If your Miami home uses a combustion-based furnace such as an oil-burning furnace or a natural gas-fired furnace, chances are that these heating systems give rise to pollution particles in every combustion cycle. Apart from these furnaces, there are other heating equipment such as wood-burning stoves, gas stoves and space heaters that also produce particles that can significantly affect your indoor air quality.
Miami Duct Cleaning is a professional HVAC company that is concerned with the quality of your indoor environment. Our experts will ensure that your ac systems are installed properly and maintained regularly so as to reduce and even eliminate pollution particles within your home originating from furnaces and vented through the chimney or the exhaust.
Air ducts that are clogged with dust, smoke particles and dirt can cause illnesses such as headaches, dizziness, irritation of the eyes, nose and throat and serious allergies.
Why You Should Clean Your Ductwork
NADCA has a rule of thumb that “if your ducts look dirty, they probably are”. As a homeowner, you need to ensure that your ductwork is regularly inspected and cleaned by professional and certified HVAC experts. Some of the benefits you will get by maintaining clean air ducts include:
Quality Indoor Environment
Normal operations within the house generate a lot of contaminants and pollutants such as dust, dander and chemicals. When these particles get sucked in to your HVAC system, they are re-circulated within your house around 5 to 7 times every day. This re-circulation makes the particles to build up into your ductwork.
Dirty ducts contribute heavily to the contamination of your indoor air because they harbor microbes that cause respiratory conditions, environmental allergies and autoimmune disorders. Cleaning your ductwork therefore reduces chances of you and your family from breathing in contaminated air.
Energy Savings
A research by the US Department of Energy indicates that about 25 to 40 percent of the energy consumed in heating or cooling homes is wasted. The contaminants that line your ductwork make the heating and cooling systems to work extra hard so as to give the same output as before. In addition to shortening the lifespan of your system, this overworking of your ac units requires a lot of energy. Ensuring that your ductwork is regularly inspected and cleaned by our technicians will significantly cut down the amount that you spend on power bills.
The Equipment and Materials We Use
At Miami Duct Cleaning, we are very careful so as to use equipments and materials that are approved and safe for domestic use. In order to locate the dirt and debris on bends and elbows of your ductwork, we use video inspection systems. We also have flex ducts and different types of metal ducts that give us access to areas that would have been otherwise inaccessible. We have also invested in modern HEPA-filtered vacuums that trap every trace of dirt, dust or dander.
We carefully inspect the materials and detergents we use in cleaning your indoor environment and ductwork. Most of the products used by our professionals do not contain any volatile organic compounds and even those that contain the composition of the VOCs is usually very low; less than 50 g/L recommended by NADCA.
Air Quality Tests
Miami Duct Cleaning also conducts air quality tests to help in determining whether your indoor environment is safe for you and your loved ones. We usually conduct these tests before we begin any cleaning activity so as to show you the extent of the pollution and what needs to be done to assure you of quality air.
We advice all our clients within Miami and its environs to have their indoor air and ductwork inspected at least once per year so that they can reduce cases of infections arising from poor quality air. Get in touch with our customer service and we shall be able to attend to you promptly.