Giving your home a thorough cleaning in the springtime provides a great way to improve your indoor air quality (IAQ). This helps make the air you and your family breathe healthier, which lowers the risk of allergies and other health issues. While you’re dusting and vacuuming various areas of your home, don’t overlook your HVAC system. Keep the following spring-cleaning IAQ tips in mind for healthier air.

Dust Your Fan Blades

Fan blades aren’t surfaces you might normally think of cleaning during spring, but they can become covered in dust. When you use your fans, dust blows around in the air and puts you at risk of having allergic reactions or other health issues. Dust off fan blades to keep this from occurring.

Clean Vent Grilles

Vent grilles can gather dust during winter. This dust can then enter the air inside your home, leading to poor IAQ. Wipe down your vent grilles as part of your spring-cleaning routine to ensure healthy IAQ.

Schedule HVAC Maintenance

HVAC maintenance is an essential part of keeping your IAQ healthy. With these maintenance visits, professional technicians carefully inspect your HVAC system and make adjustments or tighten components as needed. They also look for signs of trouble that need to be addressed, so that your HVAC system won’t need major repairs or break down.

Replace Air Filters

While you’re cleaning your home, remember to change your HVAC system’s air filter this spring. A clean air filter helps you maintain healthy indoor IAQ. Set a reminder to check and change this filter again in a few months or less, depending on what type you have and whether or not you have pets.

Schedule Duct Cleaning

The ductwork in your home can get dusty over time. When dust and other particles, such as allergens, build up in your ducts, they get blown around into your home through your vents. Having professional duct cleaning done this spring can prevent this from happening.

If you want to know more about spring-cleaning and IAQ for your Peachtree City home, please contact Powers Heating & Air.