The Importance of Indoor Air Quality
Bragg Plumbing understands the importance of air quality in your
home and has the
tools and
products to ensure that your home is both safe and energy
efficient
The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reported that Indoor air
can contain up to 5 times as much pollution as outdoor air.
Allergies and asthma are on the rise so cleaning indoor air in your
home and work place is more important than ever as this can greatly
reduce symptoms according to Dr. John Winder, an allergist for the
Nationwide Asthma Screening Program of the American College of
Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Here are some tips for your home:
- When you dust your house with a cloth you are often spreading
dust around. Use vacuum based tools to dust with instead. Make
sure you don’t avoid difficult to reach areas like space under
beds, drapes and moldings.
- A great tip for dusting small objects is to cover the nozzle
of your vacuum cleaner with a pair of tights or fine cloth. Put
the vacuum on a low suction level and run the small objects over
the front of the vacuum nozzle. This sucks all the dust off
without the object disappearing in to the vacuum! Note: Be sure
to use a scrap material to cover the vacuum nozzle as it can get
ruined in the process.
- Wrap pillows and mattresses in allergen-protective covers
and regularly vacuum them.
- When you wash your linens make sure the water is hot (130
degrees or above) to ensure dust mites and their eggs are killed
off properly.
- Deep clean your carpets & floor surfaces once every season
at least.
- To really thoroughly achieve clean indoor air get an air
purifier to remove all the airborne pollutants.
- Clean indoor air is also about humidity.. maintain a cool &
dry home. Keep humidity to 50% or less. You can use a humidifier
to aid in this but make sure you frequently empty the unit to
prevent the growth of mold in the tank.
- Try to avoid letting your pets sleep in the bedrooms.
- Keep stuffed animals and busy shelves to a minimum as these
are real dust-catcher locations. If you have lots of stuffed
toys vacuum them frequently.. but carefully of course!
Follow this great advice and you will have super clean indoor air
in no time.
About the Author:
Michael Grzywacz is an author who suffers from allergies and writes about
indoor air purifiers and how they can help with allergies & asthma.
Find out more at his dedicated website:
http://www.AirPurifierStop.comy
If you are looking
for an indoor air quality specialist please call
us today at (800) 634-2724 or complete our
online request
form.
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