Lightspeed Provides a Breath of Fresh Air for the New Year
As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season winds down to a close, give yourself and your family one lasting gift. Cleaning, cooking, and hosting this holiday season has been fun and festive, but residual odors and residues built up in air ducts, causing your HVAC system to work harder yet inefficiently, exposing your family to off-putting smells and irritating airborne particles with every breath. Banish the unpleasant effects of dirty air ducts and instead build memories of the cozy embrace of your home during the cold months. Improve indoor air quality (IAQ) to enhance daily life.
Underlying Reasons for IAQ
Over time, it is inevitable that your HVAC components, basically the respiratory system for your home, collect residues and debris. Because air moves continuously through the system, it is probable that an overload of particles and irritants lurking in your air ducts and amongst your heating and cooling equipment eventually blows into the interior of your home. The particles and irritants can include:
- Ordinary dirt and dust
- Dander and hair
- Protein-based “soot” from cooking--actually the dehydrated residues of food ingredients and oils, which can be very foul smelling as the bits “spoil” and become rancid
- Construction dust and debris
- Candle and fireplace soot
- Spores and even moldy residues in damp areas in the HVAC system
- Chemicals, volatile organic compounds, and naturally occurring gasses like radon and carbon dioxide
Signs of Poor IAQ
Various conditions found in your home or experienced by individuals can signal that your IAQ is suboptimal. For example:
- You cannot keep up with dusting and cleaning--everything seems constantly covered in residues.
- Wall surfaces around vents and registers show streaks or stains, indicating particles are “exhaled” into your home.
- Stale, musty, and generally unpleasant odors persist, regardless of cleaning, the use of air fresheners, or even the occasional “airing out” of spaces by briefly opening doors or windows.
- You or your family members report more frequently signs of respiratory irritation or allergic attacks, especially among those who seem more sensitive to increases in tiny but solid pollutants.
Lightspeed Restoration Can Clear the Air
Our well-trained team will inspect your ducts with remote cameras (borescopes) to identify “hot spots” and then can perform a full-system contaminant source cleaning. We use negative air pressure technology to completely contain, collect, or exhaust the contaminants pulled out of your air ducts. Special attention to debris “collectors” like cooling coils, drains, drain pans, and the various moving parts of your heating, cooling, and blower equipment helps clear out all the offending particles in the HVAC portion of the configuration. Finally, a robust sweep of the ductwork with various whips and other debris-loosening tools allows our HEPA-filtered vacuum system to suction out the contaminants.
Scheduling air duct and HVAC system cleaning with friendly experts from Lightspeed Restoration is the perfect investment for your family’s well-being as you forge into the New Year. Our highly-trained and professionally equipped technicians make duct cleaning a stressless experience for the homeowner. You, your friends, and your beloved family will benefit from improved IAQ, supporting the health and well-being of all with every breath of fresher, cleaner air.