Keep the Air in Your Home Clean

There is little you can do to stop external air entering your home; indeed it is totally essential that air from outside does circulate. Most people tend to refer to it as fresh air so for example people commonly say open the window and let some fresh air in.

Of course, the air in your home starts off exactly the same quality as the air outside your home. It's only when it enters your home and gets locked in that the air can seriously start to deteriorate. Independent studies have shown that the air in your home can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside your home. In some conditions, such as if people smoke, then the pollution is over 100 worse than the air outside.

Bearing in mind that some people spend in excess of 80 percent of everyday inside their home, it is easy to understand the need to make sure that the air is as clean as possible.

Before you consider the matter further just take a moment to consider whether there are any indications that the air quality in your home is poor. For example, do you or any of the people living in your home appear to cough or sneeze more often when at home than when they are not? Do you or others wake up with a heavy head and a headache each morning? Does anyone suffer from runny eyes, sore throats or other ENT conditions? Another easy tell tale sign is if you or any member of your household physically feel better when you are not at home.

If you answer yes to any of the above then it's likely you have polluted air in your home. There can be many reason for poor air quality; the most obvious being tobacco smoke, so if you or anyone smokes then quit, or stop at least stop smoking indoors. Pets produce allergens that float in the air and cause respiratory illnesses for those that are allergic. Mold produces millions of microscopic spores that can cause respiratory illnesses and even asthma attacks. Some people are allergic to hairspray and deodorant spray or even some type of soap. Often it is simple because today's homes are so well insulated that there is never enough external air circulating.

Never be afraid to open few windows a couple of times week, particularly in the winter, and let the air circulate; your home will soon warm up again.

Using good quality air filtration systems will certainly help keep the air quality in your home to a reasonable standard. But they can only help if you have already done as much as you can to stop pollutants getting into the air in your home. Besides the obvious of stop smoking, vacuuming your carpets and soft furnishings, including your beds will reduce dust. However, make sure you have a high efficient particulate air (HEPA) filter, or a filter of similar quality fitted in the vacuum; a HEPA filter can remove up to 99.7 percent of allergens and dust particles from the air. Always remember to clean or replace your air filtration filters at regular intervals; a dirt filter is worse than no filter at all.

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