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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 119534" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="color: blue">Making sure all the ducts are sealed up is very important and having the ducts cleaned is of course the first choice. And make sure you replace your filters monthly.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">But in the meantime....if your heat is fan forced through vents, which it sounds like since you have ducts....<strong>I strongly urge you to go buy some cheesecloth and cut peices to cover each vent. This will allow the heat to blow out, but it will catch any dust that is flowing along with the heat.</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">As an extremely allergic child growing up in a house with gas, fan forced hot air, my allergist made suggestion to my mother. So all winter, as the heat was flowing, all of the vents were covered with cheesecloth. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Doing this now will give you some time to save the money to have the ducts cleaned professionally, say, in the Spring when you're no longer heating your home. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Good luck. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 119534, member: 2211"] [COLOR=blue]Making sure all the ducts are sealed up is very important and having the ducts cleaned is of course the first choice. And make sure you replace your filters monthly.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]But in the meantime....if your heat is fan forced through vents, which it sounds like since you have ducts....[B]I strongly urge you to go buy some cheesecloth and cut peices to cover each vent. This will allow the heat to blow out, but it will catch any dust that is flowing along with the heat.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]As an extremely allergic child growing up in a house with gas, fan forced hot air, my allergist made suggestion to my mother. So all winter, as the heat was flowing, all of the vents were covered with cheesecloth. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Doing this now will give you some time to save the money to have the ducts cleaned professionally, say, in the Spring when you're no longer heating your home. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Good luck. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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