It’s Allergy Season: Improving Indoor Air Quality

IT'S ALLERGY SEASON: IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY TYPES OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS PARTICULATES • INCLUDE DUST, DIRT, AND ASH FROM CIGARETTES > SOME PARTICLES ARE TOO SMALL FOR STANDARD HOME AIR FILTERS TO PICK UP BIOAEROSOLS • INCLUDE BACTERIA, MOLD, DUST MITES, PET DANDER, AND POLLEN • CAUSE MODERATE TO SEVERE ALLERGIES IN MANY PEOPLE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) • COME FROM PRODUCTS SUCH AS CARPETS, HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS, AND CIGARETTES • MICROBIAL VOCS RESULT FROM EXCESS MOLD GROWTH REASONS TO CLEAN YOUR AIR DucTS to or EXCESS BUILDUP • DucTS COLLECT DUST, DEBRIS, MOLD, AND EVEN DROPPINGS FROM PESTS > THESE CAN BE CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT YOUR HOME IF THEY'RE NOT CLEANED HEALTH • INDOOR AIR POLLUTION CAN WREAK HAVOC ON ASTHMA AND ALLERGY SUFFERERS • DIRTY DUCTS CAN EVEN CAUSE NEW ALLERGIES TO DEVELOP AIR QUALITY • DUCT CLEANING INVOLVES ALL COMPONENTS OF THE HVAC SYSTEM, NOT JUST THE DUCTS THEMSELVES • CLEAN DUCTS LET YOU BREATHE EASY IN YOUR OWN HOME TIPS FOR IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY 10 20 O 30 40 > VACUUM AND MOP YOUR > KEEP YOUR HUMIDITY BETWEEN FLOORS ON A REGULAR BASIS 30 AND 50% TO REDUCE DUST TO KEEP ALLERGENS AT BAY MITES AND MOLD DON'T ALLOW ANYONE TO • HAVE A PROFESSIONAL-QUALITY SMOKE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM INSTALLED IN YOUR HOME • OPEN DOORS AND WINDOWS WHEN THE WEATHER PERMITS FOR FRESH AIR INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: Albert Nahman Plumbing & Heating www.albertnahmanplumbingca.com Albert Nahman PLUMBING & HEATING infobertruhmanplumbing.com SOURCES: HTTP://www.ALBERTNAHMANPLUMBING.COM/INDOOR-AIR-QUALITY/ HTTP://www.ALBERTNAHMANPLUMBING.COM/SERVICES/DuCT-CLEANING-REPAIRS/ HTTP://www.ALBERTNAHMANPLUMBING.COM/SERVICES/AIR-FILTRATION-SERVICES/ HTTP://www.EPA.GOV/IAQ/IS-IMPRV.HTML HTTP://www.WEBMD.COM/LUNG/FEATURES/12-WAYS-TO-IMPROVE-INDOOR-AIR-QUALITY HTTP://www.WEBMD.COM/LUNG/FEATURES/12-WAYS-TO-IMPROVE-INDOOR-AIR-QUALITY ? PAGE=2 ACHOO!