During this hot summer that we are having here in Florida, I thought my air conditioner was unable to handle the load. Even though it seemed to be working right and the compressor had plenty of freon it just seemed to run forever to just keep the house at eighty degrees. I had called a couple of air conditioner companies to check the unit out and make sure it was operating right and they both said that everything was ok. The last technician told me that I may want to have my ductwork professionally cleaned since the house was over thirty years old. We had only bought the house three years ago and there was no history for the air conditioning service.
We decided to take his advice and have the ductwork cleaned. The duct cleaning company came equipped with a large vacuum cleaner and an air compressor to do the job. What they did was start at the furthest end of the house away from the blower and put the compressed air lines in there along with a device that went down the ductwork blowing the dirt out of all of the nooks and crannies. On the other end, where the blower normally is, they put the vacuum cleaner to collect the dirt as it was blown through. When they started I couldn't believe all of the dirt and dust that had been sitting up there. It was a steady flow of dirt from one end of the ductwork to the other.
They did a real thorough job and when they had finished I noticed a definite difference in both the air flow and temperature. Now the house gets cooler much faster without the air conditioner having to work so hard and long to bring the temperature down. I'll make another post when I get my next electric bill, but I bet it will be a big improvement.
