Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Air Quality

Research shows that indoor air quality can affect productivity, lead to more rapid spread of germs affecting staff and visitor wellbeing as well as an increases in non-specific ailments often leading to increased staff absence and sickness levels.

The artificial environments we create as work and leisure spaces are often tightly sealed ‘boxes’ that can provide the ideal breeding grounds for germs and a captive environment for allergens unless a policy of excellence in air hygiene is followed.

Great consideration is given to the quality of air in the general environment and its effect on people’s health and wellbeing but not enough attention is often given to the air we breathe in the spaces where we spend most of our time.

Air Duct cleaning

FACT: Air ducts are found virtually in every building in every city. Over 200 billion linear feet of air ducts have been installed since early 1900.

A 1984 World Health Organization committee report indicated that buildings worldwide are the subject of excessive complaints and disorders related to indoor air quality

According to the EPA  report (1991) on Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), the Heating , Ventilation & Air Conditioning System ( HVAC )is the major factor to SBS and contributor to biological and chemical contamination indoors.

VentClean solves all these problems; it cleans and disinfects all types of air ducts and ventilation systems in a cost effective manner, saving homeowners, building owners and companies millions of dollars annually using our internationally proven duct cleaning methods.

How can a Duct Cleaning Expert Help You?

How can a Duct Cleaning Expert Help You?

The air that you breathe, is one of the most important factors regarding you health. With poorly maintainted air ducts and filters, you increase the amount of bacteria, mold, viruses, dust mites, and much more harmful pollutants, that is circulating in your home. you increase the amount of bacteria, mold, viruses, dust mites, and much more harmful pollutants, that is circulating in your home. you increase the amount of bacteria, mold, viruses, dust mites, and much more harmful pollutants, that is circulating in your home.

Quality: An Introduction for Health Professionals

Quality: An Introduction for Health Professionals and The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality for guidance on identifying possible indoor air quality problems and ways to prevent or fix them.

You may consider having your air ducts cleaned simply because it seems logical that air ducts will get dirty over time and should occasionally be cleaned. While the debate about the value of periodic duct cleaning continues, no evidence suggests that such cleaning would be detrimental,provided that it is done properly.

On the other hand, if a service provider fails to follow proper duct cleaning procedures, duct cleaning can cause indoor air problems. For example, an inadequate vacuum collection system can release more dust, dirt, and other contaminants than if you had left the ducts alone. A careless or inadequately trained service provider can damage your ducts or heating and cooling system, possibly increasing your heating and air conditioning costs or forcing you to undertake difficult and costly repairs or replacements.

Do You Know How to Check Your Air Quality?

Do You Know How to Check Your Air Quality?

Heating and air conditioning ducts which are dark, damp and rich in "nutrients" provide an excellent breeding ground for mold, fungi and dust mites. These allergens can spread rapidly since the air ducts are used to heat and cool the house. Poor ventilation allowing fresh outside air indoors and dirty filters are also major contributors to unhealthy contaminates in the home. Mold and fungi can cause "discomfort", infections and commonly trigger allergic reactions.. While it is true that air duct cleaning alone does not cure health conditions like Asthma, allergies and other respiratory related conditions, vent cleaning does however, play an important role in prevention and treatment. By cleaning your HVAC system you will remove allergens like dust and mold from the duct work as well as residue from cigarette smoke.

What is Air Duct Cleaning?

What is Air Duct Cleaning? Most people are now aware that indoor air pollution is an issue of growing concern and increased visibility. Many companies are marketing products and services intended to improve the quality of your indoor air. You have probably seen an advertisement, received a coupon in the mail, or been approached directly by a company offering to clean your air ducts as a means of improving your home's indoor air quality. These services typically -- but not always -- range in cost from $450 to $1,000 per heating and cooling system, depending on the services offered, the size of the system to be cleaned, system accessibility, climatic region, and level of contamination. Duct cleaning generally refers to the cleaning of various heating and cooling system components of forced air systems, including the supply and return air ducts and registers, grilles and diffusers, heat exchangers heating and cooling coils, condensate drain pans (drip pans), fan motor and fan housing, and the air handling unit housing

The Do-It-Yourself Cleaning

The Do-It-Yourself Cleaning

There are things that you may need to have in order to do the cleaning on your own. Some of these are furnace filter, a vacuum (even the usual household vacuum will do the job), a brush, a screwdriver and paper towels. The first thing to do in cleaning your ventilation duct system is to cover the supply air register with the paper towel so as to keep the dusts from falling out. There are a whole process for this but the most important thing to remember is to not shut the thermostat off.