If you spend most of your time indoors — and most Houstonians do, given the extreme heat and humidity — the quality of the air inside your home is one of the most important environmental factors affecting your family’s health. Yet it is also one of the least understood.
What Pollutes the Air Inside Your Houston Home
Your HVAC system acts as both the protector and the primary distributor of the air your family breathes. During each cooling cycle, it pulls air from your living spaces through return vents, conditions it, and redistributes it through supply ducts to every room.
Along the way, that air carries pet dander, dust mite debris, outdoor pollen from cedar and oak, construction particulates from Houston’s ongoing development, mold spores from the humid outdoor environment, and chemical emissions from household cleaning products and personal care items.
Most of these particles are captured by your air filter. But particles smaller than your filter’s capture rating pass through and settle on interior duct surfaces, the evaporator coil, and the plenum box. Over months of continuous operation, they create a thick pollutant reservoir that is continuously redistributed into your living spaces.
What You Can Do
Replace air filters every 30 to 60 days. Control indoor humidity below 55 percent. Schedule professional air duct cleaning every 3 to 5 years to eliminate accumulated pollutants from all 8 HVAC components. Address water intrusion events immediately before mold establishes inside the system.
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