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00:00 [Music] 00:09 question I get asked is how should a 00:12 duct system be cleaned and this one's 00:15 very intense and we're probably going to 00:17 do a whole segment about it but with 00:19 this one it depends on the nature of 00:21 what you need cleaned if you had a house 00:23 fire and the duct system is gonna get 00:26 reused there's professional companies 00:29 that come out and they have special 00:30 cleaners and special solutions that they 00:33 clean the duct system with to remove all 00:34 the soot and the smells and all that 00:36 other stuff you go from one extreme to 00:39 the other which you get the guys that 00:42 offer the I think it's $38 was the last 00:45 one that I saw a $38 duct cleaning and 00:47 these guys show up out at the house with 00:49 a little two gallon shop back and they 00:51 pull up a register and stick the thing 00:52 in there and you know vacuum up the 00:54 Cheerios that are out there at the boot 00:55 that's not really a duct cleaning eater 00:57 right there just vacuum up the trash 00:59 that fell through the register a real 01:01 duct cleaning in a normal case could be 01:05 something just as simple as sealing the 01:06 ductwork up so that you don't pull in 01:08 those contaminants any more it'll make 01:10 your house more energy efficient give 01:12 you a better heating and cooling but 01:14 it'll also keep them cleaner get a good 01:16 filter maybe something like an air 01:18 scrubber or UV light and add it to it 01:20 and the duct system is gonna stay clean 01:21 enough the duct systems are smooth 01:24 cylindrical on the inside 01:26 not a whole lot sticks to them unless 01:28 you get water in there or maybe it's 01:29 saggy cuz it's not been installed 01:31 properly but a good properly installed 01:33 and properly sealed duct system should 01:35 never need to be cleaned but to actually 01:38 clean it you want to do it the right way 01:39 you don't want to just stick a vacuum in 01:41 there or go to some extremes with the 01:43 guys with the big yellow trucks and the 01:44 big hose and the vacuums and all that 01:46 stuff because they're just pulling 01:46 condense the contaminants into the 01:48 system anyway through all the leaks 01:50 [Music]
