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“Is There a RIGHT Way to Clean Air Ducts?”

Absolutely, there’s a right way to clean air ducts! It’s not just about having the correct equipment or experience. Air duct cleaning is not a one-size-fits-all job. Life in general, if we don’t apply the knowledge we have, it never becomes wisdom. Amber’s Air Duct Cleaning strongly believes there’s an art to cleaning air ducts and it’s more than just cleaning the ductwork! There’s a lot to cover in this article given this title. This article is intended to help consumers ask the right questions when hiring a duct cleaner. So, if you’re a Professional reading this please have some understanding the intention of this article.

Experience, Equipment, Method, and Process!

First and foremost, these are four vital components to clean air ducts correctly! Although, not everyone are going to have the same years of experience, use the same brands or have the same specs on equipment, and their process may differ a little, but the “Method” should always be a Push-Pull! As in every industry there are STANDARDS!

Next, let’s touch on the experience component. It wouldn’t make any sense to hire someone who has never cleaned air ducts before. They may even have the right equipment, use the right method, and the process sounds thorough, but unfortunately the learning part will come at the expense of the consumer. There’s so many Professionals in this industry that are willing to teach and help inexperienced individuals. Knowing, every company & technicians represent this industry and let’s just say this industry itself is in an epidemic with all of the scammers.

For an example, when I first started Amber’s Air Duct Cleaning I had 6 years of experience. Hold on though, I came to find out the company who I worked for, for those 6 years were cleaning the WRONG way! I found this out because I reached out to Professionals in this industry who were willing to teach me, help learn. I knew how the equipment worked, not everything I was taught previously was done the wrong way, but it was not the right way to clean air ducts.

Air Duct Cleaning Equipment

There’s no compromising on standards or specs on equipment, they are what they are. So here it is:

Let us emphasize this before we give you this list, ALL EQUIPMENT should be GAS POWERED! There are a couple exceptions and where technology is going we’re sure there will be more exceptions, but as of right now GAS POWERED!

  • Gas Air Compressor (min 27cfm/175psi)

  • Gas Air Duct Cleaning Machine (min 4,000cfm)

The gas air compressor provides the “push” and the air duct cleaning machine provides the “pull.” In our opinion, both are equally important. Just remember, anything that is disturbed or broken up inside (ductwork) of the HVAC system needs to be collected out of the system.

In addition, a company should have multiple cleaning (agitation) tools to attach to the end of the air line. These tools are what travels through your ductwork. Furthermore, not all ductwork is the same size. That means one 14″ whip is not going to be able to touch all the ductwork, if the ductwork is large. Essentially, it could, but it would take longer to clean everything. A company/technician should have a variation from 8″ whips to 28″ whips or brushes.

Air Duct Cleaning Process

This topic is debatable and it’s a lot, but there’s somethings that are not debatable. What we’re going to talk about, are the parts of the process that are NOT debatable.

  • Protecting the furnace

  • Cleaning a-coil & tray

  • Whipping air lines (galvanized metal)

  • Cleaning the blower wheel

  • Cleaning the filter/blower compartment

Everyone will have their own way of cleaning air ducts, but these mentioned above are not debatable. Once again, you need the correct equipment and materials to clean air ducts correctly! Not to mention, the knowledge and experience to perform these standards.

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is there a right way to clean air ducts?

What are the Pictures of?

Great question, the picture in the beginning of this article are air lines and the picture above this text is a return/intake trunk line. Both are pretty dirty, but the return/intake will almost always be dirtier that the supply side of the HVAC system. However, there have been cases where the supply side has looked just as dirty as the return/intake side.

Breakdown of the Ductwork

Are you familiar where your filter goes? That separates one side from the other and the reason for the filter. Over time, contaminants bypass the filter and it builds up and gets distributed in the air you’re actually breathing, but it takes time for this to happen.

Returns/intakes are typically found high or low on the side of a wall, sucking air in, and trying to filter your home. Most drop down to a “cold air” pan and the pan leads to the trunk line. The trunk line branches of the furnace similar to a tree.

The supply side, pushes the air in your home and are usually found on the floor, but in older homes they may be on the wall as well. The air lines ultimately branch right off the trunk and travel to where the air is being delivered.

In the picture of the return/intake trunk line, that’s what is being pulled to your filter. The filter, filters most of it, but not all. Then, it goes into the blower compartment, into the blower, through your a-coil, into the trunk line, and is coming through the air lines.

Information Overload

A lot of information in this one particular article, but we hope it helps. This was written to educate consumers on making on an informed decision. There are likable people, people that we think we can trust, and people that present themselves really well. Please make a decision not based on feeling’s or price, but knowing your air ducts are going to be cleaned the right way!

Areas we service Air Duct Cleaning:

  • Lansing, Michigan

  • East Lansing, Michigan

  • Holt, Michigan

  • Mason, Michigan

  • Okemos, Michigan

  • Haslett, Michigan

  • Williamston, Michigan

  • DeWitt, Michigan

  • St Johns, Michigan

  • Bath, Michigan

  • Grand Ledge, Michigan

  • Fowler, Michigan

  • Pewamo, Michigan

  • Westphalia, Michigan

  • Eagle, Michigan

  • Dimondale, Michigan

  • Potterville, Michigan

  • Charlotte, Michigan

  • Eaton Rapids, Michigan

  • Dansville, Michigan

  • Webberville, Michigan

  • Fowlerville, Michigan

  • Sunfield, Michigan

  • Mulliken, Michigan

  • Owosso, Michigan

  • Perry, Michigan