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Seven Moisture-Fighting Strategies That Will Keep Mold From Multiplying

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Seven Moisture-Fighting Strategies That Will Keep Mold From Multiplying

If you’ve ever had a problem with mold in your home, you know just how problematic removing it can be. Mold can quickly multiply once it gets a stronghold in your home, but with moisture-fighting strategies, you can keep mold at bay in your Charlotte-area home.

Here are seven tips you can use immediately:

1. Don’t let plumbing leaks go unchecked

– Not only can these leaks lead to higher water bills, but they give mold a chance to grow. Quickly fix leaks ...

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MAY
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Categories: Air Conditioning, Fans, Filtration, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Insulation, Mold, Preventative Maintenance, Ventilation

Boost Your Heat Pump System’s Performance With 3 Insider Tips

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Boost Your Heat Pump System’s Performance With 3 Insider Tips

According to research from Energy Star, 50 percent of all heat pumps have significant problems with leaky air ducts, inadequate airflow and incorrect refrigerant pressure. These factors affect the performance of your heat pump system, making it work harder and use more energy.

Your HVAC technician can improve the performance of your heat pump system by performing these tasks and checks:

If you have an annual maintenance plan, your technician can check the ducts, airflow and refrigerant on his next visit. ...

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Categories: Air Ducts, Air Filters, Heat Pumps, HVAC, Preventative Maintenance, Sealing Air Leaks, Service & Maintenance, Ventilation

Fresh Air Year Round – With An Energy Bonus

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Fresh Air Year Round – With An Energy Bonus

The indoor air quality of your home is important when trying to keep your family healthy, hence the need for ventilation. However, ventilation systems can be both practical and economical. Energy recovery ventilation systems vent the home while keeping energy loss to a minimum.

Benefits of home ventilation

Pumping a constant stream of fresh air into your home helps keep it healthy by pushing out stale, contaminated air. Things like dust, mold and bacteria are removed, thus reducing the chances of ...

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Categories: Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation

Duct Sealing Helps Manage Unruly Energy Bills

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Duct Sealing Helps Manage Unruly Energy Bills

Furnaces, central air conditioners and heat pumps use a series of ductwork to transport heated and cooled air to every room of your home. In most homes, as much as 15 to 20 percent of this air is lost through leaks in the ductwork. You can prevent these leaks by having professional duct sealing completed.

Here’s a look at four benefits of duct sealing.

1. Lower energy bills:

When conditioned air escapes into the attic or garage through which your ductwork is traveling, ...

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Categories: Air Ducts, Ductwork, Energy Efficiency, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Preventative Maintenance, Sealing Air Leaks, Ventilation

Indoor Air Quality Control With 3 Prevention Methods

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Indoor Air Quality Control With 3 Prevention Methods

You home’s indoor air quality is measured based on the level of contaminants present. Your home may contain any combination of biological or chemical contaminants. Good air quality means that there are very low levels of these contaminants in your home. You can improve indoor air quality by eliminating or controlling contaminants using three basic strategies.

Source control

The most effective method of controlling your indoor air quality is to eliminate or reduce specific sources of pollution. Primary methods of source ...

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Categories: Air Cleaners, Air Filters, Filtration, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Preventative Maintenance, UV Lights, Ventilation

Neat And Tidy Ways To Keep Your Indoor Air Dust-Free

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Neat And Tidy Ways To Keep Your Indoor Air Dust-Free

When you close up your home against seasonal cold or heat, you also reduce the amount of ventilation and fresh air getting to your living spaces. In this restricted environment, the amount of dust in your indoor air could increase. You could see more dust on your shelves and furniture, and may experience dust-related aggravation of allergies, asthma or other respiratory conditions.

Keeping your indoor air dust-free requires some extra attention and effort, but the results can be fresher air in ...

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MAR
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Categories: Air Ducts, Filtration, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation

Dealing With A Tagged Furnace: How To Make Smart Decisions When You’re Seeing Red

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Dealing With A Tagged Furnace: How To Make Smart Decisions When You’re Seeing Red

When your local HVAC professional inspects your furnace during a maintenance call, he is obligated to respond to any safety issues he finds. For this reason, an unexpected result of preventive maintenance might be a red-tagged furnace. If your furnace is red-tagged, it means that an HVAC or utility company inspector has found a critical safety problem, most often a cracked heat exchanger, and that the furnace must be shut down and not used until the problem is resolved.

If this ...

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MAR
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Categories: Furnaces, Installation, Service & Maintenance, Technician, Ventilation

Ventilating Fans: You Need Them In Your Living Space, And Could Use One In Your Garage

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Ventilating Fans: You Need Them In Your Living Space, And Could Use One In Your Garage

Proper ventilation in your home is critical for two reasons: It provides a way for fresh air to enter your home and a way for old, stale air to exit. Using ventilating fans is part of a good indoor air quality plan to ensure healthy air.

If your home is sealed and well insulated, you’re likely saving energy and money, but it’s also likely that the air in your home needs a way to cycle out, and ventilating fans can help ...

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FEB
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Categories: Fans, Filtration, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation

A Comprehensive Plan To Clean Up Your Indoor Air

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A Comprehensive Plan To Clean Up Your Indoor Air

Maintaining your home’s indoor air quality is critical for good health and contributes to your family’s overall comfort. Most people don’t consider their indoor air quality until something happens to remind them they need to be actively maintaining a healthy environment. Maintaining clean, healthy air in your home isn’t difficult or expensive. It simply requires knowing what to look for and what to do. By implementing a few of the steps listed here, you and your family can breathe easier.

Here ...

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JAN
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Categories: Air Filters, Ductwork, Filtration, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Sealing Air Leaks, Ventilation

Now That It’s Fall, Your Whole-House Humidifier Needs Attention

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With the heating months approaching, inspect and clean your whole-house humidifier to get peak-performance from it this winter. It’s beneficial to your comfort, your health, and helps achieve full energy-efficiency in your home.

Scale and mineral deposits can quickly accumulate on the interior of the humidifier, which promotes the growth of mold, mildew and bacteria. These deposits can lead to clogged water panels and valves, causing a reduction in efficiency which increases energy costs, reduces comfort, and exacerbates health issues like ...

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DEC
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Categories: Air Ducts, Filtration, Heating, IAQ - Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation

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