pollutants in your home or property eliminated.

·         Reduces bad odour and allergic elements

Can you imagine, how many things we have in our home that pollutes the air within? You might be ignorant to it, but there are several things from which odour arises that gets collected in the air ducts. Also, this pollutant could transform in to allergic elements and start affecting your respiratory system. This include common household things such as cleaning mediators and paint smokes, pets and moulds, much more. Even food items may add to the bad smell coming from the AC ducts.

A regular ductwork sanitisation in your home or office helps to promote a hygienic living, otherwise, the uncleaned air in your home will keep recirculating repeatedly. 

·         Improved interior air quality

The ductwork that consists of a built-up dust filter and grime can restrict the air flowing from the furnace and AC system. That means, your HVAC system has to work harder to keep your home warm and cool, resulting in a lower level of efficiency. Whereas cleaning ductwork regularly will help your AC to operate at its peak efficiency and deliver the most cost-efficient performance that saves your energy bills at the same time. Not just that, once you change your system’s air duct regularly, the duct sanitisation helps to eliminate the pollutants such as pollen, dust, dirt and microbes. These substances could cause allergy and other respiratory issues. Getting it cleaned by professionals helps to circulate better quality of air in the interiors of your home as well as office premises.

Get it cleaned now!

By now you must have understood, why you should get your air ducts sanitised on your ductwork. Be it home or commercial premises, it’s always a wise idea to be safe with the environment you live in. If you’re willing to know more about the right ones, call us today!