Should I Have the Air Ducts Cleaned in My New Home?

It’s understandable that when moving into a new residence you’d want to start from a clean slate, so to speak. In most cases, new homeowners want the house to be spotless so you can make it your own. After all, it’s one thing to live with your own dirt, but quite another to live with someone else’s. This line of thinking leads lots of people to wonder “should I have the air ducts cleaning in my new home?” Here are a few things to consider to help make the call.

Should I Have the Air Ducts Cleaned in My New Home?

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What We Find

There are many goodies our technicians will come across when cleaning your HVAC ductwork. For example; legos, marbles, garbage, dead animals, rodent feces, traps, needles, and many more. These items are on top of the everyday dirty ducts containing pet and human dander, dust mites, construction dust, and unwanted bacteria. 

In a household with children, it can be very common to find food items shoved down the vent. Curious children will be interested to see what would happen if their lunch ended up in your home’s HVAC system. Over the years, Amber’s Air Duct Cleaning has came across all types of debris, including crumpled paper, garbage, broken toys and much more.

Out With the Old in With the New

In most cases, you will never know the details of who inhabited your home before you. Because of this, it is wise to consider having a thorough duct cleaning shortly after moving in. Sometimes, previous homeowners will have the ducts cleaned before putting it on the market. If this is the case, you can simply examine the HVAC system and determine if it is necessary.

Construction 

Newly constructed homes are a different story. In most of these cases, a thorough duct cleaning is warranted. Our technicians remove all manner of construction debris from the ducts of newly built homes, including concrete chunks and other building materials, and especially drywall dust. Drywall dust is ubiquitous in newly built or remodeled homes. It is notorious for infiltrating your HVAC system and cutting off air flow that is important to HVAC system efficiency. Like chalk powder, it settles a fine layer in the ducts and recirculates through the system, polluting your indoor air quality.

 

Conclusion

Should I have the air ducts cleaned in my new home? All this is to say that if you are moving into a new home and want a fresh, clean start—out with the old occupants (and their dirt) and in with the new—consider adding air ducts to your list of spaces that warrant cleaning. Then you can have peace of mind that your whole house—its living space and its inner workings—is as clean as it can be. Call (517) 885-3000 to schedule your dryer vent or air duct cleaning in Haslett, Okemos, East Lansing, Williamston, DeWitt, St. Johns, Laingsburg, Perry, Mason, Holt, Eaton Rapids, Dimondale, Lansing, or Grand Ledge, MI.