How to have healthier air in my home
Having healthier air in your home is essential for promoting overall well-being and reducing the risk of respiratory issues. Here are some steps you can take to improve indoor air quality:
- Proper ventilation: Ensure your home is well-ventilated by opening windows and doors when weather permits. Use exhaust fans in bathrooms and kitchens to remove moisture, odors, and pollutants.
- Air purifiers: Invest in a good quality air purifier with a HEPA filter, which can remove pollutants, allergens, and particulate matter.
- Houseplants: Some indoor plants, such as spider plants, snake plants, and peace lilies, can help purify the air by absorbing toxins and releasing oxygen.
- Clean regularly: Vacuum, dust, and mop your home frequently to remove dust, dirt, and allergens. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter for better results.
- Control humidity: Maintain a 30-50% humidity level to discourage mold and mildew growth. Use a dehumidifier if necessary, especially in damp areas like basements.
- Avoid smoking indoors: Smoking releases many harmful chemicals into the air. If you or someone in your household smokes, encourage them to smoke outside or quit altogether.
- Use natural cleaning products: Choose low- or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Alternatively, make your cleaning solutions using ingredients like vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice.
- Replace air filters: Regularly change the filters in your HVAC system, as clogged filters can reduce air quality and impair system performance.
- Limit candles and air fresheners: Scented candles and air fresheners can release harmful VOCs. Opt for beeswax or soy-based candles and use natural alternatives like essential oil diffusers for fragrance.
- Inspect for mold and radon: Regularly inspect your home for signs of mold, and use a radon test kit to check for this odorless, colorless, radioactive gas that can be harmful if it accumulates.
Following these steps can create a healthier living environment with cleaner indoor air.
More Important than whether you’re Hot or Cold
Have you ever walked into a public gymnasium, a movie theater, or even an airplane and noticed that the air smelled stale? It’s more than close, it probably is loaded with the invisible germs of the dozens of people there before you arrived. It’s not only bad to smell but also unhealthy to breathe.
Healthy air is necessary for all circumstances where people throughout Bergen County gather. It can be business offices, yoga studios, buses, trains, and everywhere else where people exchange their unhealthy air with others. Realistically, we can’t fix them all. By law, airlines, classrooms, and public transportation must install and replace filters to minimize the involuntary sharing of germs, viruses, and other airborne medical infections.
Realistically, we can’t fix them all. By law, airlines, classrooms, and public transportation must install and replace filters to minimize the involuntary sharing of germs, viruses, and other airborne medical infections.
Symptoms of impure air
Whether you own or visit a gymnasium or an office complex in Bergen County towns such as East Rutherford, Edgewater, Bergenfield, or Englewood Cliffs, the sheer amount of air being shared would boggle your mind. Bergen County gymnasiums or other health clubs, as implied by their very name are designed to convince you that going there for a workout will result in better overall health. But if not maintained to the highest levels of quality, you may be doing a lot of sweating and breathing in a lot of contaminants. This is not necessarily focused on people sharing their biological issues. It includes the exhaust from vehicles in the parking lot that enter the building whenever the door is opened to allow someone in or out.
You may first notice this as an unusual increase in humidity. As we exercise, we produce a higher rate of CO2 (carbon dioxide). Whether it’s simple exercise or increased tension in a business meeting that causes our heart rate to increase, this is a confined space filled with CO2. This is when you start to notice the aforementioned musty smell. It’s the combination of existing stale air due to normally poor ventilation and increasing the number of humans expelling CO2. You may feel sweaty as the humidity rises and uncomfortable as fresh air circulation is overwhelmed by the uncleaned air passing through the room. If any of these sound familiar to you, please refer to our list of residential services and book your appointment today!
Enter the HVAC Specialist
Ventilation is the process of drawing in fresh air from outside the building and filtering it through a series of filters designed for the location of the business offices or health club. However, it’s not merely about filters. The locations were built in Bergen County years before today’s high-quality filters could be implemented. Depending on age, the HVAC system may be unable to handle the required airflow or are working overtime to get the system as best it can be. That’s just not good enough.
Bacteria can develop in areas where HEPA (High Energy Particulate Air Filters) are not installed or replaced frequently. These filters can also prevent the spread of mold, pollen, and spores that expand during certain seasons.
Whether you own a health club, an office building, or a multi-residential apartment complex, you should be concerned about the consequences of the quality of the air your guests and residents breathe. It’s a straightforward process. Call Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC and let us give you an assessment of your current system. We’ll inspect the current filtration and recycling process and make recommendations that will be both affordable and can be implemented over time.
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About Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC
Exclusively Serving Bergen County, New Jersey
Michael Muccia is a Master Plumber and the owner and operator of Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC. Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC is a full-service Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) service company based in and serving Bergen County, NJ, since 1978. The Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC team of trained and certified service technicians offers various services, including general plumbing and heating maintenance, for residential and commercial clients.
Whatever your plumbing, heating, air conditioning, or ventilation needs are, it’s easier with Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC. We treat our customers, large and small, with the best service in the industry. We know you have a choice when considering an HVAC company, and no matter what we do for you, we treat it as the most crucial job in our history. Our experience proves that we know how to work efficiently, which keeps costs low, uses only the best components within budget, and stands behind the work we do.
Muccia Plumbing, Heating & AC has locations in the following areas:
Hackensack | Hillside | Ramsey | Waldwick | Maywood | Tenafly
