As spring blooms in the Grand Traverse County area, pollen allergies begin to flare. Hiding inside won’t always keep you safe, though. Your own home can also aggravate your allergies to pollen, mold, dust mites, and pet dander.
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How Your Home Could Be Causing Your Allergies
April 13, 2017 at 9:00 am in IAQ - Indoor Air Quality
Insulation: The Best Types
March 23, 2017 at 9:00 am in Insulation
How to keep your home warm and comfortable in an efficient manner may cross your mind quite often during the winter in the Traverse City area. Sure, you can keep cranking up the thermostat temperature whenever you’re too cool, but you probably don’t want sky-high heating bills. By far, the more cost-efficient way to keep your home comfortable is using the right insulation types in the right places.
How to Control Dust All Over Your House
February 28, 2017 at 9:00 am in IAQ - Indoor Air Quality
Controlling dust in your home may seem like a never-ending chore. However, if you want a cleaner home with more healthful indoor air quality, you’re going to have to deal with dust regularly. This is especially true during the winter when you’re spending more time indoors. So, before you pick up that feather duster, read on to learn more effective ways to control dust.
These Areas of Your House Need the Most Ventilation
February 16, 2017 at 9:00 am in IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation
Good ventilation is very important in any home, helping to ensure that indoor air remains healthy and comfortable for your home’s occupants by working to prevent the buildup of pollutants, odors and humidity inside the home. While good airflow is important throughout your home, there are specific areas that need the most ventilation.
Heat and Humidity: Find the Right Balance
February 14, 2017 at 9:00 am in Heating
Getting the right balance of humidity in the home can be a challenge. Often, in the summer, it seems as if conditions are too moist, while in the winter, the indoor air quality may be too dry. Read on to learn how to maintain the right balance in your home, all year long.
Considering Improving Your Home’s IAQ With UV Lights?
February 2, 2017 at 9:00 am in IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, UV Lights
Depending on factors in your home – including unique circumstances that help create dirty indoor air and threaten the health of family members – you may want to consider escalating efforts to improve indoor air quality. One proven method is to install UV lights, also known as a germicidal ultraviolet light system.
Furnace Odors: What They Could Mean
January 31, 2017 at 9:00 am in Furnaces
Is your Grand Traverse County home plagued by a furnace smell that you can’t seem to identify? The problem could be a number of things, so to help you out, we’ve compiled a list of possible odors:
Pros and Cons of Water Source Heat vs. Ground Source Heat
January 24, 2017 at 9:00 am in Geothermal
Ground source and water source geothermal heat pumps both extract free heat energy from the earth in winter and disperse it back to the earth during summer. However, each derives that heat from a different place.
Radiant Heating: Warmth From the Ground Up
January 17, 2017 at 9:00 am in Heating
In climates with long, cold winters, radiant heating is generally regarded as the most comfortable, although forced-air heating systems still dominate, even in Michigan. Radiant heat mimics the sun. It heats objects instead of the air, and by doing so, creates even, long-lasting heat.
Humidifier: How it Can Help During Heating Season
December 27, 2016 at 9:00 am in Humidifier
Once winter weather arrives, outdoor humidity levels drop because cold air doesn’t hold moisture like warm air does. Running the furnace pulls more moisture out of your air supply and can make the indoor humidity fall to desert-like levels. Investing in a humidifier is the best way to replace depleted moisture and raise the humidity level back to an optimal 45–55 percent range.