How To Protect Your HVAC During Renovation

How To Protect Your HVAC During Renovation

Home improvement projects like renovation or remodeling are both exciting and stressful. Whether you're looking to increase the property value of your home for a sale or turning it into your dream house, home renovations or remodeling projects are fulfilling and very beneficial.

Renovations can be hard, messy and pricey so accidental damages and breakages must be avoided ahead of time to prevent additional expenses during the renovation process. The amount of dust, dirt and debris while renovating could damage the HVAC system so plans must be lined up with your existing HVAC system layout.

To prevent accidental damages to your HVAC system that can cost you more during renovation, follow these simple tips for a worry free home improvement project.

Consult an HVAC contractor.

Consulting an HVAC contractor is the first thing you need to consider. As expert HVAC installers, they can check if the renovation plans are lined up to your current HVAC system layout. They can determine if the plans are going to cause some damages. If so, they can make additional plans to protect your HVAC system or work with the renovation team to alter the plan to avoid additional services and expenses.

Cover Air Vents and Registers.

In order to keep dust and dirt from getting inside the air ducts, you should cover all air vents and registers. By not doing so, it will only get messier once you open the system. Dust and dirt that went inside would come out and so you'll be needing to clean up again. The worst part is, dust and dirt could enter the HVAC unit causing damages.

Keep Messy Work Outside.

Wood, tile, glass and/or metal cutting and sanding should be done outside the house. This will lessen the amount of dust and dirt that could damage other equipment inside the house like the HVAC unit or air ducts. This could also minimize the load of cleaning works. 

Clean up from Time to Time.

Even though the messy works are done outside the house, there is plenty more dust and dirt that will accumulate while having a renovation project. Regular clean up every couple of days will be beneficial as well. Since renovation projects are lengthy, you'll still be dealing with dust and dirt for quite some time. Make it a habit to vacuum the floors every now and then. 
Post Renovation Air Duct Cleaning.

After the renovation process, have your HVAC unit checked and the air ducts cleaned by your preferred HVAC contractor. This will make sure that accumulated dust and dirt will not be blown out again in the living space of your house, causing more clean up work. These will also help eliminate the smell of paint or other toxic smell after the renovation project.

Helping the homeowners from planning and lining up to post renovation HVAC system checking and cleaning is what we, Sem's Duct Cleaning, is what we are good at. With more than 20 years in the HVAC industry, we deliver the best possible cleaning and maintenance services all around. If you want to know more, please contact our branches near you.