Maintaining a healthy home or building goes beyond managing the temperature inside—especially if anyone suffers from allergies or respiratory illnesses. Controlling allergies in your home or business is directly related to the air you breathe. At Excel Mechanical Inc., we believe that maintaining your Home or Businesses’ indoor air quality is the best place to start in the war against allergies.
Here are ten tips you can use to help control allergies in your home or business:
1. Regulate the indoor air quality. Installing an air purification system minimizes dust, dirt, pollen, dander, airborne mold spores, germs, viruses and chemical smells or fumes.
2. Run your air conditioner to filter the air. Running the A/C helps ward off irritants and control the humidity. Dehumidifiers (or in our Desert Southwest – humidifiers) keep moisture at a healthy level, which helps allergy suffers breathe easier.
3. Replace the filters on your air conditioner regularly. This can not be stressed enough. Replacing the filters keeps dust, pet dander and other allergens from circulating throughout your home. Filters should be replaced at a minimum of every 4-6 weeks to keep allergens from accumulating in your home.
4. Install air filters to help eliminate dust from furniture and floor coverings. Again, replacing air filters is crucial to air quality.
5. Place ventilation fans in bathroom, the kitchen and laundry room. Properly ventilating your home will lower the chances that irritants will accumulate.
6. Bathe pets regularly so that allergens don’t attach to their fur. It also helps to remove excessive dander from your pet. Pet dander is a known allergen.
7. Wash bath mats and tubs with hot water weekly. Mold likes to breed in warm, damp places, such as bathrooms. Running a ventilation fan when showering will also help to minimize mold.
8. Keep your appliances free of crumbs and your sink free of dishes. This will deter mice and other pests from using your kitchen as a food source. Pests such as mice and roaches exacerbate respiratory conditions.
9. Check that your dryer vents to the outside. Inside ventilation increases yet another source of irritation caused by the blowing particles of lint.
10. Paying special attention to bedroom housekeeping can significantly reduce allergy symptoms. Keeping fido and kitty out of your bedroom reduces the accumulation of pet dander that you are exposed to while sleeping, thus reducing your allergy response.
For more information about maintaining indoor air quality, contact Excel Mechanical Inc. at 520-791-7049 or contact@excelmechanicalinc.com . Remember… “We EXCEL for You!”
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Fall Isn?t That Far Away ? Have You Scheduled Your Precision Tune-up?
Because we use them so regularly, we often take our HVAC systems for granted. Only when they break down do we realize how vital they are to our everyday comfort. That’s why, before the cooler fall temperatures arrive, it is important to get a tune-up for your HVAC system. This will help ensure you make it through the summer with no problems as well as the upcoming winter.
A tune-up usually begins with an HVAC specialist inspecting each and every component of your air system. They check for parts that are damaged and replace them so that they don’t cause problems in the near future. This helps protect you from unexpected breakdowns when you need your air the most.
Your HVAC technician will also clean all of the parts. This helps them work more efficiently, keeping down energy costs. For example, the condenser coil works as much as 20 percent less efficiently when it is dirty. This is the part responsible for cooling the air, so that has a huge impact on your total energy use.
The technician will also secure your gas or oil connections to make sure there are no dangerous leaks. Long-term exposure can be a serious health and safety hazard. The burner will also be inspected to make sure it is crack-free and working properly.
Here are a few of the routine steps that are typically performed during an HVAC tune-up:
• Verify thermostat settings
• Lubricate moving parts
• Tighten electrical connections
• Check condensate drains
• Inspect system controls
Now is the ideal time to take on the preventative maintenance your HVAC system needs. Contact Excel Mechanical Inc. today to schedule a tune-up with one of our professionals.
A tune-up usually begins with an HVAC specialist inspecting each and every component of your air system. They check for parts that are damaged and replace them so that they don’t cause problems in the near future. This helps protect you from unexpected breakdowns when you need your air the most.
Your HVAC technician will also clean all of the parts. This helps them work more efficiently, keeping down energy costs. For example, the condenser coil works as much as 20 percent less efficiently when it is dirty. This is the part responsible for cooling the air, so that has a huge impact on your total energy use.
The technician will also secure your gas or oil connections to make sure there are no dangerous leaks. Long-term exposure can be a serious health and safety hazard. The burner will also be inspected to make sure it is crack-free and working properly.
Here are a few of the routine steps that are typically performed during an HVAC tune-up:
• Verify thermostat settings
• Lubricate moving parts
• Tighten electrical connections
• Check condensate drains
• Inspect system controls
Now is the ideal time to take on the preventative maintenance your HVAC system needs. Contact Excel Mechanical Inc. today to schedule a tune-up with one of our professionals.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)