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► Post Cleaning The following check-list is reprinted from "Should Yc Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned?*, a
Checklist Bulde published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.___________________________
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Why a NADCA Certified
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General Did the service provider obtain access to and
clean the entire heating and cooling system,
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Membership including duct work and all components (drain
Certification pans, humidifiers, coils, and fans}?
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Has the service provider adequately
demoiistrated that duct work and plenums are
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clean? (Plenum is a space in which supply or
Standards return air is mixed or moves; can be duct, joist
Calendar of Events space, attic and crawl spaces, or wall cavity.)
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Heating Is the heat exchanger surface visibly clean? □□
be— Cooling Are both sides of the cooling coil visibly clean? □□
c** Components If you point a flashlight into the cooling coil,
does light shine through the other side? (It
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should if the coil is clean.)
a 5 Are the coil fins straight and evenly spaced (as □□
opposed to being bent over and smashed
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together)?
Is the coil drain pan completely clean and
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draining properly?
Access Are newly installed access doors in sheet metal O □
Doors and ducts attached with more than just duct tape
Covers (i.e., screws, rivets, mastic)?
With the system running, is air leakage thrbugh [J O
access doors or covers very slight or
non-exlstfc.si?
Plenums Is the return air plenum free of visible dust or
debris? □□
Do filters fit properly and are they the desired Q ri
efficiency as recommended by HVAC system
manufacturer?
Is the supply air plenum (directly downstream rn n
of the air handling unit) free of moisture stains
and contaminants?
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