Posted by Raymond Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning on Thu, Jul 01, 2010
Climate Change Predicts Longer, More Severe Allergies
Climate changes spell more misery for allergy and asthma sufferers in Lorain County, Ohio. Climatologists are predicting ever-increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the air we breathe. Lorain County allergists say this will mean longer and more severe allergy seasons for their patients. Increased carbon dioxide is good for plants, promoting faster growth and more pollen output. Unfortunately, that’s bad for allergy sufferers. It’s plant pollen that is most responsible for the sneezing, watery eyes and itchy sinus tissues that plague allergy sufferers. Adding insult to injury, researchers at the University of Maryland say elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide increase production of fungal spores, another significant cause of allergy reactions.
Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
High pollen and mold counts like those we’ve been having lately in Lorain County send allergy sufferers fleeing indoors to give their aching sinuses a rest. Energy-efficient air conditioners which filter out allergens and pollutants while circulating indoor air provide much needed relief to Lorain County allergy and asthma sufferers. Lorain County residents who have allergies or asthma should use allergen-reducing HEPA filters on their air conditioner and furnace. These fine-grained filters ensure that even small grains of pollen, mold spores and pollutants are trapped and removed from indoor air.
Call Raymond Plumbing For All Your Needs
Asking your Lorain County air conditioning professional to install a Carrier air cleaner can further filter and purify indoor air. Air cleaners are known to greatly increase breathing comfort for allergy and asthma sufferers. If you have problems with mold, you may also want to have your Lorain County heating and air conditioning professional install a Carrier UV Lamp on the indoor coil of your furnace/air conditioner. UV lamps kill dangerous mold spores and harmful bacterial, making your home a healthier, safer environment for the entire family.
Your trusted Lorain County plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractor can perform an AirAdvice Indoor Air Analysis to measure and pinpoint the allergens in your Lorain County home.
Posted by Raymond Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning on Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Summer is coming which means it’s time to get your air conditioner serviced by your Lorain County air conditioning professional. An annual air conditioner performance check is essential to ensuring that your A/C unit will function at peak performance all summer long. This year, many Lorain County residents are asking about having UV lamps installed on their air conditioners when they schedule their annual air conditioner performance check.
Install a UV Lamp on your Air Conditioner
UV or ultraviolet light has the ability to kill bacteria and mold. Spring is a particularly wet time in Lorain County which can enable bacteria and mold, both of which thrive in moist environments, to get a toehold inside air conditioner coils and components. When the hot, steamy days of summer arrive in Loraine County, bacteria and mold spores start multiplying at an exponential rate. If bacteria or mold settle on air conditioning components, the fan will circulate bacteria cells and mold spores throughout your entire home every time the unit runs. Since many people run their air conditioner fan continuously to augment even cooling, bacteria and mold can be circulating constantly through your Lorain County home all summer long.
UV Lamp Can Make this Summer a Healthy One
Bacteria cause colds, flu and a host of other diseases that can make your family ill. Mold spores can aggravate allergies and asthma, cause mildew to grow in bathrooms and kitchens and create an unpleasant odor. If bacteria and mold are being circulated in your air conditioning system, they can make your indoor environment unhealthy all summer long. Having your Lorain County air conditioning professional install a Carrier UV Lamp in your air conditioning unit will kill bacteria and mold right at the source before it can impact your home’s health. Installing a Carrier UV Lamp on your air conditioner will keep your family safe from bacteria and mold and make this summer a healthy one.
What are you doing to improve indoor air quality in your home?
Have you scheduled your home air conditioning performance check?
Posted by Raymond Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning on Wed, Nov 11, 2009
UV Lamp Can Improve Indoor Air Quality
The annoying cause of those unattractive black spots that mar your bathtub grout, mold and mildew are present in every home. Mold is part of life, nature’s way of recycling the environment. Outdoors, mold helps break down dead leaves and plant material into an earth-enriching mulch. It’s when mold starts to grow and fester indoors that it can impair the health of your family.
While some molds are beneficial to man (penicillin comes to mind), some can be very toxic when the gases they emit are inhaled. Black mold (stachybotrys) can make people severely ill and can even be life-threatening to those with respiratory illnesses. Black mold found in homes and buildings has prevented home sales and forced businesses to make expensive repairs.
The best way to prevent mold from becoming a problem is to stop it in its tracks. Your heating/cooling professional can add a state-of-the-art ultraviolet lamp to your furnace to rid your home of mold. Ultraviolet light kills mold growing on furnace coils before the fan can spread mold spores through your home. An added benefit, because UV light also kills bacteria, viruses and germs, this easy furnace add-on may help protect your family from seasonal and swine flu.
Once mold gets a toehold, it can be hard to control. Mold reproduces by generating spores that are released into the air and quickly spread through your home by furnace fans. When spores land on damp surfaces, they grow. Bathroom tubs and showers are usually the first place people notice mold growing, although mold can grow on any organic surface, including wallboard, wood, ceiling tiles, wallpaper and carpeting. Because mold thrives in dark, damp spaces, you may not see it growing inside walls or ceilings until it becomes a breathing hazard.
Install a UV Lamp on your Furnace
Mold spores can trigger allergies, asthma attacks and flu-like symptoms. Don’t put your family at risk. Have your heating professional install a UV lamp on your furnace.
What are you doing to improve indoor air quality in your home?
Have you scheduled your home heating performance check?