Air duct cleaning in Kettering, Ohio
We clean supply ducts, returns, blower compartments and dryer vents in Kettering. Duct systems in the city's 1950s and 1960s housing are often 60 to 75 years old and have never been opened. You get photos from before and after.
Whole-home duct cleaning with negative-pressure equipment — and before/after photos so you can see exactly what you paid for.
What does a duct cleaning visit include?
A camera goes into your ductwork before we quote anything.
What does the camera find in a post-war Kettering house?
Panned joist bays used as returns, unsealed and open to the framing cavity, which is the most common finding in this housing type. Add sixty-plus years of dust and whatever a remodel left behind. The footage also answers a second question worth more than the cleaning: whether the return path is worth rebuilding, which is the fix behind most Kettering comfort complaints.
Is duct sealing different from duct cleaning?
Completely, and sealing is usually the one that saves money. Cleaning removes what is inside the ducts. Sealing closes the joints and seams that are leaking conditioned air into an attic, a crawl space or a wall cavity, which in a typical house is a meaningful share of what you paid to heat and cool. If your goal is a lower bill or rooms that never keep up, sealing and airflow are the conversation. If your goal is what is coming out of the registers, cleaning is.
What does a proper duct cleaning actually involve?
Negative pressure and agitation, in that order. A vacuum unit is connected to the system so the whole duct run is under suction, and then each branch is agitated with brushes or air whips so what is stuck to the wall lets go and gets pulled out rather than blown further in. The furnace or air handler cabinet, the blower wheel and the coil are part of the job, because a clean duct feeding a filthy blower has not achieved much. Anything advertised as a quick vacuum at each register is not this.
Should I have the ducts sanitized or fogged?
Be careful with this one. Spraying a biocide or a sealant into ductwork is sold as an add-on far more often than it is genuinely warranted, and you are putting a chemical into the path that feeds every room in your house. If there is confirmed growth, the answer is finding the moisture and removing the growth mechanically. Ask what specifically is being applied, why it is needed in your case, and what the label says about occupied spaces. A vague answer to any of those is your answer.
How often should ducts be cleaned?
There is no calendar answer, and any company giving you a fixed interval is guessing at your house. Condition drives it: pets, smokers, allergies, recent construction, and whether the system has been run without a filter all change the answer far more than time does. For most houses with none of those, the honest interval is longer than the industry advertises. Look inside a register every couple of years and let what you see decide it.
How do I know if my ducts need cleaning?
How do I book duct cleaning in Kettering?
Call (844) 584-7399 and you get a person, or book online in about a minute. If it's an emergency, no heat or water on the floor, call rather than booking. That skips the next-day queue and goes straight to the 24/7 line.