You don't want to think about it, but聽sometimes聽dust isn’t聽exclusively what聽is in your duct system. You聽might hear聽animal noises coming from air ducts and聽realize聽you have聽unwanted聽visitors. You can聽try and聽lure the聽little guys聽out but聽they may not leave their babies if they are nesting. Call聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing聽for a聽thorough聽duct cleaning聽and we will聽confirm聽your duct system is聽free聽of all these聽unwelcome聽house guests,聽such as:
Insects and Bugs
Not much is聽worse than聽trying聽to kill a spider and聽watching it run聽into聽an聽air vent.聽It's out of reach聽now and all you can do is聽sit in your room聽and imagine聽it聽laying all those聽baby spiders. You may even聽believe聽you hear聽some聽scuttling聽around your duct system.聽No worries.聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing聽will come聽to your home聽and give you a聽complete聽duct cleaning and聽ensure聽that spider and any of her聽yucky聽friends are聽evicted.聽Babies, too.
Rodents
When聽raccoons, mice, and other furry visitors聽make their way into聽your duct system,聽normally聽through聽openings聽in the duct work and聽cracks聽in the foundation or home exterior, it causes聽multiple聽issues. First,聽squirrels, mice, or raccoons聽can leave droppings behind and can聽tear up聽anything they聽encounter, including聽Christmas聽decorations or聽old toys聽you’re聽storing聽in your attic. Second,聽those little guys聽tend to chew, which can聽result in聽exposed wiring. That聽combined聽with the聽twigs and dried grass聽they’re likely聽bringing聽in to聽build聽a nest, and聽that creates聽quite the fire聽danger聽in your聽attic, behind your walls, and in your duct system. A聽thorough聽duct cleaning can聽eliminate聽rodent droppings or nests, but you聽may聽also need to call聽animal control聽to remove the聽rodents聽and聽maybe聽an electrician if there聽was any damage to the wiring.
Birds
Birds聽typically聽get into聽safe and聽dry聽places to nestand your air vents meet that criteria. Nests mean聽eggs, which means they are聽feeding聽babies, and that means BUGS. If you聽have聽birds in your vents, you’ll聽probably聽end up with聽bugs聽in your home. But that’s not聽the end of it. Birds聽construct聽nests in your vents, and given the聽large聽amount of聽stuff聽they use to聽construct聽said nest, it can聽result in聽fully聽clogging a vent,聽obstructing聽any airflow. As with聽rodents, a聽completely聽duct cleaning from聽天美传媒 Heating, Air Conditioning & Plumbing聽can聽eliminate聽any droppings, feathers, or other聽potential聽illness-carrying leave-behinds. You聽might聽also need聽a professional wildlife removal company聽to actually remove the birds from聽your聽vents or attics.
Mice in Air Ducts
If聽you've got聽mice in聽your聽air ducts, you should take steps聽to quickly聽remove them. Mice聽chew through聽wires聽and leave聽refuse聽like聽most聽rodents, but they聽also multiply聽quickly. And when they run around in the ducts, treating it like the聽road system聽of your聽house, they聽may聽pass away inside. This creates聽a health hazard, and you may notice聽an unsavory odor.
You聽probably聽guess聽mice聽because of聽the聽noises聽you hear Ð聽lots of聽scratching and scrabbling聽along聽walls. Or you聽might聽actually聽notice聽one making an escape聽into聽the聽heating vents聽in your聽walls. You聽might聽even confirm their聽presence聽by inspecting the ducts for mice聽leavings.聽Either way, if聽you聽suspect聽mice you have聽a couple聽choices. You聽may聽trap them yourself, by聽setting聽traps聽just inside聽each聽duct聽and checking them聽each聽morning. Or you聽might decide to聽hire聽a聽specialist.
If聽you've聽verified聽that the mice are聽gone, you聽really should聽have your聽ducts聽professionally聽cleaned by an HVAC company. If mice have been聽living in the walls, they will have left聽droppings聽in your ducts. Mice聽leavings聽are toxic, and if you聽ignore them in聽your ducts they can make聽you聽sick.聽天美传媒聽offers duct cleaning services that will聽remove聽most debris from your home’s聽air ducts.
Call聽天美传媒聽today聽or聽schedule online聽for a聽full聽duct cleaning to help聽make sure聽the air聽your family is聽breathing is healthy and pest-free.
