A few pics of my dirty HVAC ducts...
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Time for a cleaning. Did you get it done yet? 26 years is a long time. Do you have pets?
Things hide in there and its not all dust and stuff,,,creatures ...................how do I know,,I installed ductwork a long time ago.
I'm not sure I get the logic behind cleaning ducts, unless there is something more harmful than dust in there, or airflow is restricted significantly. The dust was in the air, and now it's not. Why is that bad? If dust settled in there and the underlying cause hasn't been corrected, it would stand to reason that the ducts will be dirty again in short order.
More importantly, what do the supply ducts look like?
Fire/explosion hazard
Man that is a lot dust, what type of filters have you been using in your system all these years?
This sort of relates but, I cleaned my mother's refrigerator condenser out this morning, I don't know how that fridge was staying remotely cold, she moved in the place in 2013, the fridge was manufactured in March of 1990, who knows how long it's been since it was cleaned.
I assume these are un filtered return ducts, and that the filter is in the furnace.
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Typical 1" filters. I usually used a standard filter not the cheapest see thru fiberglass ones.
the dust dislodges when you run AC/ heat making indoor air quality worse than the incoming air.
When the air quality coming out of the returns is worse that the air going in you have a problem.
If you use better filters you can avoid that buildup.
What does this service cost?
Probably will stop working soon now that you've cleaned it, LOL.
I used mostly 6-8 merv I think.
My house was built in 2005, but it was a second home and legit looked new when I moved in, in 2017. I wonder how much I would actually benefit.
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