When spring arrives, you might find yourself coughing, sneezing and sniffling whenever you step outside. Your house may seem like a safe retreat, but homes with poor indoor quality (IAQ) could trigger your allergies just as severely as outdoor irritants. Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning can help you resolve this issue with air quality solutions in Atoka, TN.
What Influences Your Air Quality?
Pollen, dust, pet dander and other allergens lower your IAQ. Allergens can enter your house through doors, windows, and leaky ductwork. Once they enter your HVAC system, the ductwork circulates particles throughout your house, causing asthma attacks and allergic reactions. You might also notice insomnia, poor concentration, excessive dust, and eye, nose, and throat irritation.
How Do You Test Your Air?
You can hire a professional inspector or buy a kit and send a sample to a third-party laboratory. In return, you’ll receive a report with more information about the contaminants in your air plus treatment recommendations. The report may list allergens, VOCs, gases, mold, and other pollutants.
How to Improve Your Air Quality
Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning offers several products and services designed to improve your air quality. Some target a specific area, while others treat your entire house. Once you’ve invested in a solution, keep dusting and ventilating your house regularly to reduce the number of particles.
Air Filters
Your HVAC system has air filters that trap dirt, debris, pollen, and contaminants. When your filters become clogged, dirty air starts to circulate throughout your house. Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning recommends changing your filters at least once every 90 days to keep your air clean. We can replace your filters as part of our HVAC maintenance plan.
Air Purifiers
Air purifiers are portable devices that cleanse the air in a single room. They use a fan to draw air into the unit, then pass the air through a filter that collects particles and release fresh air into your space. They’re safe to operate at any time of day, even while you’re sleeping. Periodically, you’ll have to replace the air filter.
Most air purifiers remove pollen, dust, pet dander, and other allergens. If you’re worried about viruses, some air purifiers use UV rays or electric fields to sanitize the air. Others remove odors with activated carbon filters. Let Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning know about your needs so that we can recommend the right air purifier products.
Duct Cleaning
Over time, dirt and grime build up inside your ductwork. You might notice dust or debris around your vents and excessive dust build-up around the house. Leaky ductwork is particularly susceptible because unfiltered air slips through the cracks. When left untreated, your ductwork keeps circulating grimy air throughout your residence.
Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning performs duct cleaning services that restore your IAQ. Before an appointment, try moving furniture and appliances out of the way to give us easy access to your vents. We’ll inspect your system, then use brushes and vacuums to extract dust from your ductwork. Our team will also clean your grates and let you know if we detect air leaks.
Whole-Home Dehumidifiers
Humidity can make your allergies worse because excessive moisture encourages mold growth. Whole-home dehumidifiers lower humidity in the entire house, reducing the risk of mold, mildew and dust mites. These systems are pricier than portable dehumidifiers, but they’re more efficient and easier than managing several individual units. They also help your AC manage moisture levels.
Installers can attach a whole-house dehumidifier to your HVAC system or install a new duct for the unit. When the sensors detect excessive humidity, the dehumidifier pulls air into the unit, where the moisture condenses and exits your house through a drain line. Some dehumidifiers also come with ventilators that treat fresh air.
Whole-Home Humidifiers
Dry air can be just as bad for your allergies as excessive humidity. The dryness causes respiratory irritation that worsens your allergy symptoms. Dry air also makes it harder to blow your nose for relief.
Whole-house humidifiers and dehumidifiers can damage the moisture levels throughout your home. Humidifiers increase moisture by evaporating water inside the unit, then distributing this air throughout your ductwork. The evaporated water raises moisture levels and provides relief from dryness and irritation. These units require a steady water supply to operate, so you may notice a bump in your water bill. Dehumidifiers have the reverse effect, pulling excess moisture from the air.
Explore Air Quality Solutions
Located in Atoka, Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning installs air purifiers, humidifiers and dehumidifiers and cleans ductwork and replaces HVAC filters for homeowners here in surrounding areas of Tennessee. Our product selection includes the Reme Halo air purifier and TRANE CleanEffects Whole Home Air Cleaner.
Contact Infinity Heating and Air Conditioning today to start enjoying fresher air!
