Air Duct Maintenance Program

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Air Duct Maintenance Program

Whether or not you decide to have the air ducts in your home cleaned, committing to a good preventive maintenance program is essential to minimize duct contamination.

To prevent dirt from entering the system:

Use the highest-efficiency air filter recommended by your heating and cooling system manufacturer. Change filters regularly.
If your filters become clogged, change them more frequently. Air duct Filters San Antonio
Be sure you do not have any missing filters and that air cannot bypass filters through gaps around the filter holder.
When having your heating and cooling system maintained or checked for other reasons, be sure to ask the service provider to clean cooling coils and drain pans.
During construction or renovation work that produces dust in your home, seal off supply and return registers and do not operate the heating and cooling system until after cleaning up the dust.
Remove dust and vacuum your home regularly. (Use a high-efficiency vacuum (HEPA) cleaner or the highest-efficiency filter bags your vacuum cleaner can take. Vacuuming can increase the amount of dust in the air during and after vacuuming as well as in your ducts).
If your heating system includes in-duct humidification equipment, be sure to operate and maintain the humidifier strictly as the manufacturer recommends.

To prevent ducts from becoming wet:

Moisture should not be present in ducts. Controlling moisture is the most effective way to prevent biological growth in air ducts.

Moisture can enter the duct system through leaks or if the system has been improperly installed or serviced. Research suggests that condensation (which occurs when a surface temperature is lower than the dew point temperature of the surrounding air) on or near cooling coils of air conditioning units is a major factor in moisture contamination of the system. The presence of condensation or high relative humidity is an important indicator of the potential for mold growth on any duct. Controlling moisture can often be difficult, but here are some steps you can take:

Promptly and properly repair any leaks or water damage.

Pay particular attention to cooling coils, designed to remove water from the air and can be a major source of moisture contamination of the system that can lead to mold growth. Make sure the condensate pan drains properly. The presence of substantial standing water and/or debris indicates a problem requiring immediate attention. Check any insulation near cooling coils for wet spots. Make sure ducts are properly sealed and insulated in all non-air-conditioned spaces (e.g., attics and crawl spaces). This will help to prevent moisture due to condensation from entering the system and is important to make the system work as intended. To prevent water condensation, the heating and cooling system must be properly insulated.

If there is any indication of water damage, you may need to call us immediately before mold growth becomes present. In this situation, timing is of the essence since mold can form within hours of the water damaged area. duct-allergens-

Our team of experts have been trained in this area. Our recommendation would be to take a mold sample of the exposed area and replace, remove and dispose of water damaged area and/or clean area. We offer two types of non bias mold testing kits. Type 1, Mold is tested in an air sample directly in the air via petrie dish.Type 2 A molding sample is taken from Indoor Air handler coil. left untreated, there may be build up of several types of mold. Some of which are toxic to deadly.

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