Top 10 Ways to Improve your Indoor Air Quality

Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Qualityit. Such mold usually appears as white fuzz. This will
You may not realize it but the air quality in home orhelp to improve your indoor air quality. To prevent it in
business may be worse than you think, especiallythe future, be sure not to over water your plants.
during the winter months. In the winter, windows are6. Change Air Filters: To improve indoor air quality, air
rarely opened and the same stale warm air is usuallyfilters were all should be changed on a regular basis. It
reticulated throughout the building. Air quality is so poordoesn’t take long for the filters to fill with dust and
in fact that some studies have shown that indoor airother particles. But every particle caught by your filter
quality during the winter months is 10 times worse thanis one less you’ll have to breath in.
during other seasons. If you’d like to improve your7. Use Ventilating Fans: Ventilation fans exist for a
health, you should start with the air you breath. Herereason and that is to ventilate the areas where they
are 10 things that can improve your indoor air quality.exist. They are usually found in kitchens and
1. Decorate with Live Indoor Plants: Plants arebathrooms. It couldn’t hurt to install them in any area
nature’s way of cleaning air. There are manywith smoke or fumes such as a garage. In fact lots of
chemicals can contribute to poor indoor air quality andbilliard halls use them. They should pull unclean air out
many of the chemicals that make us sick are the onesof your house or building.
that plants thrive upon and convert to fresh air.8. Vacuum And Dust: It’s obvious to vacuum
2. Don’t Smoke Indoors: This tip seems to be acarpets you should also vacuum other areas such as
pretty obvious one, but can provide challenges foryour furniture and drapes. For these things it might be
regular smokers. But there are hundreds of dangerousbest to get a smaller hand held vacuum. You should
chemicals in smoke that can be harmful to your health.also dust weekly to keep the “dust mites” at
To protect the quality and freshness of your indoor airbay. You might want to wear a dust mask while
you should tell anyone that smokes, to do so outside.vacuuming because it can actually kick dust up
Some business’s especially bars and restaurantstemporarily.
now have areas with ventilation fans that pull9. Groom and Clean after Pets: Shedding hair can a
contaminants out of the air. which is the rule weproblem to your air quality, but with the better
implemented, which is another option during the wintervacuuming regular grooming you can solve a lot of the
months.problems. You should also regularly bath your pets and
3. Don’t use Aerosols: Aerosols can caseclean their areas or cages. For cats, it might help to
respiratory distress in those people with lung diseasemove your litter box into an area with less human
or asthma. Instead, substitute aerosols with othertraffic, like the garage.
products that do not disperse themselves into the air10. Let some fresh Air In: It might not be the most
or that use a spray bottle instead of usingpleasant thing to do in the winter, when it’s cold
compressed air in a can.outside, but maybe you could open the window while
4. Cleaning Your Shower Curtain and Humidifiers: Moistyou take a quick trip to the store. You’d be
environments encourage the growth of mold. Yousurprised out how big of a difference it makes.
should replace your shower curtain if it has a largeIf you follow these steps the air quality of your indoor
amount of mold on it. If the mold is minimal, you canair will improve dramatically, which will result you
remove the shower curtain and scrub it with aenjoying the indoor environment of your home or
household cleaner and rinse before re-hanging.business more and the improved health that comes
5. Check Plant’s Soil for Mold: If the potting soilwith better air.
you’re plant is growing in has mold you should repot