Save on Energy Costs with These Three Home Maintenance Practices in Portland, Oregon

Did you know that you can reduce energy consumption and save energy costs with smart home maintenance practices? Tasks that are often overlooked, such as air conditioner coil cleaning, air duct cleaning, and dryer duct cleaning, can save you a lot of money over time.

In this article, we share how three of our most popular service offerings can save you on home energy costs over time, in addition to supporting a clean and safe home:

Dryer duct or vent cleaning can be one of the most important home maintenance services for cost savings over time. If your dryer duct is regularly cleaned, you will not only consume less energy but save on repairs, clothing harm, and property damage.

As you might know, lint from your clothes gets into and can build up in the dryer. There is a dryer lint trap that acts as a barrier against lint and “catches” some of it. Despite the lint trap, though, lint and other debris builds up in the dryer duct over time. Because lint is easily flammable, cleaning the dryer duct reduces the risk of fire and is highly advised once a year.

Because lint is easily flammable, cleaning the dryer duct reduces the risk of fire and is highly advised once a year.

Despite the lint trap, though, lint and other debris builds up in the dryer duct over time. Because lint is easily flammable, cleaning the dryer duct reduces the risk of fire and is highly advised once a year.

How to save home energy costs with dryer duct cleaning?

When a dryer vent is clogged with lint, the efficiency of the dryer decreases. The machine needs more energy to work efficiently and thoroughly dry the laundry. It’s common to run a dryer more than once to fully dry your laundry if your dryer vent is clogged, which will take more power.

A dryer that is constantly straining to run effectively due to a duct clog will overheat and break more easily and often. This over heating, along with extra dryer cycles, puts more wear and tear on your machine, decreasing the lifetime and requiring more expensive maintenance. Dryers can be quite costly to replace.

Furthermore, high heat and inefficient drying can damage your laundry. Delicate clothing items may smell burnt or even get damaged as a result of a clogged dryer duct.

Overall, the cost of a regular dryer duct cleaning will save you in the long run on energy costs, expensive repairs and dryer replacement, and clothing damage.

We currently offer a free dryer duct cleaning with full service air duct cleaning.

Air duct or HVAC system cleaning is a very good home maintenance practice. It comes with significant health benefits and helps you save energy costs.

Professional air duct cleaning means cleaning the whole air duct system and removing collected dust and debris from the ducts. HVAC cleaning is recommended once every 3 to 5 years by the HVAC Inspection, Cleaning, And Restoration Association.

The HVAC system is one of the largest sources of energy consumption in the home when heating and cooling. Clean air ducts improve airflow significantly by removing blockages from your vents, fans, furnance and central air conditioning unit. This means that the HVAC system will consume less energy to operate efficiently and blow warm or cool air throughout the house. Customers report saving hundreds, and even thousands of dollars, on energy costs after a thorough air duct cleaning. This is all an additional benefit to having clean air and surfaces in your home!

Air duct cleaning also prevents damage and wear and tear on your air duct system. If debris is getting blown around in the ducts, it can damage the walls and require expensive repairs and even replacement. An air duct system replacement costs upwards of tens of thousands of dollars.

3.  A/C Coil Cleaning

Proper cleaning and maintenance improves air conditioning efficiency and saves you on high a/c bills and repairs.

As we described above, cooling and heating system maintenance is key to saving household energy costs. One of the key aspects of home maintenance is A/C coil cleaning.

You can get air conditioning coils cleaned professionally, but you can clean them on your own as well. If you clean your a/c coils by yourself, this could save you on costs until you need an air duct cleaning for your entire home. You will need to clean both the condenser coils and evaporator coils.

Air conditioning can get quite expensive, especially during summer. Proper cleaning and maintenance improves air conditioning efficiency and saves you on high a/c bills and repairs.

According to the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Forrestal Building, keeping a/c filters clean can help you reduce air conditioning energy consumption by 5% to 15%.