Air Duct Cleaning Service

Having Your Air Ducts Cleaned is Essential to Keeping Indoor Air Safe & Providing Allergy Relief

The average home accumulates as much as 40 pounds of dust per year, according to the EPA,  Dust contains more than dirt, including everything that is in the air surrounding you. Even the fresh air you breathe can cause allergies, asthma, and even make you ill.

If you do have a dust problem in your home, it is easy to diagnose and solve. First, let’s determine if you have dirty indoor air. If you answer “yes” to any of the following questions, you might need professional help.

5 Signs of Indoor Atmospheric Pollutants

• Do you find yourself dusting more than you usually do?
  
• Do you notice any odd smells or odors when your air conditioning or heating is running?
  
• Do you see a thin coat of dust lining your air ducts?
  
• Do your air vents have black blemishes on the grills?
  
• Do you or your any of your family members get more severe allergies or breathing problems at home?
  

Getting Your Indoor Air Cleaned

Answering “yes” to one or more of the aforementioned questions, makes you a possible candidate for air duct cleaning. At Restoration 1, we are an industry leader in this field and the number one choice   residents considering air duct and vent cleaning .

Good Air Quality Is Essential — We Can Help!

One of the best things you can do for your life is breathe clean air. In recent years, indoor air quality has become a major concern with many homeowners. We offer prompt, polite, and professional residential air duct cleaning services to help vastly improve your home’s indoor air quality. Air duct cleaning can also significantly reduce the number of allergens in your home. If you or family members struggle with seasonal or airborne allergies, our residential air duct cleaning services are invaluable!

For the sake of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, read more about our duct cleaning services below and then schedule a cleaning service with us.

Why Regular Air Duct Cleaning Is Important

The air ducts in your home are an important part of its Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The air duct system needs to be maintained regularly to ensure the overall health of the house and your family. 

When do you need air duct cleaning? The tell-tale signs that your air ducts would benefit from our professional services are a coating of dust on the air vent or dust clouds surrounding the vents when the system is activated. If dirty, you or your family members may also be experiencing allergy-like symptoms such as a runny nose, scratchy throat or watery eyes.

Our professional staff is here to help you regain the healthy home environment that you had before. Your vents will be cleaned safely, clearing the harmful dust, pet dander and dead skin from the air system. 

The best way to prevent bacterial growth, dust mites, and mold spores to spread throughout your home is cleaning your vents regularly. Once done, you will literally breathe easier!

Free Blower Motor Inspections

The key element to maintaining a comfortable temperature and humidity throughout your home or office means maintaining the blower motor that is a vital component responsible for circulating air into the building and resides in you HVAC system. The job of the blower motor is to push cold air (in the summer) or hot air (in the winter) through ducts to the desired locations in you building. If your building has air registers, you likely have multiple blowers in your HVAC system that need to be maintained.

A blower motor inspection includes the following parts:

Motor – which is the power source and main component of the blower and is responsible for driving the shaft. During motor operation, the fan moves accordingly.

Belt – A motor shaft is connected to the belt and the belt is connected directly to the fan. As the motor is operating and turning the shaft, the fan moves accordingly. Some HVAC systems don’t use a belt to drive the fan, but instead use a direct drive system, where the motor shaft directly spins the fan blades without a belt.

Shaft – The fan impeller is mounted on the shaft and this component uses torque from the motor to transfer energy to the impeller.

Housing – The housing unit protects the blower that is more prone to damage caused by dirt, grime, oil and moisture leaking into its wires.

Evaporator coil inspections include:

• Cutting off power to the indoor air handler at the switch or circuit breaker panel.
• Removing the necessary sheet screws securing the coil access panel. Seams of the panel are also commonly sealed with metal foil tape that must be peeled away.
• Visually inspecting for dust, dirt and mold contamination or evidence of coil icing by removing the access panel and exposing the evaporator coil.
• If the presence of dust or dirt appears extensive, the technician may remove additional panels to access the opposite side of the coil, too.

The technician uses a spray foam solution formulated for coil cleaning after sufficient access has been obtained. After the foam soaked coil passageways are free of dirt, the solution drips down into the coil condensate drain pan.

If mold growth has been observed, the technician will use EPA-approved disinfectants to treat coil surfaces, as well as cleaning and installing time-release biocides in the coil drain pan.

After the cleaning process has been completed, all access panels are re-installed and panel seams sealed with metal foil tape.

Why Choose Restoration 1 of Durham

We are Air Quality Experts

What Is an Air Quality Specialist?

Air quality specialists are scientists who test and analyze the air quality of a specific environment, such as a factory, power plant, or municipality. An air-quality specialist’s job duties can also involve enforcing regulations for vehicle emissions or factory pollution to maintain air quality standards.

You typically need a bachelor’s degree in a field such as environmental science, biology, or chemistry to become an air quality specialist. All air quality specialist’s skills and experience should include the ability to collect samples, analyze data, and perform both simple and complex lab tests on samples. Strong communication skills are also essential in this career. An air quality specialist will often work in the field to interview and discuss air quality issues with companies and government officials, along with making presentations or recommendations based on their findings.out.