3 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
When you think of the air inside your home, you probably think of your air conditioner or heating system. After all, Texas homeowners have good reason to be concerned with the temperature of the air inside their homes. As your local Arlington HVAC contractor professionals, we totally understand how important it is that your home is heated or cooled to your preference year-round. However, you may not realize that your indoor air quality also a serious concern for your household. When the term “air quality” comes up, most people think about outdoor pollution and smog. However, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, new developments in scientific research indicate that indoor air may be more polluted than outdoor air. The evidence suggests that the poor indoor air quality in your home could be negatively impacting your health or the health of others in your household. Those who are most vulnerable to health complications resulting from indoor air pollutants are the very young, the elderly, and people with chronic illnesses such as asthma. Even allergy sufferers may find their symptoms worsened by polluted indoor air.
How Indoor Air Becomes Polluted
If you, like many Arlington homeowners, work hard to keep your home clean and tidy, it probably surprises you that your home air may be more polluted than the outdoor air, where factories and cars are pumping their exhaust all day long. Unfortunately, the pollutants in your home sneak in a number of different ways. Virtually everything you have or do in your home has to potential to emit pollutants. When you cook using a gas stove or oven, or if you prepare a meal using cooking oil, that can release pollutants into your home air. If you burn wood in your fireplace in the winter, it can create a warm and cozy environment, but it can also release pollutants into your home air. Simply getting new furniture can bring pollutants into your home. Even the very products that you use to clean your home can sometimes release pollutants into your home atmosphere. Because your home is designed to keep your conditioned air in, the pollutants that are released from all these various sources linger and build up in your home environment, increasing the amount of pollution that your home experiences.
Air Filtration
At Spears Refrigeration, we offer a variety of air cleaners to remove the pollutants from your indoor air. We can install air filtration systems that go above and beyond what your normal HVAC system has to offer in terms of air purification. Having an air cleaner professionally installed is a great way to reduce indoor air pollutants, such as those that can trigger an asthma or allergy attack. Our indoor air quality specialists can assist you with selecting an air cleaner that works for your needs and budget!
Duct Cleaning
Duct cleaning is an important part of maintaining any HVAC system. Your ductwork can accumulate dust, debris, and trapped pollutants over time. In fact, mold and bacteria can grow in dirty ductwork. Left unattended, clogged and dirty ducts can make your indoor air quality problems much worse, in addition to affecting the performance of your air-conditioning or heating system. Spears Refrigeration offers full duct cleaning services to help ensure that your air conditioning system is not contributing to poor indoor air quality in your Texas home.
Humidifiers
The level of humidity in your home can play an important part in controlling your indoor air quality. The EPA recommends that your home’s humidity levels should stay between 30 and 60 percent for optimum indoor air quality. If your indoor air is too dry, certain contaminants, like ozone, are more likely to cause health problems in your household. Likewise, if your indoor air becomes too moist, your home can develop problems with contaminants such as mold. Our experts at Spears Refrigeration can install quality, adjustable humidifiers in your home, giving you control over your home’s humidity year- round. If you believe that your home indoor air quality could be negatively impacting your health, you have someone in your home who is especially vulnerable to poor air quality, or you simply want to do everything you can to ensure that your home is as safe and clean as possible for your household, contact the air quality experts at Spears Refrigeration. Whether you need an air cleaner, duct cleaning services, or a humidifier installed in your home, we have the knowledge and skills to make sure that all your air quality needs are professionally taken care of.
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