Thursday, June 19, 2014

Indoor Air Quality And How To Improve It

By Ina Hunt


Your home should be maintained in the most meticulous way. You should ensure that each space would really be clean. It should be arranged properly, cleaned regularly, and maintained efficiently. You should also ensure that you would have clean air to breathe in your home. You should really pay attention to this. What you breathe would have some effect on your health. You may breathe some allergens, pathogens, and carcinogens inside your home without you knowing. That is why you should learn ways on how you can improve the quality of airs in your home.

There are various things that you can do to improve this. You can do filtration for instance. Filtration would remove tiny particles in your home's atmosphere. It would include the dreaded allergens, pathogens, and carcinogens. Ensure that you would invest in good air filtration products that would work. You should ensure that it would have specific, high quality, and effective filters. Its filters should really get even the smallest particles.

It will be nice if one will pick those having HEPA filters. Such filters are proven to be really effective in removing the particles suspended. One must read reviews also before they will purchase a particular product. One must not just grab the first item that they will see.

Proper cleaning would also have to be done in the home. This is indispensable as particles tend to accumulate when cleaning is not done. Fresh floors would have to be maintained always. Proper sweeping must be done. Vacuuming should also be performed especially when there are rugs and carp.ets in the area. Mopping of other surfaces would have to be done as well. This is helpful for hard to remove dusts that plain sweeping cannot remove. Difficult to reach areas should be included in the cleaning. This includes the spaces underneath appliances, areas under furnishings, and nooks and crannies.

Placing a door mat in the entrances is also something you should try. Particles that could enter through the shoes can then be reduced. Shoes bring not only some dusts, but soils, fertilizers, and pollutants as well. They could easily spread. The cleaning burden can also be added with them.

Proper source control would have to be done too. Hazardous substances such as molds, asbestos, and radon may be present in some homes and this should be prevented. Professionals should be consulted to check this. Detection of these substances is not easy. This entails performance of specialized testing. Proper intervention would have to be sought as well when the presence of these substances are found in the home. Proper removal is necessary.

You should also maintain good ventilation in your home. You should have good ventilation systems, exhaust fans, and open windows when necessary. Circulation would be important so odors, particles, and pathogens can be ousted from your home.

It would also be important to do cleaning of your HVAC systems. The ducts, pipes, and coils should be cleaned so accumulated dusts, pathogens, and particles can be removed. You should also change the filters of these systems regularly.

It will be wise to get plants for the home too. Plants could keep things fresh. They will absorb carbon dioxide too. They could really add refreshing effects to the home without additional costs.




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