{"id":817,"date":"2023-06-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2023-07-06T08:09:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T13:09:14","slug":"whats-in-your-air-why-your-indoor-air-quality-is-worse-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/indoor-air-quality-service\/whats-in-your-air-why-your-indoor-air-quality-is-worse-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in Your Air? Why Your Indoor Air Quality is Worse Than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-1277516956_1920x1440-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The air you breathe is pretty important. Everyone can agree with that. But the air in your home as it stands right now could have up to 3.5x more pollutants than the air outside (and in some cases, even more than that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer? A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/hvac\/indoor-air-quality\/air-filters-purifiers\" target=\"_blank\">whole house air purifier in Northbrook, IL<\/a>. By purifying the air in your home, you help everyone in your home breathe a little easier. But why? Let\u2019s take a look at what\u2019s floating around in the air you breathe right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s in Your Air?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While this list doesn\u2019t mean 100% of this is in your air, they\u2019re all viable possibilities depending on your indoor relative humidity, air circulation, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dust: <\/strong>This is on everyone\u2019s home, and it\u2019s unavoidable. That\u2019s why you need an air purifier to run constantly and filter out as much as possible. Dust is an allergen and can irritate the throat and lungs.<\/li><li><strong>Pollen: <\/strong>This is another allergen that comes in on your shoes, clothes, and even in your hair. When you go outside, pollen is in the air during spring and summer. These can be irritable even to those without allergies, depending on the volume.<\/li><li><strong>Mold and Fungi: <\/strong>Nobody wants to think that their home could have mold in it, but it\u2019s not exactly uncommon. Even in well-kept homes. Mold can find small corners of your house or windowsills and begin to form. Air circulation helps, but it\u2019s also important to filter this out so you and your family don\u2019t breathe it in in the meantime.<\/li><li>Pet Dander: Fido\u2019s a good dog, but he sheds and gets dander into the air when he does. It\u2019s not healthy to breathe in, plain and simple.<\/li><li><strong>Insect Debris: <\/strong>We don\u2019t want to think about breathing in dead spiders and bugs, so we won\u2019t, but as they die around the home and decompose, this is what happens.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poor Indoor Air Quality Makes Your Lungs Work Harder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you think about dust and debris getting into your lungs, it makes sense that they would have to work harder to get rid of it, but do you know how it all happens?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside your lungs, there\u2019s a type of mucus that\u2019s specifically designed to capture and filter debris. While this is a normal function of your lungs, it makes sense that giving it more than it can handle would have a negative effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping bad indoor air quality means overworking your lungs, day in and day out. This can even lead to respiratory problems depending on what type of debris is in your air and how much of it you\u2019re breathing in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Help Your Home and Family With a Whole House Air Purifier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleaner indoor air means a cleaner environment for you and your family. It\u2019s time to start living and breathing easier than ever before, and it\u2019s time to start today. You don\u2019t have to wait any longer. Contact us to get started on your whole house air purifier installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Contact us today<\/strong><\/a><strong> to schedule your air purifier installation as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your indoor air quality isn&#8217;t an afterthought &#8211; this is what you&#8217;re breathing in, and how you can stop (most) of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[139,161],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indoor-air-quality-service","tag-air-purifier-installation","tag-northbrook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":825,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertsheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}