Avoid These 3 Habits That Can Affect Indoor Air Quality

Beautiful weather during the winter months might attract family and friends to your Sebring, Florida, home. You’ll celebrate the holidays and enjoy the cooler conditions. But if the temperatures become too chilly, you might spend more time inside. If you want to breathe cleaner air inside your home, avoid these bad habits that affect indoor air quality:

Using Volatile Organic Compounds

Household cleaners, hair spray, and even your clothes contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). An energy recovery ventilator is a great option to bring fresh air into the home. These systems exhaust stale indoor air and bring in fresh and conditioned air to circulate throughout your home. As a result, they help improve your home’s IAQ.

Forgetting to Change the Air Filter

Maintaining your HVAC system correctly is the best way to keep the air clean and fresh throughout your home. Your system circulates air through the filter, which is responsible for collecting dust, dander and other tiny particles. It traps them before returning the air to the home.

If you forget to clean or replace your air filter on a regular basis, your HVAC system will work inefficiently. The dirt will restrict the airflow, and the unit will work harder. As a result, you’ll notice higher energy bills. You can change the air filter yourself every three months. If you have pets, change it every month.

Not Investing in Indoor Air Quality Solutions

HVAC systems have improved over the years, and now might be an excellent time to consider an upgrade. New systems use filtration that gets rid of even more bacteria and allergens. If you have pets or someone in your home has allergies, an air cleaner can remove 99.98 % of particles from the air you breathe.

Making sure the air you breathe every day in your home is free from common pollutants is essential to good health. Our senior service technicians can help determine if an air purifier would benefit your family and if your HVAC unit needs maintenance. Give Miller’s Central Air, Inc. a call at (772) 209-3778 today.

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