Air Quality Services That Can Improve Your Health

When many people hear “air quality,” they automatically think of the outdoors and pollution. However, air quality isn’t just related to the outdoor environment. It also refers to the indoor environment. In some places, indoor air quality can be more hazardous than outside — especially without proper care and maintenance to keep the air clean. 

Health problems associated with bad indoor air quality can include:

  • Common cold symptoms
  • Asthma
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Lung cancer
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • And more! 

Martens Heating & Cooling offers air quality services that help you breathe easy in your home or business all year round, including during Wisconsin’s brutal winter cold and flu season. Below are some services to keep you healthy. 

Humidification

Humidification is important, especially during the chilly fall and winter months when we’re running our furnaces here in Wisconsin. The ideal indoor humidity is 30-50%, according to the Mayo Clinic

In an article from Healthline, adding humidity to your home or business can help prevent dry skin, eye irritation, and dry sinuses caused by dry air. Humidity can also prevent flu viruses by making them inactive and keeping them below a level that promotes mold growth. 

Proper humidity levels can also prevent damage to woodwork in your home or business. The right amount of moisture prevents cracking or warping, allowing you to stay happy and healthy and your business or home to remain intact.

Dehumidification 

Sometimes you can have the opposite problem, where there’s too much moisture in your home or commercial space. We see a lot of additional moisture in Wisconsin basements, especially during the spring and summer months. 

Healthline notes that dehumidifiers can reduce allergy symptoms of wheezing, sneezing, chest pain, eye irritation, and itching. It can also help to reduce allergy triggers of mold, dust mites, pollen, and animal dander. Too much moisture in the air can trigger these symptoms.

Like too little humidity, too much humidity can also cause damage to the wood in your home. Your wood floors or furniture can expand and deteriorate, causing cracking and splitting  

Stand-alone or ducted dehumidifiers can help to remove humidity if your home or business is currently above the ideal amount. 

If you’re buying dehumidifiers from big box stores, it can be a pain to dump the water once it’s full and keep cycling air. Not to mention, a small unit can cost anywhere from $800 to $1,200 and may not cover your whole space. 

Working with a professional HVAC business like Martens Heating & Cooling is cheaper than individual units from big box stores and can help with humidity for longer. Plus, you’ll have financing options to buy today and pay over time. 

Filter Media Cabinets 

Media filters are housed in metal cabinet-like containers. These media air cleaners are installed in HVAC return ducts to capture pollutants, dust, mold, dander, bacteria, fungi, and pollen before these particles enter your home or business. 

These media filters can last for 6 to 12 months before they need to be replaced in comparison to traditional HVAC filters that should be replaced every 30 days. 

Made of deeply pleated, paper-like material, filter media cabinets have been shown to remove 10x more particulate than a standard 1-inch filter. 

UV Lights

UV lights kill the bacteria, viruses, and fungi hiding inside your HVAC system and can help combat airborne pathogens in your home or business. 

By installing UV lights in your ducts, you can improve the overall air quality of your indoor air throughout the year. You’ll also increase the efficiency of your HVAC system by allowing the air to be as clean as possible as it passes through the system naturally. 

In fact, many hospitals use these lights to help maintain sanitary, germ-free air. In an article from UV Resources, mold and some bacteria can grow in damp areas around the cooling coils, drain pans, plenum walls, and filters of HVAC systems. A UV light can help to remove around 35% of infection in the air.  

Contact Martens Heating & Cooling Today for Air Quality Services

If you want to ensure your indoor air quality is pure, contact us today. Martens Heating & Cooling provides air quality services and 24/7 emergency services throughout Appleton, Berlin, Menasha, Neenah, Omro, Oshkosh, Ripon, and Winneconne. Give us a call at (920) 325-4480 now!

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