- Knoxville Air Duct Cleaning
A big part of your indoor air quality issues could be how clean your HVAC ducts are, and HEP can help with the best duct cleaning equipment and service in the Knoxville, TN area. We’ve invested the time and money to equip ourselves with the best technology and skills so you don’t have to. As with all HEP services, you can count on our integrity and your complete satisfaction.
Indoor air quality has been identified as a major cause of many long and short-term health problems. Much like smoking, the constant inhaling and consuming of pollutants and dirt particles suspended in air for extended periods of time can greatly affect a persons overall wellbeing. On top of all this, duct cleaning may also make your HVAC run more efficiently.
Duct Cleaning Facts
Fact: Legionnaire’s Disease was spawned in air conditioning ducts. It Killed 29 people in 1976.
(American Lung Association)
Fact: One out of six people who suffer from allergies do so because of the direct relationship of the fungi and bacteria in the air duct systems.
(Total Health & Better Health Magazine)
Fact: Indoor air has been found to be up to 70% more polluted than outdoor air (Environmental Protection Agency)
Fact: More people spend 60 to 90% of their time indoors. (American Lung Association)
Fact: Most commercial fiberglass filters are only 7% efficient in stopping dirt, dust, pollen, etc, passing through it.
(ASHRAE- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers, INC.)
Fact: Dirty ventilation systems and contaminated ductwork are a 50.9% contributor to sick building syndrome.
(Healthy Buildings International)
Fact: IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) litigation increases every year: and recent IAQ lawsuits command hefty settlements. Businesses are faced with even more stringent responsibilities in providing employees with a safe work environment.
Fact: It is estimated that poor air quality directly results, on an annual basis, one billion dollars in medical costs and 60 billion dollars in employee sick leave and lost production.
Fact: 9 out of 10 HVAC system failures are caused by dirt and dust.
(ASHRAE- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers, INC.)
Fact: EPA research suggests that cleaning dirty cooling coils, fans and heat exchangers can improve the efficiency of cooling and heating systems and lower the energy costs you pay to keep your family cool in the summer and warm in the winter. They go on to say that a build-up of .042 inches of dirt on a heating or cooling coil can result in a decrease in an HVAC system efficiency of 21%
Fact: 20% of all illnesses are either caused by, or aggravated by, polluted indoor air. (American College of Allergists)
Fact: One out of six people who suffer from allergies do so because of the direct relationship to fungi and bacteria in air duct systems. (Total Health and Better Health Magazines)
Fact: Dirty coils reduce the system’s ability to cool your home and cause the system to run longer, increasing energy costs and reducing the life of the equipment. (energystar.gov)
Fact: The average 6 room house collects 40 pounds of dust a year.
If you’re still not convinced duct cleaning is worth the money, Let HEP come out and show you what’s in your ductwork.
