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How to Choose a Duct Cleaning Company: 6 Traits to Look For

Is your HVAC system due for professional duct cleaning? Then it’s important to choose a reputable company that guarantees to do the job properly. Keeping your air ducts clean and functioning properly is critical for your HVAC system’s overall efficiency. More importantly, who you hire to maintain that system can make or break your heating and air conditioning performance.

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The Effects of Dirty Return Vents on Furnace Energy

Clogged air vents and filter are the leading cause of furnace problems. Dust and debris in the vents, ducts, and filters inhibit airflow throughout the home. The furnace has to work harder to deliver the same results as if the vents were clean. Dust Doctors can clean the vents and air ducts in your home to keep the furnace from wearing out prematurely. We offer professional cleaning for all residential properties in the Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota area.

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Is Relative Humidity Negatively Affecting Your Indoor Air Quality?

Indoor relative humidity readings that fall outside the EPA’s recommended range can affect your HVAC system performance, diminish your indoor air quality, and may even cause health issues. That’s why it’s so important to not only monitor indoor moisture levels but also reduce relative humidity that’s outside the recommended range.

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6 Ways to Save Money on Annual HVAC Maintenance

When you own a home with a central, forced-air HVAC system, maintaining that system annually is critical. Yearly a/c cleaning, furnace cleaning, and ductwork maintenance help ensure your HVAC system runs as efficiently as possible, so you don’t have to pay a fortune to heat and cool your home.

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7 Tips to Improve Your Furnace Efficiency

Winter is nearly here in the Twin Cities, and for many people, that means pricey energy bills for months on end. If you’re one of those people and your heating bills are consistently higher than you’d like, improving your furnace’s operational efficiency can help. How do you do that? Check out our top five tips below.

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6 Sneaky Signs Your House is Due for Duct Cleaning

When it comes to keeping a clean house and maintaining healthy indoor air quality, keeping ductwork clean is one of the most important (and effective!) things you can do. But it’s not always obvious when your ducts are due for a thorough cleaning.

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Indoor Humidity: Can It Be Dangerous For Your Health?

If you’re like most homeowners, you don’t pay much mind to the relative humidity levels inside your house — but you should. Most people only notice humidity when it becomes excessive or when there’s not quite enough of it, but for health reasons, there’s a happy medium for indoor humidity that every homeowner should strive to maintain. What can happen when humidity levels get out of control inside your home? Our Dust Doctors team explains below.

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High Heating & Cooling Bills? 5 Tips to Increase HVAC Efficiency

A clean HVAC system is an efficient HVAC system. Dust Doctors details how duct cleaning, furnace cleaning, and A/C cleaning can help improve your system’s performance.

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How Humidity Can Make Your Allergies Worse

Check out how rainy weather and high outdoor and indoor humidity levels can make your allergy symptoms worse and what you can do to help mitigate the problem.

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Beat the Heat: 5 Tips to Prepare Your Air Conditioner for Summer

Scorching days are almost upon us in the Twin Cities, which means your air conditioner better be in tip-top shape! Though routine A/C cleaning doesn’t cross many homeowners’ minds, it plays an integral role in maintaining HVAC efficiency and high-quality indoor air.

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