If you live anywhere around the region which includes Peoria, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Sun City, or Surprise, you’ll know that keeping your air condition in great running shape is very important for your comfort and for the quality of the air you breathe indoors. But have you ever thought about how it affects your cat or dog? Your pet is breathing the same air that you are, and it is affected in much the same way by the indoor air quality of your home. When your air conditioner or your furnace is not performing at peak efficiency, your four-legged friends are suffering just like you are.
Poor indoor air quality
When air is not being conditioned properly inside your home, it can lead to some serious respiratory issues, or even some cardiovascular problems, both of which can affect humans and pets. Air quality can easily be degraded by cooking fumes, mildew, cleaning products, and cigarette smoke, all of which can be harmful to your pets and yourself. For both your own well-being and for the safety of your feline/canine friends, healthy air quality needs to be maintained.
Simple enhancements
There are some very simple things you can do to improve air quality in the home, the first of which should be regularly cleaning your reusable filters, or discarding dirty filters which are not reusable. When you have pets in your home, filters are almost certain to attract animal hair, along with all the other pollutants it extracts, such as pollen, dirt, mold, and bacteria. No smoking should be allowed indoors at all, because smoke-laden air will be breathed in by everyone in the home, including pets.
If there are any cracks or gaps in the structure of your home, they could allow external contaminants inside, so these should be filled in somehow to prevent penetration by sources of contamination. It would also be a good idea to regularly groom your pets, because if they’ve been outside at all, they can easily bring in pollutants.
Air quality solutions
Beyond the simpler enhancements that you can do without incurring expense, you can also invest in the improvement of air quality by installing air purifiers, humidifiers, ventilation systems, and even ultraviolet lamps. All of these can enhance air quality in their own way, and should be considered as potential solutions depending on the specific shortcoming of your air quality. Having your ductwork cleaned at least once a year will also remove a great deal of debris and pollutants from your home’s air circulation network, and it will also improve air flow in general.
Call the professionals
To be sure that the air quality of your home is healthy enough for you and your pets, call the experts at Cool Blew Inc. and schedule an evaluation of your air quality. If any steps need to be taken to improve it, your HVAC specialists are sufficiently knowledgeable and experienced to make just the right recommendations for your home.
