Things That Can Worsen the Indoor Air Quality in Your Apartment

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10/31/2022 Nicholas Fleischmann 0 Comments

Living in an apartment can be great. You have all of the conveniences of living in a city without having to worry about maintaining a yard or dealing with noisy neighbors. However, one downside of apartment living is sharing your air quality with your neighbors. If they smoke, have pets, or do anything else that can affect the air quality, it will also affect you. In this blog post, we will highlight four bad things that can worsen the indoor air quality in your apartment and how to deal with them.

Clogged, Dirty HVAC Filter

Smoking, pets, and mold growth are the primary causes of bad air quality. We know that for sure. But little do people know that a clogged or dirty HVAC filter can also be one of the reasons for bad indoor air quality. If you have ever seen a furnace or an air conditioner, you know that they have a filter in them. This filter is designed to remove airborne particles that could damage the unit or reduce efficiency.

However, over time, these filters can become clogged with dirt, dust, and other debris. When this happens, the air conditioner or furnace must work harder to circulate air, leading to higher energy bills and reduced efficiency. Additionally, a clogged filter will not be able to remove as many airborne particles from the air, which means that the air quality in your apartment will suffer.

Dusty Rugs and Carpets

Another common source of bad indoor air quality is dusty rugs and carpets. These surfaces can collect dust, pollen, and other allergens over time. When not properly cleaned regularly, these allergens can be released into the air, causing problems for people with allergies or asthma. In addition to causing respiratory problems, dusty rugs and carpets can also lead to other health problems, such as headaches, fatigue, and even nausea. If you notice that your apartment is beginning to feel stuffy or that you are having more respiratory problems than usual, it might be time to have your carpets and rugs cleaned.

Bad Humidity

Humidity plays a significant role in indoor air quality. If the air in your apartment is too humid, it can create the perfect environment for mold and mildew to grow. Also, high humidity levels can make breathing difficult, cause respiratory problems, and worsen allergies and asthma. On the other hand, if the air in your apartment is too dry, it can cause static electricity, damage wood furniture, and floors, and make breathing difficult. The ideal humidity level for indoor air quality is between 30% and 50%.

Constantly No Fresh Air

If your apartment has no windows that open or if you never open the ones it does have, the air in your apartment will get stale. Stale air is full of pollutants and can cause a host of respiratory problems. In addition to making it difficult to breathe, stale air can also cause headaches, fatigue, and even nausea. If you want to improve the air quality in your apartment, make sure to open the windows on a regular basis to let fresh air in.

In short, these are several things that can affect the air quality in your apartment. If you are concerned about the air quality in your home, make sure to take steps to improve it. Some simple things you can do to improve the air quality in your apartment include changing your HVAC filter regularly, dusting and vacuuming regularly, and opening the windows to let fresh air in.…

The benefits of using lawn services

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03/17/2018 Nicholas Fleischmann 0 Comments

Working on your lawn or yard can sometimes take up most of your free time. Most people will hire a landscaping service. However, most of them only do things like building pools and moving dirt for a pond. It is a waste of money to hire them just to do yard work. They will over charge you for their service. There is a service that will just come in and do your yard work that you need to be done. You can even book them online now, and they will do whatever it is that you want to be done.

In this article, we will go over a few things that lawn services can do for you.

Lawn service

They will do all your lawn mowing and trim around your side walks. You can have them pull weeds or plant flowers and plants. When it comes to your yard, they will pretty much do it all. They will also remove all the grasses. They will also wash your sidewalks with a high-pressure hose to remove all the oil spots and the grasses that may have been left behind.

Leaves

When fall starts to move in, all the leaves will start to turn brown and fall off the trees; this will make a huge mess out of your yard. Lawn service will come over and rake up all the leaves and put them in a bag and take them away. You will not be responsible for the bags of leaves. They will also get the leaves that fall on your rock garden; they are impossible to get with a rake. They will use a blower and blow them out in the middle of the yard and then rake them up.

Booking

Nowadays, you can go on the Internet and book them. Back in the day, you would see kids going around with a lawn mower and ask if you need your grass cut. They would cut it and then get their pay and off to the next house. They wouldn’t do any raking, so you would be left to do the cleanup. The nice thing about booking is when you are doing whatever you need to do and when you return to your yard, it is all done. You can even pay for the service over the Internet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How to find a contractor that uses stucco

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07/16/2017 Nicholas Fleischmann 0 Comments

When you look at a home or a wall, you probably ask, how do they get rid of all the lines from the seams? Well, back in the day, they used to utilize painters mud. This would make the walls blend in with each other; the problem with that was after a while, it would start to chip off and cause the wall to look really bad.

What they do today is have a drywall contractor come in to hang and tape the drywall, then they will spray stucco all over the wall and then sand and paint.

We will go over a few ways to find a good company that will give your home that stucco look.

What is stucco

It is a pasty substance that you can spray on or use a pudding knife to apply. You can have it in any color. They make indoors and outdoors stucco. When you use this on the outside of your home, it will add insulation to your walls; this will keep the heat out or in whichever you want. It will also add lots of value to your home.

When it is applied on the inside, it will give it that rough look and rounded corners. You can use any type of paint to paint over it. Once it has been applied and painted, you will have to sand it all the way off if you decide to change the color of any way that you use it on.

Internet

All you need to do is look up building contractors that construct homes; they will always have a person that will be able to apply stucco. The first thing you need to do is to make comparisons. Don’t just look at the first one and call them up; do some shopping around instead. You will be able to view their web pages and see just how long they have been in business. Always check their rating too. This will tell you what type of service you will get from them.

Locally

You should be able to talk to friends or family that have had some work done before. See if maybe they had a really good encounter with a company. Any place that you would buy wood or paint would be able to tell you of a good contractor in the area as well.

 

 

 

 

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