
Your home’s heating and cooling system is made up of a series of interconnected parts that all work together to ensure a comfortable home. While important components of your HVAC system are visible - things like your air conditioner condenser unit or your furnace and air handlers, for example - there’s a whole system of mostly hidden ductwork traveling throughout your home. These ducts play an essential role in transporting air throughout your home, but, because they are more or less out of sight, their maintenance can easily be forgotten.
We’ve all seen how quickly dust and airborne particles can build up on the ledge of our windowsills or tops of our shelves. When that Florida sunshine filters in off the Clearwater coast, it becomes all the more apparent. This same dust could be filtering throughout your home’s cooling system, too. In fact, one reason for changing the air filters on your HVAC system regularly (read: more than once every couple of months) is to capture this dust and prevent it from circulating throughout your home via your air ducts.
For the most part, air filters do a good job of keeping dust in your ducts at bay, but there are times when air duct cleaning might be necessary.
Cleaning the air ducts in your home likely doesn’t have to be an annual occurrence, but you should consider doing it at least every few years to keep your entire heating and cooling system running most efficiently. In the meantime, if you notice anything out of the ordinary like musty odors or large amounts of dust accumulation, you should call us right away at Mario’s Air Conditioning & Heating to discuss your options.