AIR ADVICE: The Importance Of Air Monitoring

air quality testingToday’s tightly sealed and energy efficient homes save money and are better for the environment. But most are not properly equipped to filter and purify the constantly recirculated air. Even “leaky” older homes can accumulate high concentrations of pollutants, as well as exhibit other indoor air quality problems such as dampness, stuffiness, fumes, or dryness.

Almost every aspect of home life can generate indoor air pollution. Cooking, cleaning, furniture, paint, and pets are just a few of the many culprits. When trapped and recirculated within the home, airborne pollutants accumulate through time.

Who’s at risk. Children and the elderly are most at risk from poor indoor air quality (IAQ), as well as anyone suffering asthma, allergies, or other respiratory diseases. But even healthy adults can experience adverse symptoms with as little as a single exposure to polluted indoor air:

  • headaches
  • nausea
  • sore or scratchy throat
  • nasal irritation
  • dry, red, or watering eyes
  • coughing a fatigue

Get The Test. Know The Facts About Your Home

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Wilson Services offers The The AirAdvice IAQ test, which pinpoints air quality problems in your home that can affect you or your family’s health, as well as their comfort and safety. One of our professional techncians places an AirAdvice IAQ monitor in your home for a few days where it measures temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and airborne particles in one-minute cycles. Then once a day it transmits the data via the phone line to AirAdvice for analysis.

AirAdvice uses the data to generate personalized reports about your home’s indoor air quality. You’ll receive a nine to twelve page report, which contains large, easy-to-read graphs that make it easy to see how pollutant levels changed over the duration of the test.

Please feel free to call us at 413-584-3317  to schedule an indoor air quality test or use our online request form.