| If you can't remember the last time that you had | | | | dirt and animal dander can fill up the areas of your air |
| your home or office air ducts cleaned, it's probably | | | | duct system and create problems. When the furnace |
| time to have them inspected and cleaned. On | | | | or air conditioner is turned on and running - which is |
| average, air ducts should be inspected and cleaned | | | | usually all through the year - these contaminants are |
| every two years to get rid of the contaminants that | | | | pulled into the ducts and are blown into the air that |
| get deposited along the passageways during the | | | | you breathe. Anyone in your family who suffers from |
| years of use. For those people with any sort of | | | | allergies or asthma or who have respiratory ailments |
| allergies, or that have asthma or pets, the cleaning | | | | such as the elderly, are especially vulnerable to the |
| should be done at least once a year - if not more | | | | effects of these airborne contaminants. Mold spores, |
| often. A good way to know if your air ducts need | | | | mildew and other forms of bacteria will find it easy |
| cleaning is to have a look at the air return grilles in | | | | to grow in the contaminants within your air ducts if |
| your wall. If there's any black along the grillwork at all, | | | | you neglect to have them cleaned By cleaning away |
| this is a good sign that there's also probably a buildup | | | | the dust and other contaminants in your home air |
| of contaminants in and along the walls of your air | | | | duct system you'll be able to have a healthier lifestyle |
| duct system. If you find that after thoroughly dusting | | | | for you and those around you. Some studies have |
| your home there's a thin layer of dust on everything | | | | found that the level of hazardous pollutants inside |
| again after a few hours, the air ventilation system in | | | | your home or office is 50 times higher than the air |
| your home is probably filled with dust and blowing it | | | | outside. More than sixty million people in North |
| around your home. The regular filters in your air duct | | | | America suffer from some form of allergy, with |
| system should be changed every three months | | | | children and the elderly being the most susceptible to |
| (simply because on average, they're only about | | | | respiratory ailments affected by airborne |
| seven percent effective at removing air | | | | contaminants. Because people spend the majority of |
| contaminants from the air). Some special media filters | | | | their life indoors (60-90%), the quality of the air you |
| only need to changed once a year, but if you have | | | | breathe needs to be of the highest quality - or at |
| any sort of allergy, pets or suffer from asthma, you | | | | least, as clean as you can make it. By having qualified |
| should think about changing them more often. If you | | | | and well-trained professionals come in and inspect |
| constantly find that the air in your home or office is | | | | your air duct systems on a regular basis, you'll be |
| stuffy and dry, you should have your air vents | | | | doing all you can to ensure that the air you breathe |
| inspected and cleaned. Having air duct systems that | | | | will be doing your health no harm. |
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