22 May 2020

During these difficult times, it may dawn on home owners that their home air quality could contain harmful bacteria and infectious diseases. With the shortage of common household disinfectants, such as Lysol and other cleaning agents, home owners might feel concerned and wonder about the best ways to protect their family from viruses.

More than ever, air purification systems are an essential solution to combat contaminants that may be floating around in your home. Air-Rite Heating & Cooling explains how air purifiers work.

Why purifying indoor air is important

It’s a good time to understand how to prevent the spread of disease & virus, like coronavirus (COVID-19 virus), especially in a place that matters most - at homes. The best thing to do for the home is to reduce the risk of infection with an air purification system.

Discussed in detail below is how to purify the air and improve air quality at homes.

Need for an efficient air purifying system

Air-Rite’s expertly trained Comfort Advisors can review specific home needs and offer a suitable solution

Dust collects everywhere in the house, from counter tops to bookshelves to ceiling fans. The air in the home is very complex. Indoor air in home environments constantly trap in dust mites, dirt, dander, pollen, and other pollutants, all of which can be hazardous to the health of the residents. With the increase of time spent at home, breathing in these pollutants can be harmful. One of the things home owners can do is get an air purifying system for the whole house.

As seen, viruses can affect each person in a different way. The same is true for the particulates and other indoor air conditions. If residents are experiencing discomfort at home, there could be many contributing factors. Air-Rite’s expertly trained Comfort Advisors can review specific home needs and offer a suitable solution, in order to help purify the air in homes.

Indoor air pollutants can affect all residents

Especially residents with asthma and allergies, air pollutants may affect them and their loved ones without even realizing it. When dust and pollen gets trapped in the home, this may trigger asthmatic and allergic reactions. Although everyone reacts differently to indoor air pollutants, common symptoms of bad air quality include itchy eyes, nose, and throat or headaches, fatigue, and dizziness.

Depending upon the severity of the health condition, this could be detrimental to their health. Certain long-term air pollutants can even extend to respiratory disease, heart disease, and even cancer.

Surfaces get contaminated easily

Pollutants linger in the air and get on commonly used surfaces in the home. When someone coughs or sneezes, especially without covering their mouth, it is very likely the surface close to them gets contaminated also. Contaminated objects and surfaces are a popular transmission point for diseases and infections, such as SARS and MERS. When a surface is contaminated, anyone in the home can come in contact with it.

If someone sneezes near a commonly used surface such as the kitchen counter top, that counter is now contaminated. This then means the next person to touch the counter gets these pollutants on their hands. If that person touches their nose, face, or mouth, just like that they have potentially contracted a virus or infectious disease.

Are air Purifiers Really Effective?

The most critical step to purifying the air begins with the removal of pollutants

This is a good question - Considering the thousands of air-purifying solutions in search results proclaiming to produce healthier, cleaner air with little application, residents may feel overwhelmed by options and wonder, which approach is truly valuable? How can I really clean my air at home?

Popular approaches, such as plant purification and essentials oils, may act as natural purifiers, but don’t necessarily remove contaminants in sealed environments. In fact, there is no factual evidence that air purifying plant solutions are beneficial. The most critical step to purifying the air begins with the removal of pollutants. By reducing pollutants in the home, home owners can minimize the risk of contracting harmful viruses and infectious diseases. To prevent these conditions, investing in an air purification system is the best bet.

Listed below are frequently asked questions about air purifiers:

  • What is the best air purifier for the home? It depends and Air-Rite Heating and Cooling can cater to see specific needs of home owners. They currently have the OXY 4 AirPurifier that can be installed at homes.
  • What does an air purifier do? An air purifier works by sucking in the air in the home, and forcing it through layers of filters, so as to ensure clean indoor air, removed from dust, bacteria, viruses, and even tobacco smoke.
  • How to tell if air purifier is working? Home owners can call Air-Rite if they feel their home’s air purifier is not working. Especially, if it’s not blowing air, it most likely isn’t.
  • How often do you need to clean the air purifier? Yes, it’s best to make sure and check that the air purifier is cleansed every 2 weeks, to ensure its working properly and the air filter works like it should.

Air-Rite offers a range of air filtration solutions

Before purchasing a stand-alone room air purification system, consider modifying the home’s heating & cooling system. In lieu of air filter that home owners check each month, there are upgrades available that do more and require replacement less frequently.

By enhancing the existing filtration system, home owners can avoid bigger airborne threats and can rest assured in knowing that they are breathing air as clean as possible. Air-Rite Heating and Cooling offers a variety of filtration options from a MERV 16 filtration to the Carrier Infinity Air Cleaner that can meet your needs.

Installing an effective humidifier, such as Aprilaire humidifier

Air-Rite Heating & Cooling can help home owners achieve a healthier and more welcoming home

Dry air can cause dry skin, a chronic sore throat, and many other irritations in other parts of the body, not to mention drying your home. Air-Rite Heating & Cooling can help home owners achieve a healthier and more welcoming home. By maintaining optimum levels of humidity, this can help prevent a litany of health, home, and energy issues.

The solution can be as easy as installing an Aprilaire humidifier. A properly sized and installed humidifier can help prevent the spread of airborne viruses, has been known to ease issues with snoring, and help keep temperatures feel more comfortable.

OXY 4 AirPurifier, advanced Active Ionic Oxidation Air Scrubber

All things considered, there are numerous sorts and sizes of air cleaners available, extending from moderately cheap table-top models to modern and costly whole-house systems. A great air purifying system for the house is the OXY 4 AirPurifier.

The OXY 4 AirPurifier is an advanced Active Ionic Oxidation Air Scrubber. This gets installed right on the air system. This device is designed to be installed in the supply plenum of the heating and cooling system, thereby providing whole home purification, without taking up any space.

How does an air purifier work?

The air purifier uses Ultra Violet light & catalytic reactions, to create ionically charged airborne oxidizers. Oxidative air cleansers freely circulate throughout your home to help reduce and eliminate molds, viruses like covid-19, bacteria, microbes, odors, and chemical VOCs (Volatile organic compounds).

What’s so effective about oxidative air cleansers is that airborne germs including unwanted odors and chemical gases are unable to escape the oxidative cleansing action of the OXY 4. This makes this device wholly beneficial in cleaning your air to the best standard.

Listed below are the positive effects of OXY 4 AirPurifier:

  • Enhanced purification for indoor air,
  • Effective against VOC’s, chemicals, airborne microbes,
  • Helps with asthma, allergy, respiratory Issues,
  • Kills, sterilizes, oxidizes & cleanses, and
  • Doubles ionic output for optimum performance

Purify any home with Air-Rite’s solution

To learn more about air purification systems, contact Air-Rite Heating & Cooling, Inc.

To learn more about air purification systems, contact Air-Rite Heating & Cooling, Inc. Since 1959, Air-Rite has delivered excellent HVAC services throughout the Chicago area, restoring comfort in homes, at a moment’s notice.

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