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A lot of people tend to focus on keeping as cool as possible during the summer. Why wouldn\u2019t you, with record heat waves hitting most of the country? The thing is, though, the temperature of the air in your home isn\u2019t the only thing that you need to worry about during the summer.<\/p>\n
Indoor air quality often suffers during this season, as people shut their doors and windows to help with climate control and end up cutting themselves off from the fresh air flow. Low indoor air quality can have wide-ranging effects on your health and comfort, so it\u2019s in your best interest to keep it as high as possible. Let\u2019s take a look at one of the best ways that you can keep your indoor air quality high this year: installing an air cleaner.<\/p>\n
One of the number one causes of low indoor air quality in homes is the presence of microscopic airborne contaminants. These contaminants include things like dust, dirt, pollen, dander, viruses, bacteria, and mold spores, to name a few. Normally, these contaminants are widely dispersed enough that your body can fairly easily defend against them. However, breathing in even small amounts of these contaminants over a long period of time can be enough to cause a wide range of problems. Allergy attacks, flu, asthma, and other nasty health issues are all caused or exacerbated by poor indoor air quality. This is why it\u2019s so important to remove those contaminants, and the best way to do that is with an air cleaner.<\/p>\n
There is a wide range of different types of air cleaners available on the market today, each of which is responsible for removing a different range of contaminants from your air. Air filters are the most common, and are simply fiber nets that capture contaminants carried into them by the air flow. Filters have the benefits of not needing power, and being pretty affordable for how effective they are. They do need to be changed every so often, though, so as to prevent becoming clogged.<\/p>\n
Ionization cleaners are another common type found in homes across the country. These systems release ion clouds during operation. The clouds cause contaminants that float through them to become too heavy to remain airborne. The contaminant particles collect on metal plates in the system, which can be removed and cleaned later.<\/p>\n
UV air purifiers don\u2019t physically remove contaminants. Instead, they bathe the air around them in ultraviolet radiation. This is harmless to people, but it kills most of the common germs that are found in the home\u2019s air supply. If you\u2019re worried about getting sick frequently during the year, this might be a good solution for you.<\/p>\n
DB Heating & Cooling, Inc. installs and services air cleaners of all kinds in Bergen County, NJ.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for the best air cleaner system for your home, contact us today to schedule an appointment<\/a> with one of our expert indoor air quality technicians. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have a look at why it’s a good idea to install an air cleaner in your home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[189,73],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indoor-air-quality","tag-air-cleaner-installation","tag-bergen-county"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1766,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions\/1766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}