Indoor Air Quality And Crawl Space Tips
From The Clean Air Co.
Win Remove Allergens from Your Home
Ah, spring. Bright blue skies, blooming flowers and trees, and soaring pollen levels! Are you are one of the many seasonal allergy sufferers in this region who have retreated indoors in hopes of avoiding the constant sniffling and sneezing?
What You Can’t See … May Require a Free Crawl Space Evaluation
Soggy, smelly, moldy, and full of bugs, snakes, and rodents. Sounds like a great place to spend a beautiful, sunny, Saturday afternoon, doesn’t it? But if that’s the condition of your home’s crawl space, it’s exactly where somebody needs to be – and stat!
Should You Waterproof Your Crawl Space?
It is essential to maintaining a healthy home that you keep your crawl space dry. So yes, you should waterproof your crawl space if it is wet. It’s not difficult to know that your crawl space is wet if you see standing water.
Crawl Space Vents – Open or Closed?
Open vents allow hot, humid air into your crawl space, which can cause the growth of mold and mildew when it meets the cool air ducts underneath your house. Closed vents mean you aren’t letting humidity in, but you are trapping stale air.
Is it normal to have a sump pump in crawl space areas?
People ask this question frequently. Actually, you can place a sump pump nearly anywhere water accumulates – and that includes in your crawl spaces. In this blog, we are going to answer some questions about have a sump pump in crawl space areas.
Should You Remove Mold in the Crawl Space?
Humidity in Tennessee is hitting highs every day. This is the prime time of year for the growth of mold in your crawl space. Warm, moisture-laden air enters from the outside. This sets up the conditions for mold to thrive in your crawl space.
Poor Air Quality – Odors in the House
Funny odors in the house are common. Some household odors are merely objectionable, but they aren’t hazardous to your health. Cooking odors are a good example of this type of odor.
Should You Be Concerned about Moisture in the Crawl Space?
If you don’t know you have moisture in the crawl space, and you’re just wondering, the short answer is “yes.” If you can see standing water in the crawlspace, the long answer is “yes, you should be worried!” Moisture in a crawl space is never a good thing.
How to Improve the Air Quality in Your Home
The air we breathe, both indoors and outdoors, can have a big impact on your health. Studies show a connection between poor outdoor air quality to lung cancer, strokes, and heart disease. (You can check the outdoor air quality in your area by going to AirNow.gov.)
Questions about Crawl Spaces
Dirt crawl spaces do not have to be wet or flooded to be extremely unhealthy. A damp environment is very unhealthy and destructive, and soil has a very high humidity. Mold thrives in damp environments. The dampness in the crawl space soil moves easily into the crawl space.
Crawl Space Moisture & Your Allergy Problems
It’s that time in Tennessee again – yellow pollen covering everything and rain, rain, rain. April showers bring May flowers, but it also causes moisture in your crawl space if it is vented.
What’s in Your Crawl Space
Deep in the under-workings of your house is a dark hole, a twilight zone…the crawl space! What’s in your crawl space? Spiders, crickets, mold, mildew, dampness, and other creatures that you dare not think of?