Furnaces and ducts play an important role in keeping your home warm. A furnace takes air and heats it up. It then pumps that air into your duct work, or tubing, which carries the air to your vents, so it can be distributed throughout your home. However, the furnace and ducts become dirty. The air flowing through them both is filled with dust, pollutants and allergens. This is why furnace and duct cleaning is needed. Unfortunately, most people do not understand why it is needed, what happens if it is not done, and the benefits of getting it done. Her is a list of the benefits of having furnace and duct cleaning in Calgary done.    

Helps Keep Your Energy Bills Low:   

The biggest benefit to furnace and duct cleaning is that the process helps to keep your energy bills low. When a furnace gets dirty, it has to work harder to produce air. The unit has to work harder to pull in air, the belts use more energy to turn because they are weighed down and the gears may not turn efficiently because they are not cleaned and oiled. Cleaning the furnace removed residue and build up which can cause it to work harder, and thus use more energy, than it needs to to produce heat. The ducts can become so dirty and dusty that the dirt and dust can impede the flow of air. When the flow of air is slowed, the air may begin cooling in the duct work. This means that your furnace has to produce more hot air, just to appropriately heat your home. This can cause your energy bill to rise significantly. Cleaning both ensures that air is heated as it is designed to, and then travels quickly through the duct work so your home can be heated.    

Helps Maximize The Lifespan of Your Furnace:   

Furnace cleaning helps maximize the lifespan of your furnace. As discussed above, when the furnace is dirty, it has to work harder to produce enough hot air to heat your home. This causes your energy bill to rise, but it also decreases the lifespan of your furnace. If your furnace is working harder than it needs to, the parts are wearing faster and the motor and compressor are working overtime. This can decrease the lifespan of your furnace by as much as 25 percent, or five years for a typical furnace with an extended lifespan of 20 years. And since replacing a furnace is not cheap, this means you are spending a lot of money that you should not have to be spending.    

Reduces the Amount of Dirt and Dust Being Blown Into Your Home:   

If dirt and dust is sitting in the ducts, the hot air can travel through the ducts and pick some of this dirt and dust up. As that air travels through the vents, that dirt and dust enters your home. This is problematic if you have anyone with health problems or breathing conditions. Removing the dirt and dust from your duct work regularly minimizes the amount that is blown into your home.    

Catches Problems Early:   

The last benefit to furnace and duct cleaning is that many problems can be caught while cleaning is happening. Furnace and duct cleaning is done by a professional furnace repair company. They have to open up the inside of your furnace and look through your ducts to clean them. While they are doing so, problems such as tears in the ducts, worn belts or loose screws easily stand out. The repair company will recommend that you get those problems taken care of before they become bigger problems. This can be the difference between a minor repair and your furnace dying because you did not know there was a problem or your duct work falling apart and being unable to carry air to your vents.