What HVAC Cleaning Solutions Can You Use and Not Use on HVAC Equipment?

Cleaning is an integral part of HVAC maintenance. It helps reduce airborne particles that can affect your health and your HVAC system, and it can improve energy efficiency. The right cleaning products and techniques are essential to the proper cleaning of HVAC equipment. Let's explore effective HVAC cleaning solutions.

Agitation

Cleaning an HVAC system requires the removal of dirt, dust layers, and other sources of contamination. Agitation devices break contaminants loose from the surfaces within your heating and cooling system. These devices include:

• Rotating brushes on extendable poles

• Air whips

• Compressed air nozzles

You can also achieve agitation through contact vacuuming or hand brushing.

Disinfection with HVAC Cleaning Solutions

Over time, your HVAC equipment can become an incubator for microbes like mold, fungi, yeast, and bacteria. Antimicrobial chemicals like sanitizers, deodorants, and disinfectants are applied to the nonporous surfaces within your HVAC system to tackle antimicrobial contamination and control odors. However, only chemicals that have been registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be used.

Antimicrobial products should only be used after the completion of mechanical surface cleaning. The products can be applied through several methods, such as spray disinfection, cool mist disinfection, and aerosol disinfection.

Spray disinfection involves spraying an antimicrobial chemical directly onto surfaces from a short distance. Cool-mist disinfection involves the use of smaller spray droplets. The spray mist penetrates farther around obstacles and curves. In aerosol disinfection, the antimicrobial chemical is atomized into smaller droplets than those cool-mist disinfection uses. It offers excellent surface coverage but has a higher susceptibility to soiling.

While using HVAC cleaning solutions isn't difficult, it's usually fairly labor-intensive. You may have to create service openings to clean the inside parts and then close the openings after you've finished cleaning. This requires professional skills and craftsmanship.

Having your HVAC equipment cleaned properly will protect your family's health and your heating and cooling system. If you need HVAC maintenance using top-quality HVAC cleaning solutions in the Broken Arrow area, don't hesitate to contact the certified technicians at Air Assurance.

How To Determine The Kind Of Air-Cleaning Equipment You Need

The process of selecting air-cleaning equipment is not something that you should have to think about on a daily basis. But  that decision impacts your everyday life, so it's important to make the right call. If you spend some time evaluating your home's needs, you'll enjoy peace of mind -- and cleaner air -- year 'round. The first step in improving your home's air quality is to determine which pollutants are present in your home. Indoor air pollutants break down into two categories.

• Particulate matter includes dust, animal dander, pollen, tobacco smoke and the presence of small organisms like dust mites, bacteria, molds and viruses.

• Gaseous pollutants include fumes from gas stoves, paint, varnishes, tobacco smoke, cleaning products and pesticides.

Once you have a good idea of what pollutants affect your house, the next step is to pick out an air-filtration system that meets your needs.For particulate matter, you'll want a filter system that is either built into your ducts or functions as a portable, standalone unit. Gaseous pollutants can be removed using a gas-phase air filter or a PCO cleaner. The latter relies on UV light and chemical conversion.  Remember, portable units are only designed to do the area in which that unit is located, while whole-home cleaners are designed to take care of the entire structure.Since there are so many different pollutants that can affect your home's air quality, a professionally-administered air quality test can help pinpoint a solution. Much like a doctor works backward from a patient's symptoms to find a treatment, a fitting air cleaning solution can be found by correctly identifying the pollutants present in your home.If you have questions or concerns about your home's air quality, the staff at Air Assurance is happy to answer them, and to provide expert advice. We can set you up with the best air-cleaning equipment for your situation and your budget.Our goal is to help educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems).  For more information, click here. Air Assurance services Tulsa, Broken Arrow and the surrounding areas. To get started, check out our website or see our current promotions.