Indoor Air Quality Santa Rosa, CA
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In the Marin and Sonoma Counties, we are spending a lot more time in our homes with the windows and
doors closed. Fire season is a prolonged annual event. People are now home more, and many people now
work from home as well. You can get your home tested with products like Aeroseal, a process that
involves testing the loss of air in your ducts before sealing the cracks and holes in the ductwork.
Professionals can also perform an air quality test to see if the air in your home has too much or too
little humidity and if there are strong pollutants circulating through your home.
Signs of Santa Rosa Indoor Air Quality Problems
There are many signs that you may need help with your indoor air quality in Santa Rosa, CA. These include:
If you’re experiencing these symptoms, give John Owens Services, Inc. a call for indoor air quality service in Santa Rosa, CA. We also serve all of Sonoma and Marin Counties!
Are you concerned about your indoor air quality in Santa Rosa, CA? Do you wonder if the air you are
breathing from your Santa Rosa HVAC system could harm you? Maybe you have asthma and allergies, and
you think that improving your air quality could help you feel better every day. You might also
notice large amounts of dust or debris gathering on furniture more often than usual.
Poor indoor air quality can cause many irritations and health problems; eye and nose irritation,
headaches, coughing, fatigue, and breathing problems, for example. Pollutants can have serious
adverse effects on our immune systems. By getting your indoor air quality tested by professionals,
you can begin to find solutions that will improve your health and the air you breathe every day.
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Can not be combined with other offers
There are two main sources of pollutants: particles and gases. The dust is visible in the air when the sunlight hits it and is in the range of 100 microns. Large particles settle as dust. Below 10 microns, particles float in the air longer. Below 2.5 microns, particles infiltrate the body through the lungs and can get into your bloodstream. Gases are tiny by micron standards. Gases are in the range of 0.0001 microns and are not effectively eliminated by filtration.
In the Santa Rosa HVAC industry, we often joke that the standard one-inch fiberglass hardware
store filter can stop golf balls. The effectiveness of air filters varies greatly. Paper or
media filters are good for trapping particles. However, they do not purify or sterilize the air.
Filters have a Merv rating as to how fine a particle they can filter out of the air.
For filtration to be effective, we need large, thick filters.
Electronic Air Cleaners
Air passes through charged plates or media. The charged plates ionize the air. There is often a
prefilter that needs to be replaced regularly. Different manufacturers charge the wires
differently, either with a negative or positive charge. After the charged ionizing wires, there
are collector plates with the opposite electrical charge as the ionizing wires. Furthermore, the
particles are given an opposite charge at the collector plates, which causes the particles to be
automatically attracted to the oppositely charged collector plates. Lastly, some manufacturers
claim that their electronic air cleaners filter particles down to one micron. The Respicaire
Microclean 95 claims to be 95% efficient and effective down to 0.3 microns in a 1 inch thick
filter (this is a very popular electronic air filter).
Air Purification
Air purification is the process of sanitizing the air by neutralizing airborne toxins (gases and
off-gassing, bacteria, viral or fungal matter, toxic pathogens, etc.). Air purification uses a
different method than an air filter to purify the air of toxins. Beyond filtration and the
removal of particles, a residence needs some type of air purifier added to the air system to
neutralize toxins, bacteria, viruses, etc.
This includes Air Scrubbers (trade name), ultraviolet sterilizers, air purifiers, and ozone
generators. Air purifiers are typically portable and used in one room. Air Scrubbers install in
your Santa Rosa HVAC system, continually scrubbing air as it circulates. Ozone is less popular
today, as it can have harmful effects on the body.
Atomic Theory
An atom is neutral if it has equal numbers of protons and electrons.
If we use a purifier/sanitizer, we unbalance the atom through ionization. When an atom has extra
electrons, the atom is a negative ion. An atom will always seek to be neutral. So, when an atom
is ionized, it will seek out another ion to bond with to become a stable and happy ion. It will
seek contaminants to bond with to balance itself.
There are many ways to improve your indoor air quality in Santa Rosa, CA, & across Marin & Sonoma
Counties.
Among the plumbing leaks our service is able to identify are:
We’ll talk you through all the options to help you find the one that is best for you and your family. If any of these sound like you or if you need help with your indoor air quality for other reasons, reach out to us at John Owens Services today for indoor air quality monitoring services. We will let you know which of our possible solutions might improve your indoor air quality in Santa Rosa and across Sonoma and Marin Counties!