The inside of the air vents in your home are hard to see. Most home owners have never opened a floor register to look inside (out of fear I’m sure). When and if you ever do look inside the register, this is the moment when most people realize there is a good reason to schedule an air duct cleaning. Air duct and furnace cleaning is a must after any type of disaster in the home whether it’s fire damage or water damage. The vent cleaning is nice, but what about any small left over bacteria, fungus, or even mold that may remain in the duct work after a professional air duct cleaning service is complete? Most air duct cleaning companies offer a sanitizing product and the product itself is important but I would challenge that the technicians applying this fogged in sanitizer are equally as important. In the Portland and Vancouver areas we are conscious of the environment, Sporicidin is an EPA registered product for air duct cleaning and it is recommended over bleach as a cleaning agent to combat bacteria, mold, and fungus. Sporicidin offers 6 months of bacteriostatic residual protection of treated surfaces. This means not even the flu virus stands a chance in a sanitized air duct. We keep our kitchens clean because that is where we make our food and we sanitize all surfaces, what about all the air we breathe in our homes? We think it should be the best!
Sanitizing Duct Work
Dryer Vent Cleaning
Dryer vent cleaning is a service that should be included with each and every whole home air duct cleaning service. The company that is there providing the service was hired to clean the ductwork in the home, and the duct that leads from the back of your dryer to the outside of your home is typically one of the dirtiest. When cleaning a dryer vent the technician should first check inside the dryer where the lint trap is and using a long, thin brush clean under the lint trap. Then turn the dryer on and check the connections in the back of the dryer to make sure none of the dryer exhaust leaks into your home. Then begin the actual dryer vent cleaning by running a brush (with little metal burrs on the edges to scratch the inside of the duct) through the duct cleaning it from the outside to make sure that all of that lint stays out of your home. This brush is attached to Revolution rods that run from the outside of the vent all the way back to the back of your dryer polishing each inch of the dryer vent itself. This process may need to be repeated several times to assure a clean dryer vent. Finally the technician should confirm the air is flowing like it should be out of the back of the dryer all the way through the duct out of your home.
Negative Air Machine
The air duct cleaning process does have many steps and in a home there is often more than one way to complete the task properly. We believe the absolute, most important piece to the air duct cleaning is the technicians performing the work. That is the case with most if not all work done any day any where, you can tell the difference when someone takes pride in their work. This is very important when looking to hire an air duct cleaning company for your home. The EPA’s preferred method of air duct cleaning is known as the push-pull method, which involves attaching a negative air machine to the plenum where all the air comes from before it enters your duct work and eventually into your home. This process we call putting the duct work under negative pressure. The Turbo-jet 4200 is one of the negative air machines we commonly use. The Turbo-jet 4200 is the most powerful negative air machine made by the industries leader in duct cleaning equipment and technology. It has twin motors that run with normal 120 volt power which the machine converts to 220 volt three phase power to run the three phase motors. The twin three phase motors allow for smooth start-ups while not damaging any of the electrical power in the home. These twin motors produce both high static pressure and lots of airflow between 3,000 and 5,000 cubic feet per minute. The Turbo-jet 4200 is large but not to big to fit in most doorways and even in those hard to get to basements where the furnace may be located. It has convenient stair climbers built in that make it easy to get up and down stairs. Combine a well trained and thorough technician with the Turbo-jet 4200 and it’s time for air duct cleaning!
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