Creating a Healthy Home Starts With First Identifying Potential Allergens/Molds

You want your home to be a safe haven for your family, free from the air quality problems found in the outside environment. But are you really sure the air inside your home is clean for you and your family?

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studies, levels for many pollutants may be two to five times higher indoors than outdoors. Some allergens travel in the air which comes in through open doors, windows and vents, while other particles may be trapped inside your home, unable to be vented out thanks in part to today's more airtight building products and methods.

These airborne particles can irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs and increase respiratory problems. Many types of particles, such as smoke, pet dander, mold spores, and pollen can trigger asthma. Children, the sick and the elderly can be particularly sensitive to these indoor air pollutants. Before one can remove allergens and/or pollutants effectively, it is essential to understand if they exist and in what quantity.

So how do you know if the air in your home is as clean as it can be? Begin by contacting Building Health Check and their IAQ Screen Check product line, a revolutionary simple and inexpensive technique that helps identifies indoor air contaminants.

The IAQ Screen Check test kits, developed by the scientists at Building Health Check help evaluate your home's ubiquitous allergens. The IAQ Screen Check product line is available at Carrier Air Conditioning dealers among others.

The inspection is simple: the contractor will visit your home and can evaluate the temperature, relative humidity, air handling unit cleanliness and perform a IAQ Screen Check to determine ubiquitous allergens such as: mold, pollen, insect biodetritus, fiberglass fibers, skin cell fragments, etc…. The cost includes a laboratory analysis by the award winning Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory (EDLab), an AIHA accredited microbiology laboratory

Using the information gathered during the inspection, your HVAC professional can make recommendations on how to actually improve the quality of the air inside your home.

Proper ventilation and air filtration can reduce molds, dust, germs, gases and excess moisture that can trigger allergies. An effective filtration system can clean up to an astonishing 99.00 percent of allergens from filtered along with effectively positioned UV light creating an effective proactive program. An example, the Carrier Infinity air cleaner has a MERV15 rating, captures and kills harmful airborne bacteria, viruses, mold spores and allergens, is a whole home air purification and no cleaning is required. Good ventilation and proper maintenance of furnaces, duct work, and exhaust systems will also prevent the circulation of unwanted allergens.

To learn more about the IAQ Screen Check and the importance of indoor air quality visit www.IAQScreenCheck.com.

Call today at 1-800-422-7873 to schedule your IAQ Screen Check today or to find the dealer closest to you.

About Building Health Check:

Building Health Check L.L.C (BHC). (www.buildinghealthcheck.com) is an indoor environmental consulting firm and franchisor with expertise in industrial hygiene, microbiology, public health, building science, and mechanical engineering? The firm performs IAQ evaluations as well as supplies an array of do-it-yourself (DIY) IAQ Screen Check kits ranging from Mold, Allergen, Dust Mites, and Fiberglass. Also available is a 5 minute mycotoxin field test. You can order on line at: www.IAQScreenCheck.com or at many quality HVAC supply distributors.

In addition, through its affiliate companies at Pure Air Control Services, Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory (EDLab) and Building Remediation Services (BRS) provides indoor environmental sample analysis and remediation services (Mold Mitigation and HVAC systems hygiene/duct cleaning). Through the years, BRS has serviced over 500 million square feet of indoor environments at over 10,000 buildings and homes. Over the past 15 years, EDLab (AIHA EMLAP 102795) has analyzed over 100,000 samples. In addition, the professional staff has served as expert witnesses in over 100 mold/IEQ-related cases.

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