Living in a home, in a private space, is a privilege few around the world can afford. Even fewer people have the chance at, and making yours is a vital step towards the overall health of you and your family. A proper duct cleaning can remove the dirt and grime from your air, and a furnace tune-up can do the same. Without a clean breathing environment, allergies and other symptoms can retract from the intrinsic value of your home.

The time it takes to perform a furnace tune is minimal, but the benefits that can be received from such an action are immeasurable. Whether you have a furnace, a chimney, or even a wood burning stove, checking the ventilation for soot, dust particles, and other dangerous materials is a must. For a furnace, simply check your air filter. These filters are white when bought in a store, but yellow, gray, and even black when they are pulled out of a furnace. To check yours, look for a air filter or ventilation hook-up that leads to your duct system.

Cleaning a chimney, although just as important as a a furnace tune up, is a more complicated process. Although you can do some cleaning yourself, a professional service is most definitely a better idea. The air that is trapped and leaked back into your otherwise healthy home can carry harmful carcinogens, and should be taken quite seriously.

Duct cleaning can be just as, if not more important than other services like chimney and furnace tune ups. Ducts tend to collect dust and dirt, sometimes even mold from the air that is pressed through your otherwise healthy home year round. This service will help remove dangerous microbes that live within those ducts, helping to keep the air in your home safer, and healthier.

With a duct cleaning, a furnace tune up, and a chimney sweep, your home can not only be inhabitable, but healthy as well.  Duct cleaning is important, as is a furnace tune up, but the health of your family is even more so.

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- Fresh air is one of the top natural cleaners around. Best part about it is it’s free of chemicals, and costs nothing to use; just open the windows!

- If your furnace’s blower is not cleaned regularly, it can become a breeding ground for dirt, dust mites and toxic molds.

- Your air conditioner drip pan can potentially hold standing water and grow mold, which would then be blown directly into your air ducts and out through the vents of the entire house.

- Condenser coils can rust and contain build-up of corrosion, which is not only harmful to the air quality but also decreases the efficiency of your HVAC system and increases energy costs.

- Avoiding the use of conventional cleaning products isn’t always possible. Remember: keep your house well ventilated when using them, and help preserve your indoor air quality by storing harmful chemicals and volatile compounds (such as paints, solvents, cleaners and pesticides) away from occupied spaces and air ventilation intakes.

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