Roadrunner Air Conditioning, Heating & Plumbing Blog: Archive for the ‘Ductwork’ Category

What Are the Pros and Cons of Air Duct Cleaning?

Monday, November 28th, 2022
technician-inspecting-ductwork

If your home has a system of ductwork, you may have wondered what’s going on in there, out of sight and out of reach. We usually only see the inside of ductwork when we watch action heroes crawl through it in movies—and that’s not a particularly accurate depiction. Does it get dirty in there? And is there something you should be doing about it?

Duct cleaning is a service we offer, and we always like to make sure customers are fully informed about the potential benefits of our services. In this case, there are some common misconceptions about what the benefits are, so it’s also important that you know what duct cleaning cannot provide. 

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“Can I Seal My Ductwork with Duct Tape?”

Monday, August 27th, 2018

Male hands setting up ventilation system indoorsYou could, but you’d regret it!

Don’t worry, we’re going to give you a bit more detail than that.

Look, we get it. If you have a construction worker in your life, or even just a handy person, then you may have at one point heard the phrase, “All you need in life is to have two tools: if it doesn’t move and it’s supposed to, WD-40. If it moves and it’s not supposed to, duct tape!”

And this is good advice—for just about anything except your HVAC system’s ductwork!

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