Cleaning your air supply will improve the air quality within your home. This is how to how to clean air supply and return registers.

This is a Health Task!

Getting rid of the dust in your home is a great way to keep you & your family healthy. This prevents dust, dander, and animal hair from spreading throughout your house.

Tasks can be done by: Homeowner, cleaning company, handyman, HVAC duct cleaning company

How To Clean Air Supply and Return Registers | Task Steps

Step 1 – Locate your air registers

• Locate where the air registers are and check them for dirt and dust on and/or in them.
• Once you have located them, wipe your finger or a dark cloth on the surfaces to check for dust.

Step 2 – Clean your air registers

• Remove the floor registers and place them in a sink full of hot, soapy water.
• Next, take a bristle brush and clean inside the ducts or loosen the dust from the duct’s sides.
• Then, take a vacuum hose to the inside of the ducts. This will pick up any loose dust and dirt that you knocked off with the brush.
• Lastly, use a damp microfiber cloth and reach down into the duct as far as possible, wiping the interior clean.  You may need to rinse the cloth repeatedly because you might find a lot of dust and dirt the first time you do this.
• Before putting the register back, check to see if it has an open and closed vent. If so, put a little lubricant on the mechanism and work it back and forth so the register opens and closes easily.
• Test to make sure everything is working.
  • Tool List: Vacuum, bristle brush, hose
  • Supply List & Costs: soapy water, damp microfiber cloth

Step 3 – Air Exchanger – if applicable

• Read the maintenance and cleaning section in the owner’s manual for your exchanger.
• Turn off power to the system.
• Change and clean filter.
• Vacuum and wipe down air vents inside and outside.
• Replace filters.
• Turn the system on. 
  • Tool List: Vacuum, bristle brush, hose
  • Supply List & Costs: soapy water, damp microfiber cloth

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