See What’s the Major Pollutants in Your Home

Indoor air quality is a complex issue for homeowners. The types of pollutants found determine the air quality level. Indoor air quality is tested by a HVAC professional using detection and monitoring equipment.

The HVAC technician provides an inspection of the home and proceeds to the detection phase of indoor air quality testing.

There are generally five sources of major pollutants that ruin your home’s indoor air quality. These include:

. Solvents

. Gases

. Combustibles

. Adhesives used in construction materials

. HVAC heating and cooling ducts

Which Solvents Ruin Indoor Air Quality?

Solvents fall into two categories: organic and inorganic. Household cleaners like waxes, varnishes and paint are organic solvents. Inorganic solvents include ammonia and sulfuric acid.

These are less commonly found in households. HVAC specialists help determine whether these are contributing to indoor air quality problems. Solvents produce a range of symptoms like headaches, dizziness, eye, tract and respiratory irritation.

Combustibles Emit Pollutants

Most Winston-Salem homeowners use certain combustibles without realizing they emit pollutants that ruin indoor air quality. Items like insect sprays, cosmetic aerosol sprays, nail polish and nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol and a variety of bathroom cleaners emit noxious pollutants.

Adhesives Used In Construction

In many Winston-Salem homes adhesives like tile caulking, polyurethane for flooring, fiberboard, plywood, wall paneling and particleboard contain a certain amount of formaldehyde resins.

Gases as Major Pollutants

Stoves, ovens, space heaters and your furnace are one of the five sources of major pollutants. These produce carbon monoxide (CO). After your HVAC specialist inspects these sources, installation of a carbon monoxide detector helps alert occupants of a home to dangerous levels of CO gases. Discuss the installation of a CO monitor with your HVAC professional.

HVAC Heating and Cooling Ducts

Heating and cooling ducts pick up various odors from cooking or tobacco that cling to the interior walls of the ducting system. Over time, these ducts become clogged with dust and other debris that circulate throughout indoor air streams.

Depending on the type of heating fuel, mold and mildew may form inside ducts that should be properly removed by a professional with an industrial vacuum. If mold or mildew is discovered, the HVAC technician sanitizes the ducts to insure healthy indoor air quality is restored.

Safe, Healthy Indoor Air Quality

With five major sources of major pollutants that ruin you home’s air quality identified, a licensed HVAC technician will restore safe, healthy indoor air.

Stop ruining the air quality in your Winston-Salem, NC home. Call Blaze Air today at (336) 788-3222 to get further insight and assistance on this issue.