Indoor Air Quality - IAQ Swartz Creek Michigan

Indoor Air Quality: The Key to Healthy Living

How’s the quality of air in your home? How would you know? It’s easy to notice when dust has collected on furniture and it’s easy to see if your floor or carpeting is dirty; however, since you can’t see your air, you must know what to look for to ensure your family’s health and wellness.

The indoor air you breathe can be hazardous to your health without a single telltale sign. In fact, indoor air can be even more polluted than the air outdoors!

What is indoor air quality? Indoor Air Quality refers to the quality of the air inside your home, school, or workplace. The quality of the air you breathe is directly related to the quality of your health.

Common issues associated with IAQ include:

1. Improper or inadequately maintained HVAC system.
2. Contamination by construction materials like glues, fiberglass, particle boards, paints, chemicals, toxic cleaning products, and even personal care products.
3. Increase in the number of occupants and time spent indoors.
   

Keep in mind, Indoor Air Quality tends to be worse in the winter months because there's often no flow of fresh air from the outside, meaning allergens stay trapped inside. The potential impact of indoor air quality on your health is noteworthy for many reasons:

• The concentration of some pollutants is often two to five times higher than typical outdoor concentrations.
• People who are often most susceptible to the adverse effects of pollution (the very young, older adults, people with cardiovascular or respiratory disease) tend to spend even more time indoors.
• Indoor concentration of many pollutants has increased due to toxic building construction materials, personal care products, pesticides and even household cleaners to name a few.
  
  
  

AprilAire. A Breath of fresh air for every home.

Whether you know it or not, the air in your home needs cleaning! It’s often overlooked but one of the most important things you can do for your home health and safety, especially if someone in your home has asthma, allergies, or other respiratory issues.

AprilAire Air Purifiers: Who needs air purification? Every home does. If you could see the contaminants in your air, you would most likely be disgusted. The air that gets forced through your ductwork is often filled with dust, dirt, debris, mold, mildew, bacteria, and viruses to name just a few!

Filtering these particulates from your air is significant and can also extend the life of your furnace and air conditioner. Additionally, you can neutralize odors from cooking, pets, tobacco smoke for fresher and cleaner air.

The benefits of purifying your indoor air are many.

• Provides the highest quality filtration for your home.
• Multiple different MERV options to fit your specific needs.
• Prevents allergens, protects again mold, bacteria, dust mites and more.
  
  

AprilAire humidifiers: A must for our long, dry winters. Studies show that indoor humidity levels should always remain between 30 to 50 percent. Air filtration and humidifiers go hand in hand. Everything in your home will benefit from proper humidification including your furniture, your hardwood floors, cabinetry, plants, and you. Here are key reasons why you should humidify your home.

• Reduce energy bills: moist air is warmer air, feel warmer without having to turn the temperature up.
• Sooth dry skin conditions: dry skin is prone to wrinkles and can crack easily. Skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis are usually triggered by dry skin.
• Treat cold and flu: Moisture in the air lubricates nasal passages allowing you to breathe easier. Flu viruses thrive in dry air compared to humid air.
• Ease asthma symptoms because increased humidity eases breathing.
• Improve Sleep: Snoring tends to happen sinuses and throats are dry. Adding moisture to the air can help.
• Protect your furnishings: humid air protects wood from shrinking, splitting, and cracking, plants will look healthier, your cabinetry and wallpaper won’t crack, protects wood trim, floor, and furniture.
• Beauty benefits: hair and skin contain collagen, a protein that needs moisture. Hair, skin, and nails will be healthier with proper moisture in the air.
  
  

AprilAire Dehumidifier: Just say no to mold! Dehumidifiers balance your home’s humidity by reducing mold and mildew causing moisture. Staying ahead of the moisture level in your home will give you peace of mind, because prevention is always more cost effective than mitigating the destruction that mold and mildew can cause. Pay special attention during the spring and summer months.

• Prevent mold growth in your home.
• Eliminate damp basements, crawlspaces, and other troublesome areas.
• Protect against harmful effects for allergy and asthma symptoms.
• Preserve your home from warping and rot.
• Helps prevent pests.
  
  

What are the symptoms linked to poor indoor air quality? Most of the contaminants in your home are odorless, so there isn't anything to alert you to a problem. You can’t see dirty air like you can dirty dishes. Many people suffer from respiratory problems (including asthma flare ups) fatigue and sleepiness and sometimes even digestive issues without knowing to connect the dot to the quality of their indoor air symptoms may include:

• Dryness and irritation of the eyes nose throat and skin
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Shortness of breath
• Hypersensitivity and allergies
• Sinus congestion
• Coughing and sneezing
• Dizziness
  
  

Ready for good news? The good news is that when it comes to your home there are things you can do to increase the quality of the air you breathe and increase your state of health. Our HVAC experts know all about home comfort and know how to improve your indoor air quality.

It's important to note that you might consider a ductless system as they typically offer multistage filtration that decreases air particulates that can make you sick. Some models eliminate up to 99.9% of bacteria and viruses for improved air quality.

Hire a contractor with credentials! We’re an AprilAire trained and certified contractor. Heating and Cooling go hand in hand with Indoor Air Quality. Whenever you want to add air filtration, humidifiers, or a de-humidifier to your home, you can count on us to provide expert advice.

Find out how you can improve your Indoor Air Quality in Swartz Creek MI with AprilAire Products. It’s easy to find out more. Just give us a call or schedule a FREE consultation. We’ll make sure to evaluate your needs and help you make significant improvement to your Indoor Air Quality. Call (810) 922-9008 TODAY!