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Pobeka

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11. I go back to first principles.

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:08 PM

Mar 2022

If there is dust settled and collected in your ducts, and the force of your AC/Heater fan hasn't changed a bit, why would the dust suddenly "jump up" back into the airstream and flow out your vents, when it was too heavy to do that in the first place?

So the duct in your vents will pretty much just stay there and not be in the air coming out of the vents.

If someone cleans the ducts, and not completely, it's possible what is left over may be loosened enough that it blows around and mechanically breaks up again.

Given that logic, the only reason I can see cleaning ducts is if they are so heavily loaded with dust that it doesn't allow for a free enough flow of air and might be overloading the fan.

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(Allergy related, hope this is right place) Any opinions on whether duct cleaning has any real [View all] dameatball Mar 2022 OP

Please be very careful w/anyone you find on FBook as there are huge scams. The ads all CurtEastPoint Mar 2022 #1

Yes, I have seen those FB scams. The company coming out has been around for a long time. dameatball Mar 2022 #3

I think that the party who benefits most is the cleaner. Chainfire Mar 2022 #2

You may be right. I'm not an easy sell, so it can't hurt to listen. dameatball Mar 2022 #4

They will show you how you can't live without it. Chainfire Mar 2022 #6

We had a "free" duct cleaning, and then the fancy looking "test" for mold. usonian Mar 2022 #9

Thanks for the warning. My ex dragged me to a time share nightmare many years ago. Yikes. dameatball Mar 2022 #10

Ductwork fed by a clothes dryer can accumulate a lot dust. I had that. empedocles Mar 2022 #5

Let us know what you find out. multigraincracker Mar 2022 #7

Yes, I live on a dirt road, so I take one when I walk the dog. Also have a cat, so the furry friends dameatball Mar 2022 #8

I go back to first principles. Pobeka Mar 2022 #11

Depends on how often you change the furnace filter Warpy Mar 2022 #12