How Your Air Conditioner can Affect Your Allergies
As we welcome back summer to Atlanta we also have to welcome back something far less pleasant: allergies. While your home should be a place to get a break from the various discomforts of nature, allergies are often an uncomfortable exception. However, routine air conditioner service can help ease those annoyances and make a big impact in your comfort.
While many spring and summer allergies are due to the activities of trees, flowers, and grasses, almost all indoor allergies are mostly due to conditions existing in your home. Different types of dust can collect in your home’s air ducts which then get circulated and recirculated throughout each and every room every time your air conditioner runs. Besides dust knocked loose from the walls of your duct work, your air conditioner, air handler or furnace blower motor can also contain microbes, pet dander, dead insect matter, and maybe worse.
In fact, Indoor air pollution levels can be two to five times higher than outdoors. 1
If your air conditioning system is contributing to your family’s allergies, your kids will probably be the ones to suffer first2. That’s because their lungs are less developed and will become irritated more noticeably when breathing contaminated air.
The first thing to think about if you think your air conditioner may be adding to you or your family’s allergies is upgrading your air filter to one with more protection against allergens. High efficiency air filters have a MERV rating greater than 14. Peachtree can provide a free estimate and install a high-efficiency filter system for you.
If a new air filter doesn’t improve the quality of your home’s air or you want to be sure that your air conditioner and ducts are free from dust, microbes, and other air contaminants, call the Atlanta HVAC professionals at Peachtree Service Experts to schedule air conditioner service now. A licensed and experienced technician will be at your home in no time with all the tools and expertise required to make an evaluation of the health of your system.
Your family’s health and comfort is our highest priority, and your health should not be at your air conditioner’s mercy. If you think your central AC system is not operating up to standards, call 678-235-9699 or use our online scheduling form to set up an air conditioner service with Peachtree today.
