Improve Your Home’s Air Quality and Your Health

Dust and pet dander aren’t the only culprits compromising the air quality inside your Southern Shores, North Carolina home. For those suffering from allergies or asthma, indoor and outdoor pollutants that find their way inside make symptoms worse. Fortunately, it’s possible to reduce these contaminants and achieve ideal indoor air quality.

Common Sources of Indoor Air Pollution

Firstly, it’s important to eliminate common sources of indoor air pollution. Therefore, you need to know where to look. Indoor air is polluted from combustible sources such as:

• Insulation containing asbestos
• Tobacco smoke
• Household chemical fumes

Harmful outdoor allergens, such as pollen and pesticides, find their way in through open doors and windows or cracks and gaps. As a result, they’ll worsen your allergy or asthma symptoms.

Condensation seen on walls or windows can be a sign of excess moisture inside your home. Excess moisture compromises indoor air quality, as it invites wood rot and undesirable biological growth to develop. As a result, it can impact your respiratory health and cause a number of symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose and coughing.

Ideal Indoor Air Quality is Within Reach

Proper ventilation is necessary for clean indoor air. Therefore, the air in your home needs to circulate freely so that pollutants don’t collect and make you sick. Take effective steps to reduce contaminants and breathe fresher air. To maintain idea indoor air quality, you should:

• Use bathroom and kitchen exhaust fans to remove fumes and moisture.
• Move propane, paints and other combustibles outside to reduce the risk of toxic fumes infiltrating inside.
• Vacuum regularly to reduce allergens. This will help your HVAC system filter air more efficiently.

Advanced Solutions for Cleaner Air and Better Health

Finally, technological advancements have led to innovative solutions. Air purifiers and cleaners offer relief to allergy and asthma sufferers through their ability to remove contaminants directly from the air. Ventilators work in conjunction with HVAC systems to replace stagnant air with fresh outdoor air. Humidifiers ensure proper humidity levels and help ease allergies. These solutions result in cleaner air and reduce downtime. As a result, you’ll feel healthier.

Call North Beach Services Heating and Cooling at (252) 429-5325 to learn more about our indoor air quality solutions. We can help you improve the air quality in your home. As a result, you’ll breathe easier, sleep better and lead a healthier life.

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