Safety Comes Before Anything Else
Cleaning your air ducts is certainly not a fun task. Although it’s highly advisable to contact a professional air duct cleaning company, you can still clean your own air ducts. Unhealthy air accumulates inside your home, as a direct result of indoor pollutants. This in turn may cause allergic reactions as the pollutants include irritants such as smoke, plant pollen, animal dandruff and even mold spores. Besides being harmful to your health, such irritants also create damage to your house. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to safely clean your air ducts:
- Make sure you have the proper tools ready to inspect the area. You’ll need a screwdriver and heavy-duty gloves to carry out the cleaning. You’ll also need a cleaning brush, a rag or paper towel, and a vacuum cleaner. Make sure the floor around the air duct entrance is clean. You don’t want any small objects to fall inside when you remove the air duct covers.
- Once you remove the air duct covers or return-air grille plates (the metal grinder-like plates), check the walls inside. Even if your air duct uses furnace filters, you still need to pay attention to the walls and make sure you clean these as best as you can. Because the walls may be covered with filters, use a brush and a rag to wipe out all the dirt. The force of your vacuum cleaner may be too strong and will damage the walls, so make sure to take precautions.
- You should be able to reach down a few feet with your vacuum cleaner hose. If you want the ducts to be cleaned entirely, you’ll need to hire a professional air duct cleaning service to help you out.
- Once you’re done vacuuming, put the return-air grille plates back on. After you’ve screwed them on, vacuum them as well to make sure you’ve removed all of the dust particles that might’ve gotten trapped when you were vacuuming your air ducts.
Why Choose Us?
When it comes to safely and effectively cleaning air ducts, Rescue 911, stand above the pack. We work with an all-star team of technicians that are on call 24/7, in case of emergencies. You should always contact a professional company when you need to have your air ducts thoroughly cleaned. We have years of experience in the field, with a proven track record. Our customers depend on us to breath fresh and clean air. It’s our responsibility to make sure that the clean air is circulating inside their homes. We follow a very strict protocol on safety, and ensure that you always receive the highest quality services, at the most competitive prices. Don’t wait until you start experiencing any health symptoms, give us a call today!