7 Ways To Improve Your Indoor Air Quality This Spring

Spring brings with it blooming flowers and sunshine, but it also brings with it pollen and spring allergies. Luckily, one thing you can do is improve your indoor air quality to help keep those allergies at bay. Here are the 7 ways you can improve your indoor air quality this spring.

1. Don’t Use Certain Candles and Air Fresheners

While candles and air fresheners smell nice, they’re not always the best. In fact, a lot of them contain harsh and toxic chemicals. If you’re looking to freshen up the scent in your home, look into going the natural route. See if you can find natural air fresheners or even just settle for essential oils.

2. Change Your Air Filter

Changing your air filter is one of the easiest yet most effective ways to help improve your indoor air quality. It’s important you change your air filter every 1-3 months. Overtime, the filter gets clogged with debris, dust, dirt, and dander and those pollutants then circulate through the air you breathe.

3. Vacuum and Dust

You are more than likely already doing a bit of spring cleaning. However, to improve your indoor air quality, make sure you’re cleaning regularly. Vacuums with HEPA filters are the way to go when you’re vacuuming rugs and carpet. Also, make sure you are dusting: cabinets, shelves, furniture, curtains, chandeliers, air vents and more.

4. Schedule An HVAC Maintenance

By maintaining your HVAC unit, you can help keep allergens and other pollutants from accumulating in your ducts and circulating throughout your home.

5. Clean Green

Much like your candles and air fresheners, cleaning products can also contain a lot of harsh and toxic chemicals. Try using cleaning products that are unscented or fragrance-free. Even though citrus and pine smells much nicer, it can be very harmful for your indoor air quality.

6. Have Your Air Ducts Professionally Cleaned

Throughout the year, allergens get drawn into your HVAC unit and make a home in your air ducts. Then, when you go to turn on your system, those allergens get pushed through your home. Professional air duct cleaning is a great way to improve the quality of the air you breathe inside the home.

7. Air It Out

When cooking, use your cooking vent. When bathing, use your bathroom fan. When cleaning, open some windows. Where there is risk of moisture, there is risk of mold. Venting out your home by either using fans, vents, or just simply opening some windows will help reduce the amount of moisture in your air and curb the growth of molds.

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