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Enjoy a Healthier Home with Efficient Air Cleaners

Despite scrupulous cleaning, the typical home is usually a haven for indoor pollutants. Everything from dust mites to mold can abound without the homeowner even knowing. However, by modifying cleaning...

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7 Simple Steps Remove Dust and Improve Indoor Air Quality

Unfortunately for Grand Traverse County residents, the breeze off the bay just isn’t enough to improve indoor air quality. If you want to get rid of the dust and contaminants in your home’s air,...

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Home Ventilation: 3 Different Ways to Keep Cool

As a Michigan resident, you enjoy relatively cool, mild summers. Still, June, July and August present warm enough days that you want to run the air conditioner. But before you power up the A/C,...

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Recommendations for Reducing Humidity in Your Home

Here on the shores of Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay, the summer humidity can have a noticeable effect on your health and home comfort. There are many ways of reducing humidity in your home, and...

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How to Improve Indoor Air Quality in Different Areas of Your Home

Taking steps toward improving indoor air quality (IAQ) could make an immediate difference in the health of your home's occupants. Since you breathe whatever is in the air repeatedly, taking steps to...

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Tricks to Keep Heat Gain in Your Traverse City Home at Bay

The flow of heat energy into a home is known as heat gain. This occurs when warmer outdoor air infiltrates the home via leaks in walls, doors and ceilings. Heat from the sun's rays can also radiate in...

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Find Out How to Spot an Indoor Humidity Problem

An indoor humidity problem manifests some pretty obvious signs. The home smells dank and musty, while a clammy, uncomfortable feeling pervades the air. Condensation drips down windows, and puddles may...

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Bathroom Ventilation Tips for Your Home

A long, hot shower or bath should be a source of relaxation - not stress. Unfortunately, homes that aren't equipped with proper bathroom ventilation systems can create serious issues that lead to...

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Stay Comfortable with a Humidifier in Your Home

When temperatures drop during the winter months, many people choose to spend more time indoors. Thanks to modern furnaces and effective insulation, most homes are warm enough to be comfortable...

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Choosing Between Air Filtration and Air Cleaning

When you think about indoor air quality (IAQ) problems, you may be reminded of household dust, germs and allergens, and how these contaminants impact the health of people in your home. Even if no one...

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Helpful Tips for Controlling Pollutants

Indoor pollutants can be a major source of discomfort for everyone in your home. They can trigger allergies, produce unpleasant odors, and cause irritate eyes, noses, and throats. Here are some useful...

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Get Relief With Helpful Allergy Tips

It's allergy season across the Grand Traverse County area, and that means sneezing, sniffing and watery and itchy eyes for many allergy sufferers. Whether your allergy attacks stem from oak and maple...

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Do You Know What the “Feels Like” Temperature is?

Your thermostat tells you what the air temperature is, but what your body feels could be something quite different. The "feels like" temperature, also known as the apparent temperature, is influenced...

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Shh! Silence the Noisy Air Vents in Your Home

The typical duct system doesn't have any motorized parts, but that doesn't mean your ducts won't make noise. In fact, some noise is to be expected for the air vents in your home. However, if noisy air...

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The Importance of Bathroom Ventilation

Bathrooms can feel like muggy tropical rain forests after you shower, and this can be a bigger issue than many people think. That humid air can affect your home’s comfort and air quality. Here are...

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Check Out These Houseplants That Clean Your Air

Houseplants bring beauty to our homes, while their living presence can even lower blood pressure and anxiety and boost a sense of well-being. But houseplants also have yet another benefit: they can...

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The Differences Between an Air Cleaner and an Air Purifier

If you are looking for a system to clean the air in your Traverse City home, it's time to clear the air about the differences between air cleaners and air purifiers. There is none. Whether a unit is...

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Keep Your Home’s Air Fresh

If you’re lucky enough to live in a tight, energy efficient home, you may need more fresh air ventilation to keep the indoor air healthy. Fresh air is especially important during the heating season,...

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Considering Improving Your Home’s IAQ With UV Lights?

Depending on factors in your home – including unique circumstances that help create dirty indoor air and threaten the health of family members – you may want to consider escalating efforts to improve...

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These Areas of Your House Need the Most Ventilation

Good ventilation is very important in any home, helping to ensure that indoor air remains healthy and comfortable for your home's occupants by working to prevent the buildup of pollutants, odors and...

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