Is It Time for an Air Purifier?

Your home may have poor air quality if you or your family members have frequent allergic reactions. Common allergens include pollen, dust, mold, and tobacco smoke. While some people react to one type of allergen, others react to multiple irritants.

If the allergies appear to flare up from nowhere, they have likely settled on the carpets, bedding, clothing, and other areas. Thus, you disturb the allergens every time you lay down, wear clothes, or walk across the floor. Air purifiers remove a large portion of these irritants. Keep the purifier on at all times for the best results.

For people living with asthma, the quality of indoor air is critical. If you or members of your household have worsened asthma conditions, there may be too many irritants in the air. Pet dander, dust mites, and pollen make asthma challenging to manage. Get an air filter for easier breathing and reduced asthma attacks.

Foul odors and smells can make your home uncomfortable. When you have taken out the trash, checked the bathroom, and there's still an unpleasant smell, get an air purifier. The best models for offensive odors have activated carbon to trap the particles that cause the smells.

Air purifiers remove VOCs, which are organic chemicals leftover from everyday household items like soaps, candles, cleaning solutions, and perfumes. Purifiers are also helpful for odors from aromatic foods, garbage smells, and cigarette smoke odor.

If you detect mold in your home, there are too many mold spores in the indoor air. The best way to discourage mold reproduction is to prevent the circulation of the spores as they travel quickly through the air. An air purifier draws in the indoor air to trap the mold spores. Some models also use UV light to prevent mold reproduction via the trapped spores. However, if there's visible mold growth, remove it first before you install an air purifier.

Air pollutants can make it difficult to have a restful sleep. After all, it's pretty hard to fall asleep while sneezing or with sinus headaches and a stuffy nose. Air quality issues can suddenly make you or a loved one a snorer, as allergens can congest your airways. As a result, you get inadequate sleep, which affects your daily productivity. Air purifiers circulate fresh air in your bedroom, so you enjoy restorative sleep.

It's normal to have as little dust in the home. However, you may require an air filter if you frequently wipe dust from furnishings. You can even spot the dust particles on sunny days if the indoor air quality is poor. Dust causes the home to be stuffy and irritates the throat, nose, and eyes.

Fortunately, air purifiers have mechanical filtration to remove dust particles. Additionally, check for the source of the dust, whether it's your pets, dust mites, or too much leftover food at any given time.

If you want better indoor air quality, our HVAC technicians at Garden Spot Mechanical will help you select the best air purifier for your home. We will easily install a purification system for immediate results, and you can say goodbye to unpleasant odors, dust, mold, and allergies. Contact our HVAC team today to make your home allergen-free.