Cleaning air ducts and heat pumps: Everything you need to know

What are the advantages of cleaning air ducts and heat pumps?

Without regular maintenance, air ducts and heat pumps hang dust, dirt and other harmful pollutants all the time. All these pollutants promote the development of bacteria, viruses, molds and other organisms harmful to your respiratory health.

Since we spend 90% of our lives indoors, it would be better to improve the quality of the air we breathe at work, at home or even at school. This initiative contributes very strongly to avoiding the development of health problems in the short and long term. Also, if you already suffer from allergies or other respiratory illnesses, it will save you from aggravating your health problems by preventing allergens and pollutants from accumulating in your air ducts.

In addition, cleaning air ducts and heat pumps also eliminates bad odors that permeate your home or office following your various activities (cooking, painting, cleaning, etc.).

Concretely, cleaning your air ducts and heat pumps allows you to:

• Significantly improve indoor air quality.
• Prevent your heating, ventilation or air conditioning system from providing additional effort in order to push air into the ducts.
• Eliminate potentially harmful bacteria.
• Eliminate odors and maintain a healthy environment for you, your family and your employees at work.

What is the importance of cleaning and decontaminating ventilation and air ducts and heat pumps?

It is important to note that in order to maximize the performance and efficiency of your energy equipment, a cleaning frequency of at least once every 3 years is recommended. In addition, this cleaning should be carried out by a specialized company in order to guarantee optimal results for your equipment. Only in this way will you obtain an adequate resolution of the hidden problems related to the ventilation of your interiors.

Indeed, the maintenance of your system makes it possible to avoid an accumulation of dust in your ventilation ducts leading in the long term to a reduction in the efficiency of your installations due to overheating: loss of heat, loss of cooling, etc.

Having developed business relationships in Greater Montreal with specialized companies, we recommend and support their most effective professional cleaning methods for air ducts and heat pumps, namely brushing and vacuuming simultaneously at inside the ducts. Trust our experts to guarantee a safe and effective method to prevent dust leaks in your premises and enjoy better air quality.

How to optimize the use of your air ducts and heat pumps and save on energy costs?

Did you know that the dust accumulated in your systems can affect the operation of your heating and air conditioning units. This alteration has a cost and can cause you to lose a lot of money by reducing the performance of your devices. On the other hand, regular cleaning of your installations can save you a lot of money by reducing contaminants in the mechanical components of air handlers. Thus, the heating or air conditioning devices then operate more optimally in addition to reaching and maintaining the desired temperatures more easily and for longer.

Why is it important to improve indoor air quality?

Contrary to popular belief, indoor air can be significantly more polluted than outdoor air. Indeed, if it is not renewed often enough, the contaminated air present in our interiors can kill us slowly. Very dangerous pollutants are present there, it can be simple dust to volatile organics (VOC), molds and respirable microbial pollution in our homes, workplaces and schools.

How will a company specializing in cleaning air ducts and heat pumps be useful to you?

A specialized company remains the best equipped to guarantee optimal efficiency of the cleaning operation.

You benefit from expertise. First, it not only cleans the air ducts and heat pumps, but also performs a general inspection of them throughout the building. In this way, it will be our responsibility to detect and treat any air leaks or mold accumulated in your ducts.

Inspect your ducts to extend the life of your ventilation and air conditioning system

 Regular cleaning of your commercial and residential ventilation and air conditioning system can go a long way in extending the life of ventilation and air conditioning systems. This technique makes it possible to eliminate most of the pollutants that can harm your health. This also makes it possible to detect mold or leaks well in advance in order to repair or treat them. Eventually, the system will operate more efficiently and for a longer time. 

Professional and safe cleaning?

Remember that it is important to act quickly in order to preserve your health, that of your family and that of your employees at work. For a healthier environment, do not hesitate to call us or contact our experts for a free quote and professional intervention.