Residential air duct cleaning in Mentor OH

Bee Clean Air Duct Cleaning recently completed a residential air duct cleaning job for a homeowner in Mentor, OH. This home had the older style wood duct system built into the floor joists, which you still find in a lot of established homes around Lake County. The homeowner wanted the whole system cleaned out along with the furnace before winter really sets in.

When our technician got into the duct system he found a heavy coating of dust and lint built up along the wood walls and floor of the duct run. This type of buildup is pretty normal for a home that hasn’t had its ducts cleaned in a long time, especially with an older wood duct setup like this one. The before photo shows just how thick that dust layer had gotten over the years.

Our technician vacuumed out the wood duct system using a HEPA filtered vacuum to pull all that dust and lint out without stirring it up into the air in the house. After the duct work was done he also pulled the access panel on the furnace and cleaned out the components inside, wiping down the parts and checking everything over while he was in there. The after photo shows the same duct run looking clear and ready to go.

Homes near Headlands Beach and out toward Lawnfield deal with the same dust and debris buildup over time as any other house in Lake County, especially the older ones with wood duct systems like this. By the time the job was finished, the duct system and the furnace were both clean and the airflow through the house felt a lot better.

If your home still has the older wood style duct system, its worth getting it inspected and cleaned every few years since dust and lint can build up fast in that kind of setup. Pairing a duct cleaning with a furnace cleaning like we did here helps the whole system run more efficiently and keeps the air in your home cleaner.