Category Archives: Indoor Air Quality

Duct Sealing: A Simple Move That Rewards Your Florida Home With Several Benefits

Duct sealing isn’t likely to be of top concern when it comes to the upkeep of your southwest Florida home. But it should be high up there.

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Improve Your Florida Home’s Indoor Air Quality With These Spring Cleaning Tasks

When many people think of air pollution, they think of the air outdoors. However, the air inside a home can become polluted with several types of irritants. Fortunately, there are steps

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Home Air Filters: Why a Higher MERV Rating Isn’t Always Your Best Bet

Home air filters are one of the most important aspects of an HVAC system, requiring regular replacement or cleaning. Before choosing a MERV-rated air filter for you home’s heating and

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4 Key Ways to Ensure Optimal Air Quality in the Florida Home You’re Renovating or Building

If you’re building or renovating a property, it’s important to make sure the indoor environment is safe from air pollutants such as gas fumes, smoke, mold spores and hazardous chemicals. Air

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Indoor Air Quality In Your Apartment or Condo Leave Something to be Desired? Here’s What to Do

If you live in an apartment or condo and the indoor air quality leaves something to be desired, you may be suffering more than if you lived in a large,

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What’s So Special About Pleated Air Filters for Your A/C?

The outdoor air in Southwest Florida is typically clear and beautiful. However, our indoor air is filled with particulates too small to see, such as bacteria and viruses, mold spores, pollen,

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Reducing Biological Contaminants in Your Home for Better Indoor Air Quality

No one wants to breathe in dangerous pollutants, particularly inside their home. If you don’t have great indoor air quality, that’s exactly what can happen. To avoid this, get to

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Are Your Breathing Ailments Being Aggravated by Poor Indoor Air Quality?

To a person with breathing ailments such as asthma or allergies, indoor air quality is of the utmost importance. Ninety percent of your breaths are taken indoors, and since indoor air

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Home Air Cleaners: 3 Types That Target Indoor Air Pollutants

Indoor air cleaning is a scientific process. Scientists and product researchers have found three basic ways to purify air: photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) cleaners, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) cleaners and ozone

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What Stinks? Common Household Odors And Their Cures

Wherever you live — even in Florida — household odors can be a problem. While in northern climes odors are most problematic in the winter, when homes are closed up

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