Duct Cleaning
What is Air Duct Cleaning? Why Should I Hire a Duct Cleaning Service?
Most people are now aware that indoor air pollution is an issue of growing concern and increased visibility. Many Colorado Springs home air duct cleaning companies are marketing products and services intended to improve the quality of your indoor air. You have probably seen an advertisement, received a coupon in the mail, or been approached directly by a company offering to clean your air ducts as a means of improving your home's indoor air quality. These services typically -- but not always -- range in cost from $450 to $1,000 per heating and cooling system, depending on the services offered, the size of the system to be cleaned, system accessibility, climatic region, and level of contamination.
Duct cleaning generally refers to the cleaning of various heating and cooling system components of forced air systems, including the supply and return air ducts and registers, grilles and diffusers, heat exchangers heating and cooling coils, condensate drain pans (drip pans), fan motor and fan housing, and the air handling unit housing.
Facts about Home Ventalation Systems
- Nine out of 10 heating, ventilating and air conditioning system failures are caused by dirt and dust. ( Louisiana Cooperative Extensive Service- LCES)
- Clean systems restore capacity and lessen running time. Translation: savings on monthly heating/cooling bills.
- A buildup of .042 inches of dirt on a heating or cooling coil can result in a decrease in efficiency of 21%. (EPA)
- Most commercially purchased fiberglass filters are only 7% efficient in stopping Dirt, dust, pollen, etc. passing through them. (ASHRAE)
- 50% of all illnesses are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor air. ( American College of Allergists)
- 1 out of 6 people who suffer from allergies do so as a result of the fungi and bacteria in the air duct system. (Total Health and Better Health Magazine)
- Legionnaire's Disease was spawned in air conditioning ducts. It killed 29 people in 1976. ( ALA , American Lung Association)
- In the summer of 1988 at least 7 people died in the Los Angeles area from Legionnaire's Disease. ( Modesto Bee, 9/22/88)
- Children are more likely than adults to be affected by polluted indoor air. They breathe faster, inhale more air per unit of body weight and are closer to the ground where concentrations are higher. (Dept. of Consumer Affairs)
- The elderly, asthmatics and people with breathing problems, allergies and lung diseases are also likely to be more sensitive to pollutant. (Dept. of Consumer Affairs)
- Most people spend 90% of their time indoors. ( ALA )
- Indoor air has been found to be up to 70 times more polluted than outdoor air. (EPA)
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