Indoor air quality is one concern that homeowners have when they decide to investigate air duct cleaning. Your heating and cooling system is the lungs of your home. The system taken air in and breathes air out.
Through normal occupation in a home, we generate a great deal of contaminants and air pollutants, such as dander, dust, and chemicals. These contaminants are pulled into the HVAC system and re-circulated 5 to 7 times per day, on average. Over time, this re-circulation causes a build-up of contaminants in the duct work.
While dirty ducts don’t necessarily mean unhealthy air in your home, school or workplace, they may be contributing to larger health issues or harboring contaminants that could cause serious problems for people with respiratory health conditions, autoimmune disorders or some environmental allergies.
“THE E.P.A. RANKS POOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY
AMONG THE TOP FIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS
TO PUBLIC HEALTH.”
(American Lung Association)
“THOSE WHO ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO INDOOR
AIR POLLUTION ARE CHILDREN, PREGNANT
WOMEN, AND THE ELDERLY?’ (National Safety Council)
“CONTAMINATED CENTRAL AIR HANDLING
SYSTEMS CAN BECOME BREEDING GROUNDS FOR
MOLD, MILDEW, AND OTHER SOURCES OF
BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS.”
(Environmental Protection Agency)
“50% OF ALL ILLNESS IS AGGRAVATED OR CAUSED
BY POLLUTED INDOOR AIR.”
(American College of Allergies)
”LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION INSIDE THE HOME
CAN BE TWO TO FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN
OUTDOOR LEVELS.” (Environmental Protection Agency)