You certainly want a well-running HVAC system that’s going to keep your home warm and comfortable this winter. Maintaining a clean HVAC system is an important part of ensuring your furnace runs as efficiently as it can. We’ve put together a simple list of tasks that you, as a homeowner, can do to clean your HVAC unit right.
Clean HVAC Vents
Your HVAC system’s air vents, the return grilles, and supply registers can accumulate quite a large amount of dust and dirt. You don’t want these nasty particles floating around your home nor reentering your HVAC unit. Check the vents every one or two months and wipe them clean as needed.
Clean HVAC Filter
Your HVAC system’s first line of defense against dust and dirt accumulation is the air filter. This simple component of your furnace helps keep clean HVAC parts and prevents captured particulates from circulating through your home. Be sure to change the furnace filter as often as is suggested by the filter manufacturer, which is generally every one to three months.
Clean HVAC Add-Ons
Certain HVAC add-on systems will need to be cleaned. These include whole-home humidifiers and dehumidifiers, whole-home ventilation systems, and whole-home air purifiers. It is advisable to enlist the services of a professional HVAC technician to clean these systems for you.
Professional Furnace Cleaning
Your furnace contains many parts that need to be cleaned and serviced so that you don’t go without heat this winter. For example, the combustion chamber is where furnace fuel and air mix to generate heat. Well, water vapor, carbon soot, carbon dioxide, and worse are generated there as well. Your HVAC technician needs to clean the combustion chamber so that corrosion doesn’t set in and so that heat transfer occurs efficiently.
If your air ducts haven’t been cleaned in a number of years, it’s advisable to ask your HVAC technician if your ductwork needs cleaning too. Air ducts are notorious for dirt buildup, as well as mold and mildew development.
If you have any questions regarding clean HVAC systems or would like professional HVAC cleaning, please contact us at Energy 1 Heating & Air Conditioning today!
Energy 1 Heating & Air Conditioning
1 (440) 246-5440
Serving the Lorain, OH Area