If you live in Texas, you know how beautiful the environment can be. With hundreds of different trees and grasses, it can be easy to be overwhelmed with the sights. It can also be easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of allergies that will pop up around the spring and fall. Whether you love to work outside or prefer to stay indoors, your indoor air quality could drop massively with the presence of allergens and other outside debris.
There are a lot of different ways that your indoor air quality can drop, but all of them have the same effect. Trying to avoid the runny nose and cough that comes with allergies doesn’t have to be difficult, which is why E+M Emergency Air Conditioning is here with solutions faster than you can say “yee-haw!” If you’re wondering how your symptoms can be caused by your HVAC system, look below for answers to those important questions.
Are Your Allergy Symptoms Caused By Your Air Conditioning?
While allergens usually come from trees and plants outside, there are plenty of ways that it can be tracked into your home. This means that allergens and airborne particulates can travel through your indoor air and stay there, eventually going into your lungs. These can irritate the lining of your airways, resulting in mucus and lots of coughing! Symptoms of allergies won’t come directly from your AC, but your AC can help reduce some of the symptoms over time!
How Allergies Come Indoors
Allergies can come indoors through a lot of different means. Because they come from trees and grass in the form of pollen, even just opening the door can allow for different forms of allergens to come in. These particulates will become worse over the spring and fall, generally lightening up around the winter and the summer. But that doesn’t mean they go away completely!
If you’re thinking you’re allergic to something other than pollen, then the origins can actually be from inside of your home. These can range from pets to dust and debris that builds up over time, but it all can end up in your lungs if these contaminates aren’t taken care of properly.
How You Can Lessen The Impacts Of Allergies
Making sure to take care of your HVAC system can really lessen the amount of impact that allergens can have on your body. Over time, allergens will build up and irritate the airways that cause coughing. To make these impacts less noticeable, you have to reduce the amount of allergens in the air. Regularly replacing your AC filters, and having your system serviced and cleaned will help. There are also a number of other solutions such as air cleaners or UV lights to help fight allergens inside your home. These will make you feel much better over a very short period of time.
Which IAQ Services Will Work Best For Me?
The best indoor air quality services for allergies are ones that directly eliminate them from the air, which will help your symptoms and prevent other debris from accumulating.
Air Filters
Air filters, specifically ones that are built to capture allergens, are going to be your best friend when you’re trying to reduce the amount of particles within the air. Changing your air filter every three months is a good way to decrease the allergens, but there is a stronger option. MERV filters are high powered, and while they require maintenance, they remove 99.99% of debris in the air. This means you can breathe easy and enjoy better indoor air quality!
Humidity Control
Two lesser known allergens are mold and mildew, which can build up over time in damp spots of your house. The most common areas for these to occur in are the kitchen and the bathroom. By having some humidity control features available with your AC system, you’ll lessen the amount of impact that humidity has for any of the wet areas within your home. Whole-home dehumidifiers are also an option for very humid homes.
Lifespan Of The AC System
UV Lights
UV lights can protect your AC coils from bacteria, mold spores and odor. It makes for a cleaner, more efficient energy-saving system.
Air Cleaners
Air Cleaners have technology that directly targets the pollutants. They reduce odors from mold, pets and old home smells. They reduce viruses, bacteria, mold spores and odors right at the source to give you the freshest air possible.
Fresh Air Ventilators
These are very common in homes now. They are actually required by code in new homes. But have you ever replaced the filter for yours? Sometimes these ventilators have a filter in the attic that homeowners don’t even know about. Other times they tie into your main ductwork and other filters.
However, these ventilators are letting in allergens every hour your AC system runs. They have their purpose, which is to let your home breath new healthy air every once in a while but is it making your allergies worse? Let us help you find out.
Call Now For Buda Air Quality Testing And HVAC Services!
Allergies can be an awful thing to experience, but you don’t have to power through them every season. At E+M Emergency Air Conditioning Services, you can call us anytime to schedule a service to eliminate pesky debris and allergens. We want Texas families to breathe easy, which is why we serve the Buda community so faithfully. We also offer seasonal maintenance agreements, so call today to start fighting back against allergies!
