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Get proactive regarding respiratory health with whole house air purifier

Don’t feel alone. We are all desperately attempting to maintain whatever new normal that we can. It’s actually getting a bit easier as I am now accustomed to the various steps that I take to keep myself safe. While I have been able to work from home, my wife had to go back to her retail job. There wasn’t really much choice given the financial repercussions. So, she ventured outside the security of our HVAC controlled home. This got me to thinking about how I could get more proactive when it comes to the virus and my immune health. I want to be sure our immune systems are the best they can be. So, I chose to take the indoor air quality to a more healthy level. I called the HVAC people and they are coming out to install a whole house air purifier. This system will actually go inside the HVAC air handler. Once its working, it will treat the filtered air that comes from the return. AS the air flows into the filter, high intensity UV light actively destroys the DNA of airborne hazards. This rids the air of harmful particulate matter that causes all those health annoyances like sinus trouble and colds that last forever. Without that constant attack on our health, our immune system is not drawn thing by constantly attacking what is hurting our health. It was a chunk of money for the whole house air purifier. But, it is so worth the money considering how important good indoor air quality is to good immune health.

 

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Regular maintenance gets the most from your HVAC

Having lived in the very most northern reaches of this country, I became accustomed to winter being on my mind almost all year.

That is due to the fact that around here, you simply must be prepared for winter or it will end up biting you hard.

That’s just the way it goes in this part of the north. A person just has to take winter prep seriously if they are going to get through this sort of winter. First on the list of course, is being sure that whatever HVAC heating method that’s use is professionally inspected and serviced prior the cold. I try to make certain tha tour HVAC unit is professionally maintained by a certified HVAC company twice per year. I like for them to come out in the late spring and again in the autumn. Having a catastrophic failure of the heating system isn’t just a bummer here, it can be life threatening in certain instances. Knowing our HVAC furnace is in good shape allows me to relax a bit once the cold temperatures are upon us. Most folks I know just hate the cold. I guess since it’s really all I have ever known, I actually am fond of wintertime. I think the snow is beautiful and I even like getting outside to shovel and clear our drive. I want the last thing on my mind to whether or not the HVAC heating method will clunk out on me. Our furnace is exceptional and cost me a bit. It’s only 8 years old and replaced the old furnace I had for 25 years.

 

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Humidity control is super important part of HVAC

In fact, it starts the cooling process by removing hot air from the house

Each year as our region emerges from the summer, I seem to take stock to acknowledge that feat. Because it is a feat around here. It’s just that hot. So it really nice to have the lower temps and be able to do stuff outside any part of the day. And mercifully, the humidity level lowers a bit as well. Our area gets its fair share fo that wet, hot covering that is the depths of humidity. Our HVAC is running for much of the year. I do my best to make sure the HVAC thermostat is always set relative to the heat outside. Still, the HVAC runs much of the day and the night still. The cool air it provides is wonderful. There nothing quite as nice as coming home from work to have the house nicely cooled and inviting. However, I think I like the lack of humidity in the house as much as I like the cooling. It’s a big part of the HVAC cooling process. But balancing the humidity is not only a comfort thing, it’s a vital process. That means without it, there are serious repercussions to deal with in a home. There are a lot of illnesses cause or exacerbated by the presence of mold & mildew. As the HVAC cooling is running, it isn’t just forcing cooled air into my home. In fact, it starts the cooling process by removing hot air from the house. As the HVAC is extracting and exhausting that warmer air, it is taking a great deal of the humidity with it. That process is what is working to make sure our homes aren’t overrun with mold & mildew.

 

 

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I just have to have my sunroom with the HVAC

But the thing that I really love about our new place is the sunroom.

It felt like each year the dang winter grew longer. Honestly, that’s how it seemed to me. Not a great feeling. My husband and I grew up, started our jobs and raised our family way up north. While I knew nothing else, I never really got accustomed to how deeply cold those winters could be. The HVAC furnace was running at least 6 or 7 months our of the year to some degree. It was a cozy house and the HVAC got the job done. We were in that place almost 40 years. And we only replaced the HVAC once! That is getting some value from your HVAC money. Honestly, the longevity of our HVAC is a testament to how important HVAC maintenance really is. Finally, both my husband and I called it quits on our careers. We moved south for the weather. The place we purchased had a heat pump and this would be my first time experiencing this HVAC method. I knew we were not going to experience the same sort of cold. It was still a comfort to know the HVAC heat pump can get the job done. But the thing that I really love about our new place is the sunroom. My wonderful husband had it installed as a surprise before we moved in. The best part is the fact that it has its own ductless heating and cooling unit. So my new, glorious sun room can be enjoyed at any time of the year. I sure prefer setting the ductless HVAC on heat for an hour on a winter morning than shoveling snow!

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My electric furnace always smells when I start using it each year

It’s October now and I have a lot on my plate to get ready for winter.

I had to get the motor rebuilt on my snowblower if I didn’t want to have to buy a new one for the onslaught of snow and ice that we get here.

I decided to resurface my deck with a new coating of polyurethane lacquer. This protects the wood from the moisture and the inevitable freezing and thawing effects that causes cracks and holes in asphalt. Although I couldn’t fix my snow blower on my own, I was able to get the new coating on my deck without any outside help. Still, there are other things I’ll always entrust with the professionals instead of myself. My heating and cooling system is one example. I am never going to use a furnace or air conditioner for longer than 12 months without having a professional HVAC technician inspect the system to ensure everything is working. I don’t want to burn through a good air conditioner through needless abuse and neglect. Before I get maintenance though, I like to test the equipment myself. If something malfunctions, then I have specific things to tell the technician when they arrive. That way they can focus on anything I didn’t find myself. My furnace in particular always smells when I turn it on for the first time since the previous winter. My technician told me that this is normal because dust and microbial growth gathers on the heat exchanger with the furnace off. When it’s turned back on again, this particulate is burned off and creates the distinctive odor.

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Mold sometimes grows in ductwork, especially near vents

I nearly had to go to the hospital one night when the chest congestion was so severe that I could barely breathe.

I was never allergic to things like dairy and nuts, like my father and sister are respectively. I also never reacted strongly to seasonal pollen and dust that plagues our region for long stretches of time during the year. Until I started developing allergies in college, I never experienced issues with anything allergy related. For a while I thought I was immune to allergic reactions. One exposure to mold in college changed all of that. I kept noticing that my breathing was getting increasingly restricted after a bunch of intoxicated students spilled beer and wine on the carpet in one of the common areas in my dormitory hall. The odor kept getting worse and so did my breathing problems. My nose would get congested upon entering the building, and by the time I got back to my room, I was coughing and sneezing uncontrollably. Eventually the school got their act together and sent in a mold remediation team to sanitize the carpets in the dormitory common area. But by then, it was too late. I nearly had to go to the hospital one night when the chest congestion was so severe that I could barely breathe. I’m running into a similar issue in my current house, but it took me weeks to find the source of the mold. Apparently my ceiling vents were creating wet condensation inside the ducts right outside the vent openings, and all of the vents had a black layer of mold inside when I removed the coverings. I had to call my HVAC technician over to properly clean the mess without spreading the spores anywhere else in my house where they could take hold. I suppose that I’m thankful I don’t have food allergies, but being allergic to mold is excruciating, because the stuff is in low to medium quantities literally everywhere you go in this world.

 

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I’m stuck waiting a week on HVAC repairs because it’s late summer

The summer this year has been the hottest on record for the world at large ever since they began taking measurements on outdoor temperatures. I live in the south which only compounds this issue. I’m used to weather that hovers in the high 90s most days, but this last summer season saw temperatures climb over 105 degrees some afternoons. Even though we have gorgeous beaches, I don’t like to be out in the sun even if I’m using SPF 50 sunscreen or something stronger. My skin is insanely sensitive to burns, and I am one of a small minority of people who experience the unfathomably painful ‘devil’s itch’ when I’m healing from moderate to severe sun burns. It feels like being stabbed with hot pins and needles for hours or days at a time. As a result, I spend more time indoors than many during the tepid summer weather. This isn’t good for my energy bills, because I like to keep the air in the house cool while I’m at home. I’ll forget that I set the thermostat to 72 degrees and will have it running like that during the hottest times of the afternoon. I’m scared because my air conditioner broke down yesterday and it took me hours to connect to someone at my HVAC supplier over the phone. I had to wait on hold and keep calling them back because their call volume is so high in the late summer season. When I finally reached someone at the front desk, I was told that my HVAC repair would take a week at least. As much as I don’t want to go without air conditioning for a week, I don’t have much of a choice. When I called competing HVAC suppliers, they all told me it would take two to three weeks at least to get someone out to my house for repairs.

 

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I’ll pay a little bit more for maintenance on my a/c if the service is better

Years ago I trusted all of my vehicle maintenance to a single mechanic shop here in my hometown. They were the cheapest mechanic shop around, and they were used by my parents and my siblings. I never considered looking at online ratings and attempting to find a mechanic with better reviews. It all came to an end when I had them replace my brakes, only for the new ones to fail on my way home from work just a few days later. I had never been to the closest mechanic shop, but I didn’t have time or money to waste so I had my insurance company tow my car there for repairs. They told me that the new brakes in my car were actually rusted and used. The new mechanics said that the brakes looked like they had been picked out of a scrap yard. Because I wanted to keep going to a cheap mechanic, I entrusted something deadly in the hands of incompetent repairmen. I won’t even do this with my air conditioner anymore. It was the same situation as with my car, I had a cheap HVAC supplier looking after my air conditioner for years when I got a second quote one afternoon. This new company found problems with my coolant pressure that the cheap company was ignoring. Pretty soon the coil would have cracked, and it was no longer under warranty. It almost seems like the cheap company was purposefully letting the coil break so they could charge me for parts and labor. I’ll gladly pay more if it’s better service with honest technicians.

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The heating system needs to be updated at the doctor

The heating system at our doctor’s office really needs to be updated. We were there today because my daughter needed to go and have her regular check up done. It’s the first day of fall, and the weather is finally cooling off a little bit. We weren’t sure what the problem was in the office because there was definitely something wrong. It was so cold in there and it wasn’t really getting any warmer. We were in the waiting area and we saw some HVAC technicians coming in through the rear doors of the office and that’s when we realized that we weren’t just crazy. There really was something wrong with the heating system in the office. At first we thought that it was just us, but that wasn’t the case at all. When we got called back to the exam room, it felt like a refrigerator in there. We heard a weird sound like water running from the walls and we looked and saw that there was something like a radiator on the baseboards. It was making a fizzing and popping sound, and when the nurse came in she said that they were working on getting the whole entire furnace system replaced in the office. I guess that the heating system there was really outdated. The HVAC technicians were going up and down the hallways while we were in there waiting for my daughter to get her shots. I thought that it would make more sense to have the HVAC technicians there when they were closed for the weekend, but I don’t know that much about it.

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My husband’s doctor told him to install an air purifier at work

Last week my husband went to the doctor after weeks and weeks of trouble with bad allergy symptoms. He always has allergies at this time of year, but it seems like it’s been much worse this year than normal. He has tried all kinds of different medicines but nothing really seems to be working for him. He was trying to figure out what in the world he could do about it because he has been really miserable lately. When he went to the doctor, he was surprised at the advice that the doctor gave him. The doctor didn’t even say anything about new medications. Instead, he said that he thought most of the problem was coming from the poor indoor air quality at my husband’s job. He’s in his workshop for most of the day, every single day. The indoor air quality in there really isn’t the greatest, so we think that the doctor probably has a point. He said that my husband should probably just install an air purification system at work. Since he owns his own business, that’s a pretty simple fix for him. He’s going to talk to our commercial HVAC company tomorrow and we are going to find out how much it will cost to get the air purifier put in. Hopefully it will do the trick and it will help my husband’s breathing! I never knew that doctors ever recommended HVAC improvements. I thought that they only gave shots and medicines, not HVAC advice. I really feel like this might be the answer to our prayers about the allergy situation.

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