How clean is your air?

Creating a healthy home to ensure the health and comfort of your family is probably one of your top priorities, but did you know that the air inside your home will be affecting both? With most of us spending up to 90% of our lives indoors, maintaining clean and healthy air is crucial particularly for older family members and kids.

Indoor air quality, or IAQ, is a measure of how healthy and clean the air inside your home is. IAQ is affected by moisture, mould, and other small particles. If you want your family to breathe clean and healthy air, you need to find ways to reduce and remove these from your home. 

Here are some of our quick tips on how to create a healthy home by reducing moisture, mould and more in your home:

#1: Let your extraction fan do its job. Always use your extraction fan during and after showering to remove all the moisture and steam. Just because you’ve stopped the water, doesn’t mean there isn't still a bunch of steam in the air!

#2: Let your dishwasher finish. Have you ever opened a dishwasher before it has finished drying and gotten a face full of steam? Let it finish its drying cycle so that moisture goes down the drain, not into your kitchen.

#3: Open all your doors and windows. This one might seem simple, but it can have a huge effect! Simply opening your doors and windows during the day will help purge the moist and stale overnight air with clean fresh air. This is especially important during winter.

#4: Use electric heating methods. Avoid unflued gas heaters and older fireplaces. Unflued gas heaters can produce more moisture than your average shower and open fireplaces can release particles that irritate your lungs. Electric heating methods, like heat pumps and oil heaters, are much better for your family's health and home’s IAQ.