How to Maintain Excellent Air Quality
As every homeowner knows, the air quality inside a house can make or break the comfort level for those inside. When air is fresh and pure, you’re able to better function, study, move, and breathe.
When the air is stale and old, however, it becomes difficult to concentrate, harder to breathe, and creates an environment no one wants to be inside. It’s crucial to maintain the air quality in your home, and the following tips and tricks will have your house feeling fresh in no time.
Routinely Clean Your Floors
When talking about air quality, it might come as a surprise to bring up the flooring of your house. Interestingly, the surface of your floors is a substantial contributor to the quality – or lack thereof – of the air in your home. Flooring, especially carpet, attracts and holds significant amounts of dust, dirt, pollen, pet dander, and other allergens.When you walk into your home from outside, pollen and other allergens get carried inside on your shoes and fall off your clothing. When children, pets, or other adults in the house walk over carpet, the motion kicks up invisible particles of dust and debris into the air which then flows through your home through the ductwork.
The only way to prevent this and keep as much dust and pollen out of the air as possible is to clean your floors regularly. Vacuum all carpeted surfaces a minimum of once a week; more if you deal with severe allergies. Sweep daily if needed and mop hard surfaces once a week.
Bring in Fresh Air
It’s a good idea to completely refresh the air in your house from time to time. Unless allergy season prohibits you from doing so, open all the windows in your house for adequate airflow. Allow the stale air inside your home to be completely blown out by the benefits of fresh air from the outside. To freshen a single room, open windows on both ends of the room so air can flow from one part of the room to the other.
Not only will the air inside your home be fresher, but it will smell fresh as well. Be aware of the pollen counts in your area before you do this and, if you deal with severe allergies, you might want to skip this step altogether.
Take Time to Find the Source
After you’ve tried the above tricks, if you’re still having difficulty maintaining fresh air inside your home, it could be due to problems with your heating or cooling system. It’s always important to find out why your house is acting a certain way and air quality is not an issue to be ignored. Air quality problems could point to your HVAC unit not working correctly.You might find that you need to replace the filters for your unit. If it’s been a while since you’ve had your ductwork looked at, it could be time for a cleaning. Any one of these issues requires a professional to come in and look, but in the end, you’ll be glad you did.
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