Duct Cleaning in Lansing, MI
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Eight months of forced air moves a lot through your ducts
Your furnace runs October through May here, close to eight months of the year. On the cold nights, the kind that average 19°F from December through February, it's cycling on and off most of the day just to hold the temperature. Every cycle pushes air through the same ductwork, and whatever is sitting in there, dust, pet hair, the fine debris that settles in a house, gets stirred up and carried through the rooms again.
Ingham County has also logged 12 winter storms and 21 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Storms like that knock out power, and across Michigan more than a third of households went at least 24 hours without it in 2024 alone. Each outage stops the furnace cold, and each restart means the system is moving air through those same ducts again, carrying whatever has settled since the last time it ran.
- 8 months
- October through May, your furnace pushes air through your ducts
- 3 months
- June through August, your air conditioner does the same
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- How often should air ducts be cleaned?
- There's no fixed schedule that fits every house. Get it done sooner if anyone in the house has allergies, if you've had mice or insects, or if you just finished a renovation that left dust behind. Your ducts run all winter here, October through May, so anything sitting in them gets pushed through the house for most of the year.
- Is air duct cleaning worth it?
- It's worth it if there's a real reason to think the ducts are dirty, not as something to do on a schedule for its own sake. Dust coming out of the vents, a musty smell when the furnace kicks on, or visible debris around the registers are all signs worth acting on. If none of that is happening, cleaning won't make your air noticeably cleaner or your furnace run better.
- What does air duct cleaning involve?
- A contractor connects a vacuum system to the ductwork, then uses brushes or air tools to knock loose dust and debris from inside the ducts so it can be pulled out. Every supply and return line gets checked, and the registers and grilles get cleaned too. The furnace and coil often get a look during the same visit, since dust builds up there as well.