The Importance of a Clean Furnace

You may have never considered what a furnace can go through before you ever live in a house. It is commonly used by subcontractors to help dry out the inside of the home and to speed up the process of sheet rock mud, tape and texture. The problem is that during construction there is a substantial amount of dust and debris in the air. Sheet rock dust is especially fine and stays airborne easily. When the furnace is running it sucks all of that matter into return vents, through the furnace and out through the ducts. Unfortunately, it leaves dust behind that the homeowner has to deal with for a very long time.

The furnace should never be used until the home is completed. All registers also need to be sealed with a durable material to keep construction debris and dust out. The furnace itself should be sealed in plastic to keep it clean as well. The best way to tell if you're looking at a furnace that wasn't subjected to construction debris is to pull a couple of the register vents out and look inside. The ducts should be clean and free of sheet rock scraps or other debris. You should also pull the filter out of the furnace and look inside for dust.

Using the furnace during construction may seem like an unimportant shortcut but it can have a long lasting negative impact on interior air quality for the homeowners.

Mark Mecklem - Miranda Homes