Go Beyond Gutters: Why Indoor Air Quality Should Be Part of Your Fall Home Maintenance Checklist
Cozy sweaters, crisp air, cinnamon, and pumpkin chai lattes all mark the start of fall. As we enter a new season packed with festive vibes and exciting cultural celebrations, our focus shifts from summer fun to autumn routines, productivity, and getting back on track.
Fall is an essential time for winterizing your home, the sweet spot between high temperatures and extreme cold, along with related weather elements in certain regions. Preparing your home is key to maintaining a comfortable and safe setting year-round.
Improving your indoor air quality, a necessary part of your fall home maintenance planning, ensures healthier environments and better breathing, especially during the cooler months when windows and doors are typically closed for longer periods. Purifying your indoor air with the right tools, such as whole-home UVC air purification systems, will provide the most beneficial outcome for the safety of your family. Let’s explore the recommended requirements for fall home maintenance together.
Winterize Your Home: Your Fall Home Maintenance Checklist
Winterizing your home doesn’t have to be a daunting task. A few steps every homeowner should take regularly can help ensure a smooth winter ahead. Pursuing preventative measures to avoid unexpected activity in your home is always recommended. So, let’s start planning. Below is a basic fall maintenance checklist to help keep you focused.
Others go above and beyond to seize the opportunity for cleaning and storing their summer tools, washing their grill, and more, as indicated on Home Depot’s Fall Home Maintenance Checklist. Tarion, a not-for-profit consumer protection organization established by the Ontario government, provides a comprehensive list by month to help guide consumers. Lastly, Energy Star, the U.S. government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, states the importance of maintaining your equipment to prevent future problems and unwanted costs in their Maintenance Checklist.
Why You Should Pay Close Attention to Your Furnace
Your furnace and ducts play a major role in the air that circulates within your home. Your heating system acts as an artery for air to each room, constantly supplying and returning air. Each time the air is returned, it passes through the furnace filter before going back out again. To guarantee smooth transportation of warm and healthy breathing air, fall furnace maintenance is a critical component before winter arrives. Improving your indoor air quality is key in your fall maintenance plan.
According to Enercare, Canada’s leading provider of heating, cooling, plumbing, electrical, and water heating and treatment needs, regular furnace maintenance can improve performance and extend your system’s lifespan. Enercare’s Checklist itemizes components of the furnace, such as replacing the furnace filter and checking the thermostat, and goes on to provide tips on which parts of the furnace should require regular attention.
Improve Your Indoor Air Quality with The Right Tools
As temperatures begin to drop, windows and doors stay closed for longer periods to prevent heat from escaping. Indoor air becomes stale and unhealthy unless presented with a solution for purification.
When searching for a solution to improve your indoor air quality, consider one that would best suit your needs and your home. Portable air purification units will purify a single room at a time, resulting in additional costs as the homeowner would be required to purchase one for each room if they wanted all rooms purified. On the other hand, when integrating a solution with your existing heating system, keep in mind that the air within the whole house is typically purified with one application, providing a more efficient solution. Since your HVAC already has an efficient filter, the recommendation would be to install a UVC Air Purification System on either the return or the supply side of your ductwork.
UVC air purifiers purify 99.9% of your indoor air by inactivating the molecular structure of microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, allergens, and even mold. When installed within the ductwork, the air passes by the UVC lamp. This interaction occurs several times an hour, minimizing and eventually eliminating the amount of airborne pathogens that are recirculated into the environment. Read more about UVC technology and its benefits in our “UV Air Filtration: The Proven Impact of Ultraviolet Technology” Blog.
Swordfish Whole-Home UVC Air Purification Systems
Swordfish UVC Air Purifiers provide residents with peace of mind, as they purify their entire house with only one application. Purifying up to 99.9% of your indoor air, Swordfish UV systems are safe and easy to install (2” hole saw is provided with every package).
With over 20 years in the HVAC market and backed by a parent company that will soon be celebrating 100 years, Swordfish UV takes pride in ensuring every homeowner and their family breathes better and healthier air. Choose from one of 3 options, based on your home’s size, and see the difference yourself. Click here for more information.
It is our goal to help achieve fall furnace care, year-round comfort, and cleaner indoor air!
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