How to Improve the Air Quality in Your Home

Have you ever walked into your home, and you were less than thrilled with the smell?

We get it. Everyone wants to walk into their home, and have it smell clean and fresh. There is nothing like coming home from a long day at work and smelling a wonderful smell that reminds you of home. Not only is a smelly home not fun to come home to, but it can also be unhealthy for you. It can lead to an increase in asthma and lung disease. It can even be costing you more money if the cause is due to a system malfunction or water damage. If your home gives you less than an invigorating scent, there are things you can do. Keep reading to find some tips for improving air quality in your home. 

Improve Your Ventilation

If you have a smelly home, the first thing that you need to do is to ventilate your house. If you can move air through your home, it will help your house to remove the smelly air and usher in fresh air. You may want to try opening the doors and windows in your home to let air circulate. You can also use a trickle ventilator, which brings in outside air that is free of impurities. Try putting the ventilator in your kitchen to help clean the air. 

Clean Your Air Filter

If you have stinky air in the house, it may be because you have not cleaned your air filter appropriately–or you may not even know you have an air filter, which is not a good thing. Your air conditioner has an air filter, and it needs to be changed and cleaned every three months, so that it can continue to clean the air effectively. Something as simple as a clogged air filter can lead to costly air conditioning repairs which ultimately could be avoided. 

Regularly Clean Your Bedding

Dust mites are tiny little creatures that feed on your dead skin cells. Those dust mites can be kept at bay if you regularly clean your sheets, pillowcases, comforters and bedding. If you don’t, the air quality in your home won’t be as clean and fresh as it could be. You could also suffer from sneezing, drainage, and fatigue if you don’t keep your bedding clean as well. 

Try Some Scents to Freshen Your Home

We are not talking about aerosol air fresheners that only mask the scent of mustiness. There are some natural scents you can use to improve your air quality. One of the best scents to try is burning beeswax candles. Did you know that beeswax candles release negative ions when they are burned? This means that they bond with pollen, pollutants, dead skin cells, dust, dirt and other junk in the air that prevent your air from smelling fresh. You can call beeswax candles the natural air purifiers. We’re not even talking about how great these candles smell and the lovely warm glow they create. 

If you aren’t a fan of beeswax candles, there are other things you might want to try. You can buy a salt lamp to help purify the air. They work the same way that beeswax candles work in your home, they use negative ions to collect all of those dusty, musty pieces of air that make your house dirty. You could also use a charcoal filter to achieve the same effect. Lastly, some smells can mean issues with your cooling system, here is a list of things to look out for.