Many of us may not be aware of the fact that indoor air quality is as important as the quality of air outside the homes. According the figures available the number of people suffering from various types of diseases, particularly with regard to breathing and allergic diseases almost 80% could be attributed to poor quality of indoor air. Hence, as responsible family member we should take all the steps necessary for ensuring the quality of air inside the home.
Indoor air pollutions: common dust, pollen, mold, mildew. algae, bacteria, plaster, construction materials, loose fiberglass, carpet fibers ,skin flakes, live and dead insects. Effects buildings, homes, offices, theaters, institutions, factories, airplanes and automobiles air quality .
There are a number of factors that could contribute to this and the most common and well known reason for poor quality of air inside the home could be due to carpets, furniture, upholsteries and also pets. There is one more major contributory factor and that is bad quality of ducts and vents. Many of us may ask the question as to how ducts and vents can play a role in compromising the quality of indoor air. Let us over the next few lines try and understand how ducts and vents can make or break the quality of air inside homes.
Particles of insects are huge asthma and allergy triggers.
Ducts and vents are basically used for the purpose of blowing conditioned air inside homes. It is now becoming more and more common for people to use centralized air conditioning systems, replacing singe units and split air conditioning units. There are quite a few benefits that accrue from such centralized air conditioning systems which is making people move towards this. While all this is fine, we have to keep in mind that unless these ducts and vents are properly maintained, they could lead to lot of complications and the primary casualty is the quality of indoor air.
Unclean ducts and vents gather lot of dust and other impurities. If this stage continues for a long period of time, automatically they become the source for the growth of bacteria, virus and other such microorganisms. When these virus and bacteria get blown inside homes and living rooms, they are certain to compromise the quality of air inside the house which could lead a lot of health problems.
Asthma, bronchitis and other such breathing related diseases are mainly caused because of the poor quality of indoor air. Hence the importance of proper maintenance of ducts and vents is the solution to overcoming problems related to poor quality of air inside homes. However, cleaning ducts and vents is not an easy job and it requires the help and assistance of professionals for proper cleaning of these ducts and vents. The biggest problem is that such vents and ducts are located at a height and hence we may need special equipment like ladders scaffolding apart from other accessories for prying open the ducts and cleaning them from inside.
While there are quite a few qualified technicians who are good at treating problems related to indoor air issues, identifying the right person is the challenge. A good duct and cleaning specialist must have years of experience apart from expertise and the availability of the required infrastructure to such difficult and complicated tasks.