How Cleaning Your Ducts Can Improve Your Home's Air Quality

Indoor air pollution is nothing to sneeze at – no pun intended.

It sounds like a fictitious problem, but the dangers are very real. The EPA ranks indoor air pollution as a top five risk to public health, and the WHO links it to several diseases such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease, and COPD.

Indoor air pollution can come from a variety of products, many of which we use every day. We think that these products are completely safe; after all there's no warning label and some of these goods are even labeled as “all natural”. Some potentially harmful products include kitchen and bathroom cleaners, candles, heating equipment, paint, furniture, and ironically – air fresheners.

To combat indoor air pollution, many people invest in HEPA air filters for their homes. While this is an effective way to remove some of the airborne contaminants floating around your home, it is nothing more than a band-aid approach.

To really fix the problem, you have to eliminate the source of what is causing it. Here is an easy comparison to understand this: think about rotten food stinking up your fridge. Which is the more effective way to clear out the odor – placing an open box of baking soda on the top shelf, or throwing the rotten food away? The answer is obviously to remove the source of the problem, and the same logic applies to indoor air quality.

One of the most surprising sources of indoor air pollution stems from your home's air ducts. An afterthought to most people, these ducts can collect all kinds of nasty pollutants such as:

• Dust
• Mold
• Pet Dander
• Pollen
• Pest Droppings

Once these contaminants are in your air ducts, they can use them as a means of transportation to spread throughout your entire home. The only way to prevent this is by having your ducts professionally cleaned.

Duct cleaning is not something to do on your own, as it requires specialized knowledge, industrial-sized rotary brushes, and truck-mounted vacuums to get the job done right. It is recommended to get your air ducts cleaned every 3-5 years, but it should be more often than that if you own pets or smoke in your home.

If you live on Long Island, contact GreenPro Cleaning & Restoration for all of your air duct cleaning needs. We serve all of Nassau County and Suffolk County, so call us today for a free quote at (631) 940-8100.