HOMEOWNERS Make Plans To Clean Your Home’s Air Ducts (NAPSA)—When it’s time to check your home’s ventilation system, the one responsibility you can’t duck is making sure the system’s air ducts are clean. The Environmental Protection Agency estimatesair pollution levels can be 100 times higher indoors than those outdoors. In the course of doing their job, air ducts and ventilation systems accumulate fine dust particles and other contaminants, such as pet hair, tobacco smoke residue, mold and bacteria—all of which may present a threat to your health. Plus, experts say keeping air ducts clean makes for a moreefficient and effective HVAC system that is less likely to break down. If your HVAC’s air ducts need cleaning, it may be timeto call a professional HVAC system cleaning contractor. Make sure the professionalis a certified memberof the National Air Duct Cleaners Association. This organization tests the knowledge of contractors for safe and effective HVAC system cleaning. To learn more, visit the Web site at www.nadca.com.
