Air filters are an essential, but often overlooked part of your HVAC system. Air filters don’t only filter out dust and pollen that would end up circulating throughout your home, lowering your indoor air quality, but they also keep bigger objects like loose insulation from being drawn into your HVAC system which could present a fire risk or cause damage. …
Tips For Cleaning Clothing And Fabrics With High Lint Quantities
Lint. The single most annoying factor affecting laundry day. Materials used for woolen sweaters and towels shed when run through your washing machine resulting in a lovely spread of tiny pieces of their fabric to all of your other clothes. Cleaning your other clothes of the fabric shed from a sweatshirt can be an incredibly frustrating task, one we’re willing …
Could Your Home Be “Too Clean” For Your Children?
They say that cleanliness is next to godliness, but is having the cleanest home on the block really the best way to keep your family healthy? Studies are increasingly indicating that an overly clean home could actually be placing your children at a higher risk of developing illnesses later in life. In being too clean and destroying all bacteria in …
Why You Need To Change Your Air Filter On Time, Every Time
With the various benefits to your health that having cleaner air in your home can bring, it’s a mystery why the majority of people are happy to neglect cheap and easy clean air practices. We’re not talking about getting a trained professional out every month to give your home the full work over, no, we mean the actions you can …
How To Choose The Best Home Air Filter
We’ve recently touched on why it’s so important to regularly replace your home air filter in your ventilation system. However, knowing when and how to change your filter is only part of the battle. To get the most out of your system you need to choose the right air filter for your needs. Choosing the right air filter can be a …
How Your Local Environment Could Be Affecting Your Home’s Air Quality
For those who suffer from allergies even the most routine of tasks can feel like running the gauntlet of allergen avoidance and reaction prevention. In the grand scheme of things it’s relatively easy to take measures and make your home a safer place for an allergy or asthma sufferer, however, it’s a completely different ball game when it comes …
Does Home Air Purification Work?
In our quest to help inform and educate in the best ways for you to have the cleanest possible air quality at home, we thought it prudent to turn our attention this week to home air purification and whether it really is worth your attention. If you’re looking for the short answer so you can run out and purchase a …
5 Childhood Illnesses Potentially Caused By Your Home
It’s common knowledge that the majority of accidents occur within the home, but what about illnesses? Whilst the risks of catching a contagious illness will be far higher when you’re out in a crowded environment, it would be foolish to think that your house is an illness free zone. The difference between the illnesses prevalent in your home and those …
How to Treat Seasonal Allergies
Even at the best of times allergies can prove to be a huge hindrance. An allergic reaction has the potential to ruin well laid plans and cause complications with your work or school life, not to mention the considerable amount of discomfort they can bring on. Whilst preventing an attack is obviously the more desirable solution, it’s not always possible. …
5 Surprising Reasons For Your Child’s Asthma Symptoms
The wonder that is the internet has made a wealth of information available to the general public, information that was once difficult to find. This spread of information has brought with it an increase in the general populace’s all around knowledge, making us all better prepared in the handling of potentially damaging situations. A key benefit to this proliferation of …
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