Homeowner's Tips Blog

Breathe Easy with an Air Filtration System in Your Home February 21, 2024 With the average person spending a significant portion of their time indoors, ensuring that this air is as clean and free from pollutants as possible is essential. An air filtration system can be a game-changer in this respect, offering a myriad of benefits that go beyond just cleaner air. But do you really need one in your home? Let's explore the compelling reasons why investing in an air filtration system... Read more »

What’s Involved In Professional AC Maintenance Services? May 31, 2022 Keep Your AC Running Smoothly With Professional Maintenance We all know that we should maintain all of our appliances. Still, we rarely find the time or motivation to do it ourselves. Should we pay someone to do the maintenance for us? Well, that feels like cheating. Most of us would rather have our AC break down than pay for someone else to do work we could have done ourselves. But,... Read more »

If Your Home is a High-Sneeze Zone, We Can Get the Bugs Out and Keep Your Air Clean. April 16, 2021 Are you home, relaxing right now? Good. Now, look up and look around. Closer. Closer still. What do you see? Well, just about anything but the air. That’s the funny thing about air. It’s all around you occupying more space in your house than anything else. But for the most part, you can’t see it (unless you count floating dust mites.) You can only see through the air. But that... Read more »

How to Humidify Your Home December 11, 2018 Come winter,kindly disregard any commercials you hear or see advising you to take the moisture out of your indoor air. That is exactly the wrong way to enhance indoor comfort and reduce home energy bills. The warm air generated by your furnace already deprives the air of moisture. To lose any more would be to create a desert-like atmosphere, thus aggravating any existing problems brought about by dry air. These... Read more »

How to Add Moisture to Dry Air August 31, 2018 Have you ever thought about spreading sand all over your living room? Probably not. But that doesn’t mean your home doesn’t sometimes feel as dry as a desert during the winter. That’s what heat does when all the windows and doors are shut. It robs your home of the relative humidity to feel comfortable in your own skin. But that doesn’t mean you’re forced to just sit there and take... Read more »

6 Indoor Air Quality Solutions May 3, 2018 Here’s a fun fact for you: on average, indoor air is about 50% more polluted than outdoor air. Maybe not so fun after all, especially if you have frequent symptoms of colds and allergies inside your own home. The good news is, you don’t have just sit around and take it. There are numerous things you can do to help clean up your air, and here are just a few... Read more »

Benefits of a HEPA Air Purifier April 20, 2018 On average, indoor air is twice as polluted as outdoor air. Indoor air quality is often diminished by dust, pollen, pet dander, mold, and many other substances too small to see. Young children, older adults, and those who suffer from asthma, allergies, or other respiratory problems are especially vulnerable to the ill effects of airborne contaminants. What is HEPA technology? HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air, a technology first... Read more »

Houseplants Clean Your Indoor Air February 6, 2018 The EPA tells us that, on average, indoor air is twice as polluted as outdoor air. The more airtight your home, the more likely it is to trap indoor pollutants. Think about it: a tightly sealed house lets very little in or out, including these common airborne contaminants: dust, dust mites, bacteria, pesticides, formaldehyde, smoking and cleaning byproducts, pollen, and many more. While there are numerous ways to combat the... Read more »

How to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality October 15, 2017 The quality of the air you breathe is vital to your family’s well-being. That’s why it’s so important to reduce the number of pollutants clogging up your indoor airways and infiltrating your lungs by going to sites like airpurifierfirst.com and looking into air purifiers. According to the EPA, indoor air is twice as polluted as outdoor air. Has the problem visited your home, or perhaps even become a live-in guest?... Read more »