Contaminants may enter your ductwork through tiny openings in these structures. Duct cleaning helps to eliminate these contaminants and prevent them from entering your home. Below are some of the most essential tools used during routine duct cleaning in Berlin, MD.
Entry Tools and Equipment
Your service technician will need to access the ductwork to insert inspection and cleaning tools. They may not necessarily use your vents to access the ductwork. Instead, they can create openings in the ducts that enable them to do the job efficiently.
The size of the holes will depend on the inspection and cleaning tools they want to insert. For instance, a six-inch hole is necessary if your technician needs multiple rotary brushes.
On the other hand, a one-inch opening is enough to accommodate air whips and air balls. A technician will use a drill to create tiny spaces if necessary. Once cleaning is complete, they will close the access points so no new pollutants can get in.
Inspection Tools and Equipment
One of the most important steps performed during duct cleaning is checking the contaminants in your ductwork to determine the type and quantity. It helps the service technicians know which cleaning equipment to use.
The inspection equipment allows them to check the length of the ductwork. They may use simple equipment, such as a handheld mirror, or complex equipment, such as a snake camera system. The camera system provides a real-time video showing the current state of your ductwork.
Cleaning Tools and Equipment
There are multiple duct cleaning tools and equipment, each with a different design. Their common objective is to blow, spin and jostle to unsettle debris and dirt and make it easy for the system to remove pollutants.
Air whips scrub the sides of the ducts to loosen any particles stuck on these structures. HVAC techs also use air blasts to push pollutants to the containment system. Multi-tentacled whips can reach deep into the ductwork and whip around rapidly to destabilize debris.
Rotary brushes contain nylon bristles that rotate to sweep the ductwork. The bristles are firm but flexible enough to effectively carry out the cleaning process.
If you have insulated ductwork, your HVAC service tech will use a brush with soft poly bristles. They’ll also use high-powered air wands and blow nozzles to push the debris near the vents to the main line. Additional tools are often used to lead the rubble into the containment system.
Vacuum Devices
When the cleaning tools and equipment loosen the debris, the vacuum creates a suction force that draws in the contaminants. Your service technician will use either a portable or truck-mounted vacuum device.
Truck-mounted vacuums are more powerful than portable ones in terms of strength. On the other hand, portable vacuums are handy in reaching areas where truck-mounted vacuums cannot. For instance, if you live in a multi-story building and there is no parking space available for the truck, a portable vacuum would be the convenient method to use.
Compressed Air Source
Compressed air helps to power the cleaning equipment. There are portable and truck-mounted compressed air sources.
It is vital to engage professional duct cleaning services since compressed air can damage your ductwork if the technician you hire is not familiar with how it works. It always pays to do some preliminary research before hiring anyone to work on your home.
Supplies to Prevent the Dirt from Spreading
These materials ensure the debris from your ductwork does not contaminate your furniture and floor. They include plastic sheets to cover your furniture and canvases to cover the floor. Cleaning cloths also come in handy to eliminate hand marks.
At Griffith Energy Services, we always strive to do a great job and ensure our clients are happy, enjoy energy savings, and continued indoor comfort. Call our doggone dependable team whenever you need duct cleaning or HVAC services.
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