The air you breathe inside your Peachtree City home could affect your health. Your HVAC unit plays an important role in helping you maintain healthy indoor air quality (IAQ). Learn more about ways to measure air quality and how your HVAC unit could be affecting the air in your home.

Air Filters

The air filters your HVAC system uses are responsible for trapping harmful particles, such as pollutants, and stopping them from entering the air inside your home. If your air filters become dusty or dirty, which happens over time, they won’t be able to effectively catch these particles. Instead, these particles will enter your home through vents while your heat or air conditioning is running. Changing air filters each month or every few months helps ensure that they’re able to keep trapping harmful particles.

HVAC Maintenance

When your HVAC unit isn’t maintained, it can develop problems that prevent it from working properly. In some cases, this can cause pollutants, allergens, and other particles to lower your IAQ. Having HVAC maintenance done on your unit annually or twice a year helps ensure that it’s able to work efficiently, which helps boost your home’s air quality.

Humidity Levels

The humidity levels in your home can have a big impact on your IAQ. Humidity levels that are too high or too low can lower the air quality in your home. Running your air conditioning can help keep moisture levels lower in your home, or you can use a humidifier or dehumidifier as needed. Maintaining healthy humidity levels in your home throughout the year helps reduce your risk of getting sick or having other health problems linked to poor air quality.

Air Purifiers

Air purifiers can work with your HVAC unit to maintain good IAQ in your home. These purifiers help remove harmful particles from the air in your home. You can have an air purifier installed that helps improve your entire home’s IAQ.

If you need more information on ways to measure air quality in your Peachtree City home, contact Powers Heating and Air.