Having a negative impact on your health and well-being, it’s common knowledge that outdoor air pollution is a problem, but indoor air problems can be equally as bad. Research has shown that indoor air pollutant levels are 2-5 times higher than those outdoors according to the EPA. On average, 90% of our time is spent indoors. There are a few very common ways that we do that contributes to poor indoor air quality that we at Air Pure Air Duct Cleaning would like to share.

Neglecting Adequate Ventilation

Contaminants and pollutants can be pushed out of your home with proper ventilation. Simple things, like turning on ceiling fans, opening windows, and running exhaust fans, especially in the kitchen and bathrooms can help improve ventilation. Throughout your home and breathed in by family members, dirt, dust, and other contaminants can settle in your ductwork and be recirculated as the air handling unit is responsible for most of the air circulation within the home and over time. Contributing to poor indoor air quality, the pollutants from your ductwork can impact the indoor air and proper duct cleaning can help remove these contaminates.

Poor Fabric Bedding & Upholstered Furniture Cleaning

You are introducing a host of pollutants and allergens into your sheets by not regularly washing your blankets and bedding. Deep within the fibers, pollen, dust, dust mites, pet dander, even pests can have hitched a ride. Everything that is safe to go through the washing machine like on your pillow covers, bedsheets, pillow covers, comforters, and couch cushions to cut back on these pollutants on weekly basis. To kill off allergens and mites, be sure the hotter you can run the cycle.

Inadequate Dusting Techniques

Instead of collecting it for disposal, most use a rag for dusting, you’re often just pushing the dirt around. Consider using a microfiber cloth as opposed to a regular rag in order to remove the most allergens and dust. Rather than simply pushing them around and occasionally wiping them up, microfiber cloths are specifically manufactured to grab dust and other particles. Cleaning your home and the air within it, use proper dusting technique, you will remove and dispose of dust and debris.

Breathing In Harmful Household Chemicals

Cleaning products can be a major culprit behind poor indoor air quality even though you want to keep your home clean and sanitary for your family. By releasing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air, chemicals such as disinfectant sprays or wipes, bleach, and other strong cleaners can harm the air around. Certain solids or liquids, according to the EPA, VOCs are emitted as gases. Organic compounds, like those containing fluorine formaldehyde, chlorine, bromine, benzene, and toluene easily vaporize and can be dangerous to the humans that come in contact with them. You can lower the number of VOCs and improve the safety of the air you and your family breathe by using more natural cleaners.

Clean Air Ducts to Improve Indoor Air

Though not always enough, you can do your due diligence and improve your home’s air by dusting and opening windows. Recirculating 5 to 7 times per day, the air in your home is typically pulled into the HVAC system. In the ductwork, this recirculation can cause a build-up of contaminants over time. Hiding in your ductwork and in the air you and your family breathe, you can improve the ventilation throughout your home and lessen the number of pollutants simply by having your air ducts properly cleaned.

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