Are you concerned about the air quality in your home or business and how it might be impacting your health? At Comfort Pro, Inc., we are specialists in indoor air quality in Reading, PA. We offer air quality testing, and we also carry numerous air quality solutions to help ensure your air is free from most pollutants, contaminants, and allergens.
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The first step to improving the air quality in your residential or commercial property is to have the air tested. An air quality test involves using specialized equipment to measure the level of different airborne contaminants inside your building. The test not only looks for common allergens and biological contaminants but also more harmful pollutants like combustion chemicals and VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
Biological contaminants include things like pollen, mold spores, dust mites, pet dander, and bacteria. All of these are found in virtually every building and can negatively impact your air quality and health. In particular, they can cause major issues for anyone with respiratory or breathing problems like asthma, allergies, and COPD.
Nonetheless, biological contaminants are still a fairly minor problem when compared with VOCs and combustion chemicals like exhaust fumes, carbon monoxide, and second-hand smoke. Studies have shown that most buildings have an extremely high concentration of these potentially harmful chemicals. In fact, the concentration of these chemicals inside the average building is generally anywhere from two to five times higher than it is outside. The fact that many of these contaminants are carcinogenic and can potentially cause long-term health problems means that this is something that everyone should be concerned about.
VOCs include harmful chemicals like formaldehyde, methylene chloride, and benzene that naturally evaporate into a gas even at room temperature. Unfortunately, there is no good way to prevent these chemicals from being present inside the building as they are given off by many building materials, furniture, and even cleaning products.
- Paint, caulking, varnish, and adhesives
- Carpet, vinyl, and wood-composite flooring
- Aerosols and cosmetics
- Dry-cleaned clothing
- Synthetic furniture upholstery and foam
If your building has a high level of VOCs and other harmful chemicals, the only way to get rid of them is to install equipment to help filter them out of the air. This includes things like whole-home air purifiers and air scrubbers. Mechanical ventilation can also help by ensuring your building has a steady supply of fresh air coming in from outside.
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The right mix of temperature, humidity, and filtration is vital to making your indoor air healthier and easier to breathe. The air we breathe in our homes is loaded with pollutants like pollen, lung-damaging contaminants, pet hair, dander, dust mites, tobacco smoke, spores, and disease-causing bacteria and viruses.
Since Reading homeowners typically spend up to 90% of their time indoors, it’s crucial that these pollutants be minimized through a combination of effective humidification, filtration, and ventilation. Comfort Pro, Inc. offers a complete line of Reading indoor air quality products to produce a comfortable and healthy environment in your home.
We also offer indoor air quality services in Allentown, Lancaster, and the surrounding areas.
Did You Know?
The American Lung Association stated that the air in your home can be 5 to 70 times more polluted than the air you breathe outside.