Poor Indoor Air Quality is Harming Your Health
Air quality testing your home might reveal some surprising results. But what does it mean for your home and health?
Indoor Air Pollutants Might Be Lingering in Your Ducts
Dirty vents aren’t just dangerous to the health of your furnace or air conditioner; they can ruin your home’s air quality and cause sickness, coughing, allergies, sore throats, and other health problems. The young and the elderly are especially susceptible, but everyone benefits from clean vents.
If your home’s heating and cooling system has never been cleaned – or hasn’t been cleaned in a few years – it might be time to have a professional tackle duct cleaning services in your home.
Volatile Organic Compounds
We all know certain chemicals and pollutants are dangerous to health. Carbon monoxide and high levels of ozone or nitrogen oxide can be extremely harmful in your home. But what about the chemicals that aren’t immediately harmful, but cause damage over time?
There’s a category of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can build up over time in a home or building. These are organic chemicals that are easily vaporized because they have low boiling points. This makes it easy for them to enter the air. Plants release VOCs, but so do objects like printers and photocopiers and paints or coatings.
Studies have shown that extended exposure to harmful VOCs can cause relative leukemia or lymphoma. They also contribute to “sick building syndrome,” which occurs when people feel sick for no apparent reason until they leave a specific building for an extended period of time.
Allergens like pollen and pet hair can build up more in the spring and fall months. We always recommend a cleaning in late spring if at all possible because this helps us suck out indoor and outdoor contaminants that have been building up.
It’s not nice to think about what lives in dirty air ducts, but we’ve seen some very unfortunate circumstances while cleaning. Insects and rodents can easily get into your ducts, which instantly hurts your air quality. What’s worse is that some of these pests carry disease. If you have pests in your home and you suspect they’re coming in through your ducts, it’s time for a cleaning.
Mold & Mildew
When humidity builds up in your ducts, mold and mildew may start to grow. Not only is this harmful to breathe in – it may also cause a musty smell throughout your home. If you’ve noticed that you have to leave the windows open to refresh rooms often, it’s a good sign you have mold or mildew in your ducts.
Dust mites build up quickly in a home. Dust mites bother some people more than others. If anyone in your family has a pulmonary disease, dust mites could make them prone to coughing fits.
Dryer vents can also be major culprits for the buildup of dust mites and lint in your home. Ask for a dryer vent cleaning when your professional duct cleaner comes to your home.
What Can Regular Furnace and Duct Cleaning Do?
Duct cleaning can improve indoor air quality by loosening and cleaning out the contaminants that are stuck in your ducts and blowing through your house. We use specialized equipment to
When you’ve just purchased a new house, air duct cleaning is an inexpensive way to protect yourself and your family from breathing in anything harmful left behind.
If you’re looking for furnace cleaning companies in Edmonton that are willing to go above and beyond for your family’s health and safety, please reach out to our expert cleaners. We want you to be able to spend your time indoors breathing fresh, clean air.