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Enhance Your Residence's Indoor Air Quality in Laurel, Maryland

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Newer residences are well sealed and insulated. While this helps them to be energy efficient, the reduction in fresh air, indoor contaminants and continual recirculation can cause challenges.

Don’t worry, because H&C Heating and Cooling can help you achieve an energy-efficient house that meets your comfort needs. Our services involve an air quality audit and solutions to help improve indoor air quality in Laurel, Maryland.

Call us at 301-960-3247 now to get started enhancing your indoor air.

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Indications Your House Has Poor Indoor Air Quality

How healthy do you think your home is? It might not be as healthy as you would imagine. Pollution can be two to five times higher indoors than outdoors, stated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Indoor air contaminants circulating through your house’s air may be a source of headaches and allergy attacks. And mold and mildew pose a potential health risk.

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Health Problems

While these symptoms could be caused by other things, they may be an indicator your space has indoor air quality (IAQ) problems. This is particularly true if it goes away when you’re away from home.

  • Itchy eyes, nose, throat or skin
  • Headaches and sinus concerns
  • Lethargic
  • Allergies or asthma troubles that are more aggravated than normal
  • Coughing and sneezing
  • Light-headedness or feeling sick to your stomach
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Environmental Problems

An outdated heating and cooling unit could be a possible factor in indoor air quality concerns, particularly if it’s having problems to purify air, regulate humidity or keep temperatures steady.

Here are a few other indications you may choose to evaluate your indoor air:

  • Increase in static or mold growth
  • Excessive grime
  • Musty smells

How Can I Reduce Indoor Air Quality Problems?

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Preventing indoor air quality problems can be fairly simple with these 10 ideas:

  1. Schedule an indoor air quality audit with H&C Heating and Cooling. We’ll test rooms that impact air quality, like humidity, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Then we’ll walk you through problems we find and how you can make them better.
  2. Clean frequently to collect dust mites, which can worsen allergies and asthma.
  3. Make sure your house doesn’t have implications of secondhand smoke.
  4. Use a whole-home filtration system to reduce odors, versus obscuring them with air fresheners or scented candles. These pollutants have chemicals that can result in or enhance respiratory symptoms.
  5. Vent appliances that use gas, including ranges and water heaters, to the outside.
  6. Keep your residence’s humidity levels maintained with a humidifier or dehumidifier, based on what meets your home comfort needs. Set humidity under 50% to stop mold and mildew development.
  7. Inspect your house for radon. Long-term exposure to this colorless, radioactive gas is the main source of lung cancer among nonsmokers, the EPA states. You can shop for a radon test kit online or contact your state radon program for info on discounted or free kits.
  8. Install a ventilation system to swap dirty indoor air with cleaner outside air.
  9. Select green cleaning and painting supplies that are reduced or free of VOCs. Increased levels of VOCs can inflame issues for occupants with respiratory diseases.
  10. Install carbon monoxide sensors close to bedrooms.

 

Begin Breathing Fresher Air Today with H&C Heating and Cooling

With a complete list of certified pros and indoor air quality systems, H&C Heating and Cooling will happily help your household breathe easier. Call us at 301-960-3247 or contact us online now to make an appointment.

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