People spend the majority of their time indoors, so Virginia Beach residents need to understand how indoor air quality affects their health. Ordinary pollutants, germs, chemicals, and gases can cause many environmental health hazards for adults and children. That’s why Climatemakers offers only the best indoor air quality products for your home and business.
Pollutants Irritate Airways
The air we breathe affects our bodies. When dirty particles pollute the air, they aggravate our sinuses, lungs and other parts of the respiratory system. Pollutants like pet dander, mold and chemicals often trigger and magnify allergy symptoms or worsen conditions like asthma. A scratchy throat, irritated eyes and headaches are also common. Chronic complications, including cancer and heart disease, develop after extreme, prolonged exposure.
Let in the Fresh Air
The best way to clear out bad air is to increase circulation. A fan helps push it around, but that isn’t enough. Due to weather, health or safety reasons, many people cannot simply throw open their windows and doors. An air ventilation system pumps clean air throughout your home all year long, exhausting the stale air and drawing in fresh air from outside. An HVAC maintenance inspection can also ensure that air filters are clean, ducting is clear and your HVAC system is working properly.
Install Detectors for Noxious Gases in Indoor Air
While many of the hazardous pollutants can be controlled with cleaning and maintenance of your home and HVAC system, dangerous gases are difficult to predict and detect without a monitoring system. Carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide are byproducts of dirty burning materials and poorly ventilated spaces. These odorless, colorless gases cut off the oxygen supply, causing dizziness, headaches, nausea and shortness of breath. Along with increasing the risks for respiratory infections, these vapors can turn toxic and become deadly.
To learn more about how you can improve your home’s indoor air quality with new technology, contact the expert technicians at Climatemakers to reduce your risk of exposure.