How To Improve The Air Quality In Your Home
It’s easy to overlook the indoor air quality of your home, but it actually has tremendous effects on your comfort and health. This is particularly true if you’re sensitive to pollutants in the air due to conditions such as allergies or asthma. In this article, we’re going to have a look at how to improve indoor air quality at home with a variety of different solutions.
Invest In A Heat Recovery Unit
One of the most effective strategies in our guide on how to improve air quality in the home is increasing the energy-efficient ventilation you have via a heat recovery unit. MVHR (mechanical ventilation with heat recovery) works by extracting air from inside the home and replacing it with fresh air from outside, but crucially keeps your house heated by transferring the heat energy in the expelled air to the fresh air as it comes in. This allows you to continually cycle in fresh air and improve air quality while also keeping the home heated, and keep bills down while you’re at it.
Maintain Ideal Humidity Levels In The Home
Ideally, you want your indoor humidity to be anywhere between 40-60%. Too high, and the humidity will cause excessive mould growth, filling the air with potentially harmful pollutants and drastically decreasing the air quality. Too low, and the air becomes too dry and can irritate your respiratory system. You can make use of a humidifier or dehumidifier as appropriate to ensure that your indoor humidity is at the right level for optimal air quality.
Upgrade To Energy-Efficient Radiators
Energy-efficient aluminium radiators have a lot of benefits that they bring to a home, and one of them is their contribution to enhancing the air quality in your home. Conventional steel radiators create localised ‘hotspots’ of high temperatures and leave other spaces cold, which accelerates mould growth. Our aluminium radiators do not reach excessively high temperatures or create dramatic air flows in the house, or cause other problems for your air quality.
Keep Your Home Clean
A simple way tip on how to improve air quality in the home is to make sure that you’re keeping your house clean. Regularly dust using damp cloths to keep particles from launching into the air, and use a vacuum cleaner to remove as much dust as possible. Wash bedding, rugs and curtains regularly as well. These simple tips will help you to keep your home as dust-free as possible.
Choose Underfloor Heating
Underfloor heating systems are a great solution to poor air quality in your home. Inconsistent temperatures and circulation are one of the biggest things that allow pollutants in the air to thrive. Underfloor heating creates an even distribution of heat throughout the whole room, preventing the circulation of debris in the air while also being a highly efficient and comfortable source of heating for your home.
We hope this guide on how to improve air quality in your home has been useful. If you have any questions about any of the top-quality heating solutions we’ve talked about, then don’t hesitate to give us a call. Pipelife has over 50 years of experience in delivering incredible energy-efficient heating solutions, and we’re eager to help you optimise your home heating.