Regardless of the purpose of your office building, it will contain an HVAC system to maintain a comfortable temperature all through the year for all who enter your structure. The system relies on air ducts to deliver its warm or cool air throughout the office building. Over time, these ducts can accumulate a buildup of dust, allergens and other elements that may negatively affect your building’s air quality. To prevent this from becoming an issue, you should have these ducts inspected at least once a year to learn whether or not they require cleaning.

Why You Should Clean Your Air Ducts

1. Helps Your Employees, Clients and Visitors Breathe without Issue

When someone who has allergies or other respiratory sensitivities enter your building, they may have trouble breathing if your ductwork has too much of an accumulation of dirt, pollen, debris and other elements in it. This can bring about everything from harmless sneezing to full-blown asthma attacks that are quite serious. For your workers who inhale the air on a daily basis, they may come down with respiratory infections due to overexposure to the pollutants in the dirty ducts.

2. Eradicates the Growth of Mildew and Mould

Cleaning the ducts removes any mould or mildew that is present and therefore, the process eradicates the growth of both of these possible allergens. Also, these elements can taint the odour of the air with a musty, unpleasant scent. Some people can get nauseas smelling this type of odour when it is strong enough. As a result, you will protect the air’s aroma as well as its overall quality. Since both of these elements can grow and spread quickly throughout your establishment, this is an important benefit of duct cleaning on a periodic basis.

3. Removes All Signs of Insects and Rodents

At times, office buildings can suffer from visits from unwanted guests, such as rodents, insects or other pests. They can travel through the ducts leaving their faeces and even dead bodies behind. Professional cleaning of the ducts will remove any signs that they have been in your ductwork. This is yet another way that you preserve the quality of your building’s air.

How Often You Need to Clean Your Air Ducts

Experts recommend that you have an inspection on your ductwork performed at least once a year to learn whether or not it needs cleaning at that time. Along with this, it is advisable for you to professionally clean your ducts every 2 to 5 years at minimum. Of course, it depends upon your specific building and location on whether or not you will require duct cleaning more often than this.

For further facts about why and when your air ducts should be cleaned in your office building, consult with KJK Facility Services. We specialise is a wide range of cleaning and maintenance services, including thorough duct cleaning.