3 Bad IAQ Habits to Break Today in Jupiter, FL

You spend a lot of time in your Jupiter, FL home, which makes your indoor air quality (IAQ) incredibly important. If you have any of these three habits, you’re lowering your own IAQ.

1. Smoking Inside Your House

The health risks associated with smoking are well-documented. However, smoking inside your home has the potential to lower your indoor air quality, even after the cigarette goes out. The chemicals present in cigarette smoke can permeate carpet, furniture and more as it lowers your indoor air quality.

2. Skipping Maintenance

Do you change your HVAC filters every three months? If not, you’re probably subjecting yourself to lower indoor air quality. Putting off filter changes and maintenance is a common but costly habit you should break immediately.

3. Neglecting Animal Grooming

While you undoubtedly love your pets, it’s important to note how they impact IAQ. Pets track in a lot of dust, dirt and other debris on their coats and generate all kinds of air pollutants in your home that clog up your HVAC filters. Even if you don’t want to invest in professional grooming, there are plenty of steps you can take on your own.

To protect indoor air quality and reduce pet odors, it’s important to brush, bathe and groom your pet regularly, as recommended by your vet. You should also keep up with changing their bedding and relief station, wash food and water bowls and dust and vacuum regularly to catch fur and pet dander that sticks to furniture, rugs and carpets. It’s a lot of work, but it makes a huge impact on IAQ.

If any of these bad IAQ habits sound familiar, break them today! Contact us at Stephen K. Denny, Inc. to explore IAQ upgrades for your home.

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