Mold Accumulation
Air ducts that are full of mold means you will be circulating possibly toxic air all throughout your office building, which can be harmful to breathe. Air ducts left untreated – especially the ones that have insulation – cause moisture through condensation. Once that accumulates, the moisture will turn to mildew and mold. If it’s possible to smell an ongoing musty scent, that’s a huge red flag for the health of you and your office building.
Haven for Pests
Debris, dust, moisture – add these all together in a hard-to-reach space such as an air duct, and you have the ultimate breeding ground for annoying pests. Rats and crickets, cockroaches, mice, and nesting birds will set up camp inside the air ducts of your building.
COVID-19 Considerations
In a pandemic world, performing due diligence means taking additional precautions around hygiene standards in your office building or home. Just because air moves around your building does not mean that it is clean. For this, you have to have the right filtration device fitted to the air duct system.
It’s best to be careful when it pertains to making sure your public building passes Covid-associated protocol – particularly if you are a school that is welcoming kids back to the classroom or working within a corporate environment which facilitates returning staff members.
Public spaces may quickly get shut down in the event of an outbreak. The last thing you want to deal with is having your building come underneath the microscope for not maintaining a high standard of hygiene and health.
State laws differ in this regard; however, a well cleaned, routinely maintained duct system will set the correct standard for your education, place of work, or home environment. You would not order fries from a deep fryer that appeared as if it had not been cleaned in a while. Therefore, why would you want to inhale air from ducts containing dirty debris?
Get in touch with King’s Cleaning Solutions for all of your air duct cleaning services at (765) 698-5096.
