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Why Clean Air Ducts?

Your home is your sanctuary where you feel safe, comfortable, and relaxed — a place where you can breathe easily. However, the indoor air quality in your home may not be as good as you may think. Surprisingly, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has found that indoor air quality can be lower that the air you breathe outside. Continuous exposure to low air quality can even make you sick. National health organizations like the American Lung Association (ALA) have warned that indoor air quality is a top health hazard in this country. One of the reasons why the air inside your home can be so dirty involves the air duct system. Every time your heating and cooling system circulates air throughout your home, breathing irritants circulate as well. If you have ever seen dust bunnies on your air registers, you know how much dust is in that air. Atlas Chimney wants to keep you and your family healthy by improving your indoor air quality, which is why we provide professional air duct cleaning services to the residents of the Austin area. We have been asked why this maintenance service is important, so we would like to give you a more detailed answer to the most frequently asked question about air duct cleaning.

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Why do I need professional air duct cleaning?

Many things can be lurking inside your air duct system, including dust, pollen, pet dander, mites, fungus, bacteria, and even mold and rodents. All of those pollutants are dispersed through the air in your home during each cycle of your heating and cooling system. For those in your household with asthma and other respiratory health problems, a long exposure to breathing contaminated air can make these problems even worse. The only way to get rid of these contaminants is to have your air ducts cleaned by experienced professionals like Atlas Chimney. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  warns that not properly cleaning air duct systems can actually worsen the indoor air quality. Every component of your heating and cooling system must be cleaned. If just one part was left dirty, it will recontaminate the entire system. Inexperienced technicians could also damage the ducts, or even the whole heating and cooling system. If you hire an uncertified technician to clean your air ducts, you could end up having to spend a lot of money to repair that damage. You can trust Atlas Chimney to do this important job properly because our technicians hold certifications from the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA). We follow the CSIA Code of Ethics, so you know that we have been trained to correctly maintain venting systems and promised to conduct fair, ethical, and honest business practices.

Before we actually clean your air ducts, we will inspect the system to determine if your ducts are lowering the indoor air quality. This inspection is provided free of charge. If we feel the system needs a professional cleaning, we will show you why on the video we recorded during the inspection. Our technicians use specialized tools, such as skipper balls and brushes designed to clean air ducts, to ensure every component is correctly cleaned. After we have loosened and vacuumed up all of the physical dust and debris from the ducts, we will sanitize the system with a microbial spray that kills germs, bacteria, and dust mites.
If you have never had your air ducts professionally cleaned before, you may want to consider it. Contact us at Atlas Chimney to schedule an appointment for a free inspection of your entire air duct system today.

The Benefits of Air Duct Cleaning

You want to be able to breathe good quality air in your own home, but if your air duct and HVAC systems are dirty, the quality of the air in your house may be worse than the quality of the air outside. What could be lurking inside your air ducts? Breathing irritants like mold, dust, pollen, mites, and bacteria can be in your system, and these things get circulated throughout your home whenever your heater or air conditioner is on. If you have never had your air ducts professionally cleaned, you may want to consider this service, especially if you or anyone in your household has allergies or respiratory problems. Atlas Chimney is proud to provide this service, and we use specialized tools, including brushes and vacuums, to remove all of those irritants from your air ducts. We would like to tell you about a couple of the benefits of air duct cleaning to show you how important this service can be.

Your indoor air quality will be significantly improved.

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According to the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA), up to 40 pounds of dust is created every year in a home with six rooms. All of this dust is taken into your air ducts via your HVAC system. On average, this dust and other irritants and contaminants circulate throughout your entire home about five to seven times each day. Even worse, these contaminants start to build up and accumulate inside your air ducts. For people who have allergy issues, autoimmune disorders, and respiratory problems, these irritants being circulated several times a day in the home can cause serious health concerns. Removing the accumulations of these contaminants can greatly improve the indoor air quality, and Atlas Chimney guarantees you will breathe much easier in your own home.

You will save money and energy.

Dirty vents can create a lot of efficiency problems. Whether it is your chimney, your dryer vents, or your air ducts, clogged vents can cause appliances to waste energy by working harder. The life of your HVAC system is shortened when it has to work overtime to compensate for dirty air ducts. With a clean air duct system, you will be able to enjoy comfortable air more quickly and easily and keep the temperature that you want. Your system does not have to use as much energy, and using less energy will reduce your heating and cooling bills.

Want to improve the quality of the air you breathe in your home? Contact us at Atlas Chimney to schedule an appointment for our professional air duct cleaning service.

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