Air Quality

The air quality in your home is not a given. Bacteria, mold, pet dander, and other irritants can induce reactions in sensitive groups or even those without a history of allergies or asthma. If you're not keeping an eye on your air quality, you may find yourself struggling to breath or feel comfortable in your own home.

You don't think of your home as being a place rife with polluted air but there's more than one way to hurt air quality. Dust and dirt is the common irritant finding its way into vents. Mold and bacteria can also make a home in your ventilation along with common allergens like pollen and pet dander. Any of this or a combination of all can easily be sent throughout your home and cause havoc.

You can't see poor air quality with your eyes. While you can measure it with certain devices, your best alarm bell for air quality is going to be yourself. If you experience things like excessive headaches, coughing, general allergy-like symptoms, eye and nose irritation, sore throat, or general fatigue, this could be the result of poor air quality. Generally if you have some cold-like symptoms without a fever or diagnosis of illness, you should look to your home's air quality.

Your air quality isn't a guarantee and if there's a problem it won't get better unless you do something about it. If you notice you haven't been feeling well or someone in your home who is sensitive to allergens is having a reaction, its worth getting your ventilation inspected for air quality to determine the next steps to bring clean air back into your home.