Tips for Pet Owners to Maintain High IAQ in Sugarland, TX

Fall is here and temperatures are dropping in Sugarland, TX. Colder outside temperature means more cuddle time with your furry friends, but it also means your home will have more fur, more allergens and more pet odors lingering in the air. So here are three tips for pet owners who want to maintain high indoor air quality (IAQ).

1. Keep Up With Preventive Maintenance

Your heater and AC regulate the temperature in your home to keep you and your family comfortable. But your central air system also filters out pet dander, pet fur, dust and other pollutants that hitch a ride on your pet’s fur when they come inside from the cold.

Keeping up with semi-annual maintenance tune-ups and monthly filter changes makes your system last longer. But it also improves your home’s IAQ.

2. Ventilate Your Home to Bring in Fresh Air

Having pets in the house leads to all kinds of indoor air pollution. Cleaning their beds and bathroom areas frequently helps reduce these pollutants, as does regular brushing, bathing and grooming. But no matter how much you clean, there will still be pet dander and pet odors in the air.

Improving ventilation in your home is necessary to eliminate stale, stinky air and bring in fresh air from outside. But opening doors and windows in cold weather isn’t ideal. So consider installing a whole-home energy recovery ventilator.

3. Zap Airborne Germs and Pet Odors

Modern IAQ technology does more than just filter out organic air pollutants. You can upgrade your HVAC system to include UV lamps that kill viruses and bacteria along with air purifiers that trap and zap germs with an electrical charge. If you want to maintain the highest IAQ possible inside your home, IAQ upgrades are the way to go.

Stop breathing in obnoxious pet odors and pet dander that trigger allergies. Contact us at Davis Air Conditioning & Heating today to explore indoor air quality solutions to protect your family’s health and make your home environment more comfortable.

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