Air Duct Cleaning

Why did they get dirty?

Next to your roof on your house, the air In your home could possible be the most valued asset your home has to offer. It keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Your HVAC unit will circulate your home's air four times per hour while your filter is removing most floating debris such as dust, pollen, dander and any other smaller microscopic things like bacteria and mold spores. Not all mold spores are filtered, which causes spreading these nuisances throughout our home, while most of these are non harmful they can be dangerous for others. Most heating and cooling company's that service your home's unit don't even clean air ducts ??? And they consult their customers with bad advice of when to change their filters. I've heard home owners state they were told every 3 to 6 months . With this one bad piece of advice it has created a industry selling new units and the quality of the air has never changed. Being in the indoor air quality industry for 20 years I have found if a home owner changes their filters every 30-60 days the unit will last way past its life expectancy and provide the cleanest air for the home.

Methods of air duct cleaning

There are several types of cleaning methods in the industry today, how they do it really depends on your geography. Home's on land with good drainage have basements, home's with poor drainage have a crawl space or slab. The first cleaning method is the push pull method that uses a negative air machine to reverse the flow of your home's air and filters air through a Hepa filter. The technician will enter each register with a duct agitator that uses very high compressed air to clean the internal lining of you ducts and pushes debris to the negative air machine. The other method is direct contact cleaning with a rotary brush and a strong vacuum attached that is also Hepa filtered. Any professional air duct cleaning company would have both of these system. If they do not, they are new to the business or have not learned about every type of home.

Dryer vent cleaning

Clothes not drying? Lint everywhere in your laundry room?

Dryer vents are one of the things over-looked from home owners and home inspectors. If you have bought a home that is over 5 years old, you owe it to yourself and your clothes to get your dryer vent cleaned. The hole behind your dryer has a flex duct winding through your home's subfloors and walls then exits outside. Bird nest, mice dens and wasp enter through the vent outside, clogging air flow which your dryer needs to dry your clothes effectively.

Process

First we pull your dryer back from the wall and disconnected the dryer duct from the main duct that runs through the home. Then we will vacuum the inside of the back of the dryer and around the floor space. Then We will enter the main dryer duct with a brush and vacuum and cleans towards the outside vent, after the duct is cleaned we professionally reassemble and test run your dryer.

Moisture Barriers

They come in all sizes and colors and provide moisture protection from the earth's floor from your subfloors, insulation and HVAC units. This is a must for any home. We have economic 6 mil poly solutions to heavy duty 10 mil applications, whatever your needs are we will have the solution.

Process

First we would remove old rotten plastic poly sheeting, if there is an old ineffective one layed. We then lay out the floor. There are many support beams down there that require precise cuts and seeming with poly tape. It's sometimes a timely process avoiding dangerous spiders and snakes in the tight quarters of a crawl space.

Mold Remediation

Mold comes in all shapes , sizes and colors. It can be found in areas with high humidity and moisture throughout your home. The first step in any mold remediation job is to identify the source of the moisture , ie; leaking pipes , condensation , or any type water intrusion or humidity issues . This will need corrected before any mold abatement can take place to insure the mold from coming back . Mold has to be physically removed . Our indoor air quality technicians will determine the proper way to handle your project and go over a step by step procedure before performing any services.

Insulation

Your home's heat and a/c rely on its insulation to maintain a stable climate. Often times in a crawl space or damp basement, insulation becomes moldy on the paper backing causing air quality issues. Upgrading your home's insulation can improve the home's air quality and lower your energy bill. Insulation in your attic can settle down to a low value requiring you to add more blown-in insulation. Sometimes rodents make a home and produce animal waste jeopardizing the quality of your home's air, unexplained urine odors often result in us finding mice colonies.

Process

For a crawl space after all molded items are removed from your Carolina crawl space, only then would we replace with new up to code insulation .

For your Carolina attic, if there are no air quality issues we would just add to your current blown insulation to increase your value. If there are air quality issues with the old blown insulation, we would remove old and replace with new blown insulation.

Moisture Barriers

They come in all sizes and colors and provide moisture protection from the earth's floor from your subfloors, insulation and HVAC units. This is a must for any home. We have economic 6 mil poly solutions to heavy duty 10 mil applications, whatever your needs are we will have the solution.

Process

First we would remove old rotten plastic poly sheeting, if there is an old ineffective one layed. We then lay out the floor. There are many support beams down there that require precise cuts and seeming with poly tape. It's sometimes a timely process avoiding dangerous spiders and snakes in the tight quarters of a crawl space.