What's one of the most overlooked keys to total home comfort? Ask your nose.
Does your home smell like a dirty sock? Don’t laugh! There’s a phenomenon known as “dirty sock syndrome” where your central heating and cooling system circulates air throughout your home that actually smells like a dirty sock. This is the result of fungus, mold and mildew growing inside of your heating and cooling equipment. Considering that people spend 90% of their time indoors, dirty sock syndrome is not something you want to experience.
If you have been fortunate enough to evade dirty sock syndrome, you have likely fallen victim to other odor-causing sources in your home. From Fido’s pet bed to Felix’s litter box, pets are among the most common sources of unpleasant indoor odors. Or perhaps you have a child that plays organized sports? If you’ve never smelled a hockey player’s gear bag, consider yourself fortunate.
Activities performed inside your home are also common odor sources. The reason people don’t like to cook fish inside their homes is because it smells like fish—two days after they cooked it. Smoking inside the home? Enough said.
Odors are more than just a nuisance. They are often indicative of larger, health-threatening issues inside your home’s air. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are chemicals that evaporate into potentially-harmful gases and are frequently identified by odor. Molds and mildew are associated with stale, musty odors and are known aggravators of allergies, asthma and other respiratory ailments.
No one likes odors in their home—consider the millions of dollars consumers spend annually on air fresheners, candles and other “masks.” But does it really make sense to add something to the air in an attempt to remove something from the air?
Solve Problems — Comfort - OdorsOdors are mostly an issue of pool ventilation in your home. If odors have nowhere to escape to, they linger in your home, compounding upol one another, making your home an unpleasant place to live. Aprilaire Whole-House Ventilation is one of the best ways to exchange foul, stale and potentially toxic indoor air with clean,fresh outdoor air all year round.
Whole-Home Dehumidifiers and Air Cleaners by Aprilaire area also a great way to rid your home of odors. Aprilaire Whole-Home Dehumidifiers fight the growth of mold and mildew and the musty odors associated with these fungi from your basement to your attic and everywhere in between. If you are concerned about odors from cooking grease, chimney or tobacco smoke — an Aprilaire Whole-Home Air Cleaner can help rid your home of these strong smells.
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