Indoor Air Quality Articles

To promote safety and well-being for our community in Mount Vernon, here’s what you should know about this harmful airborne pollutant.

There are many advantages to adding a whole-house humidifier to your Washington home. Adding a humidifier can increase the comfort level in your home and lower your annual energy expenses. Proper humidity levels can allow you to maintain indoor comfort levels at a lower temperature which uses less energy for heating.

If odd sounds from your HVAC system are keeping you up at night, it is time to schedule maintenance and regain a peaceful nighttime.

Indoor humidity is a drag. It makes relaxing extremely difficult—after all, you are sweating inside your home! It can affect your health, triggering asthma attacks and flaring allergies. It tends to put everyone in a sluggish mood—even the goldfish. Let’s zap that excess moisture right out of the room, and look at ways to manage your Washington home’s relative indoor humidity.

Replacing your dirty air filter can mean better health, increased comfort, and less impact on your pocket book.

It’s rampant everywhere around the country and has become the subject of a lighthearted, frequently repeated myth at both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Officials at these agencies understand farming does not occur without creating dust. So the EPA and USDA “have never proposed tightening rules on farm dust. And they have told Congress and the American people that they won’t propose stricter standards.”

At Foss Heating & Cooling, we always look for ways to improve the comfort, health, and safety of homes and businesses in Anacortes and surrounding areas. Your heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is a significant purchase—a big part of our job is to help ensure you get the maximum value from this investment.

Did you know the average American spends nearly 90 percent of life indoors? That’s why it is increasingly important to ensure indoor air quality (IAQ) is clean and healthy. If your Oak Harbor home is facing air-quality issues, you may be suffering anything from minor discomfort to significant allergy or health problems. Our team at…

That’s why we at Foss Heating and Cooling recommend a humidifier for your home, especially for the cooler months. It helps to maintain the necessary humidity in your Burlington home, making everything, including you, run as it should.