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How It Works
What is Indoor Air Quality?
You can't see air quality, but it affects the health and comfort of everyone in your home.
The Basics
Because we spend most of our lives indoors, indoor air quality has a massive impact on our health and comfort.
We can improve your indoor air quality with:
- Ventilation
- Filtration
- Purification
- Humidity control
Why Indoor Air Quality Matters
Poor air quality can cause a variety of debilitating or fatal health effects. These can be as small as irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat. They can be as large as respiratory disease, heart disease, and cancer.
Poor air quality can also lead to damaged walls, floors, and furnishings, as well as promote mold and mildew growth throughout the home.
How We Can Improve Indoor Air Quality in Your Home
Fresh Air Ventilation
The air inside your home can be 5x more polluted than the air outside. That’s because homes are being built tighter, making it harder for your home to inhale and exhale.
Fresh air ventilation brings in air from the outside to dilute stagnant indoor air and remove airborne contaminants, while using minimal energy.
Over time, outdoor air replaces indoor air. This is referred to as the air exchange rate. According to the ASHRAE, the average home should have 0.35 air changes per hour, and no less than 15 cubic feet of air per minute per person.
Improve your home's ventilation with whole-house mechanical ventilation systems, kitchen and bathroom fans, and natural ventilation (opening windos and doors).
Air Filtration & Purification
A single cubic foot of air can be packed with over 30 million pollutants. This includes dust, mold spores, allergens, and more. Proper filtration of the air in the home is key to removing harmful particulates.
MERV 16 air filters provide the highest rate of effectiveness, capturing 98% of airborne viruses. Pair that with an ultraviolet light and you’ve got the power to fight back against mold, bacteria, mildew, and viruses.
Humidity Control
Maintaining balanced humidity is key to overall wellness, minimizing virus survival rates, curbing mold and mildew growth, and preserving items in your home like wood furnishings.
Ideal relative humidity falls between 40% to 60%. If the air is too dry, you can expect colder temperatures, skin and eye irritation, increased static electricity, reduced resistance to respiratory illnesses, and nosebleeds. If the air is too moist, you can expect higher temperatures, breathing difficulty, and increased growth of bacteria and viruses.
We can install humidity control systems to keep your air comfortable, healthy, and safe.
Radon Control
Radon is a naturally occuring gas, and is the #1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. While it isn't a threat outdoors, it is easily trapped indoors by passing through cracks or holes in your foundation. Currently, radon is a significant concern in most areas in the United States. Because it’s odorless and colorless, the only way to know if you’re being exposed is to test.
Radon test kits and radon mitigation fans are available to help detect and bring down high levels of radon.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your quote for a new air quality system will include the cost of the system itself and the cost of professional installation along with payment and financing options. A 1-year labor warranty from The Home Depot is included with this service at no additional charge and individual product warranties may apply.
Air quality solutions are not one-size-fits-all, since every home is different. One of our experts can give you personalized recommendations for your home based on your concerns during a free phone consultation, or we can schedule a time to come to your home. Other steps you can take to improve your indoor air quality include:
- Change your air filters, in general, every 2-3 months and use HEPA filters. Home Depot’s air filter subscriptions can help you remember when it’s time for a new one.
- Keep your heating, cooling and air purifier systems in good working order with regular HVAC maintenance.
- Open your windows for 15-30 minutes per day to ventilate your home with fresh air if outdoor conditions are safe.
- Use low- or no-VOC or eco-friendly paints and household cleaners.
- Turn on your stovetop’s exhaust fan or open windows while cooking.
- Don’t smoke or vape indoors.
Some ways to tell that you may have a problem with indoor air quality are: asthma, allergy and other respiratory symptoms, such as sniffling and sneezing; dogs and/or cats in the home; living in a city with smog problems; odors tend to linger in your home; and your furnace or air conditioner require frequent cleaning.
There are both portable air purifiers, which are designed to treat the air in one room or area of the home, and whole-home air purifiers, which can be added to your heating and cooling system and treat all household air. Whole-home air purifiers clean household air using specialized air filters that are added to the ductwork of your heating and cooling system, such as media filters, electrostatic filters, electronic filters and UV filters.
Outdoor air enters the home by three primary means: natural ventilation, mechanical means, and infiltration.
Natural ventilation refers to the air exchanged by opening doors and windows. Mechanical means refers to outdoor air intakes associated with HVAC systems, and outdoor-vented fans like you would find in a bathroom or kitchen. Infiltration is process of air flowing in through cracks in the walls or foundation, joints, floors and ceilings, and other similar openings.
HEPA refers to a pleated mechanical air filter used to remove particulates from the air. HEPA is short for high effeciency particulate air filter.
The level of filtration offered by HEPA filters are measured by a MERV rating. MERV is short for minimum efficiency reporting values, which describes the size of particles a filter can capture.
The higher the MERV rating, the better a given filter is able to capture specific particles.
Related Services
During a maintenance appointment, we will:
- Check overall system performance - Inspect system components for defects, wear or potential issues - Tighten, adjust, flush, lubricate, and calibrate accessible components
- We service all brands and types of equipment
- All repairs carry a 90-day labor guarantee
- Same day service may be available
