Good indoor air quality (IAQ) impacts your daily living, helping you feel better and sleep better. Here are a few habits you should change if you want to improve the air quality you breathe in your Portales, NM, home:
Failing to Ventilate Your Home
When you do things like cook, paint or clean your home, chemicals or odors float in your home’s air. Opening your windows occasionally will help ventilate your home and keep air from becoming stagnant. Investing in a whole-home ventilation system is an even more effective way of ventilating your house.
Never Changing Your HVAC Filter
Of all the tasks you should do to maintain good home air quality, changing your HVAC filter is among the fastest and easiest. When you replace or clean that filter, you help remove the built-up debris that it prevented from entering the HVAC system.
That buildup can block fresh air from getting in, which makes your HVAC system work harder to pull in air. In addition to worsening your air quality, this can cause premature wear and tear on your system and shorten its service life. Changing or cleaning the filter every two to three months helps preserve the lifespan of your HVAC system.
Not Scheduling Routine HVAC Maintenance
Another habit that can lead to poor IAQ is never having your HVAC system looked at by a professional. When a system works well, it may not seem important to have it inspected. You should have your HVAC system serviced at least once per year to help keep it in good shape.
Those yearly inspections are an opportunity to spot problems that are just beginning to form, and it’s a lot simpler and cheaper to repair them when they’re relatively small. You gain peace of mind knowing that your HVAC system is in great shape and keeping air flowing as it should.
Don’t let your indoor air affect your comfort and health. Contact our team at I.T.S. Refrigeration & Heating, Inc. to schedule home air quality services in Portales, NM.
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