Air Quality
The air you breathe inside is just as important as the air you breathe outside. Especially since research has shown that we spend almost 90% of our time indoors. Indoor pollutants include such things as mold, off gassing from paints, building materials, and furniture, dust, pollen, cleaning products, vapors from heated appliances such as space heaters, and many other invisible air borne irritants. Additionally, as construction quality improves and houses are becoming better insulated and sealed, very little air is being exchanged between the inside and out. This also occurs in the winter when we keep our houses as sealed as possible. This helps with your energy bills but also means that the inside air is continually being re-circulated causing the air quality to become compromised.
There are several different kinds of appliances and air quality systems available to improve the air you breathe. At R&B we offer and service a “healthy” variety of improvements from a simple furnace filter to an entire air filtration system. We also help you access any available Federal Tax Credits for qualifying ventilation additions to your home.
Air quality improvement can be divided into three broad categories:
- Source control, which is doing what you can to eliminate contaminants by being careful of what products you bring into your home.
- Ventilation, which is various methods of bringing fresh outside air into your home, and;
- Air Cleaning, which involves cleaning the air that is circulating inside your home.
At R&B, we will help you choose the product right for your home taking into consideration budget, energy use, maintenance, and filter costs. The options can be overwhelming so let our experienced staff help you assemble an air quality system that will work best within your budget and with your home’s heating requirements.
