Welcome aboard! Here, you will find some simple steps to help maintain a high quality living environment in your home by minimizing the potential for mold growth that could occur naturally over a period of time. You will also benefit from associating yourself with your air conditioning unit by doing some simple preventive maintenance. The best way to treat indoor air is by circulating the air through a ventilation system (an air conditioner or some other mechanical means) that have a central core that could change the air physical parameters. As you will observe, these steps will also be effective for treating your office, cars, or any leisure vehicles that have air conditioning systems. Contents
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To help minimize mold growth in your home, do the followings: A.
Clean and dust your place on
a regular basis. Regularly vacuum,
mop, and use environmentally safe household cleaners to help remove dirt and
debris that contribute to mold growth. B.
Periodically clean and dry
the walls and floors around the sink, bathtub, shower, toilets, windows, and
entrance doors using a common household disinfectant cleaner. C.
Wipe down and dry
countertops, windows, and windowsills where moisture sometimes accumulates. D.
Thoroughly dry any spills on
carpeting. E.
Do not overfill closets or
storage areas. Ventilation is
important in these spaces. F.
Do not allow damp or moist
stacks of clothes or other cloth materials to lie in piles for an extensive
period of time. G.
Repair any water leaks
immediately. H.
Get professional cleaning
service to remove existing mold that cannot be removed by simply applying a
common household cleaner and wiping the area. I.
Repair any inoperable windows
or doors to help keep moisture out of the area. J.
Locate any musty odors in the
area and clean with disinfectant. K.
Proper ventilation is
essential. Open windows or run the fan from the air-handling unit to circulate
fresh air throughout the rooms. Do
not open windows or doors during damp, rainy, pollen season, or dusty
conditions. L.
Maintain the temperature in
the house between 60° and 80° Fahrenheit. Relative humidity should be between 35% and 65%. M.
Use exhaust ventilation fan
when bathing or showering and allow fan to run until all excessive moisture
has been vented from the bathroom.
Open the bathroom window if you do not have an exhaust ventilation
fan. Keep the bathroom air under
negative pressure when in use and by making sure that air travel outside
through the exhaust fan. Reduce the
air supply register to create a negative pressure with the bathroom door
close and the exhaust fan running. 2. To help reduce
bacteria in your air-handling unit, do the followings: A.
Turn off the air conditioning
unit. B.
Replace air filter on a
regular basis. Quarterly or semi-annually. C.
Keep the cooling coil clean
by washing the tube or fin surfaces down with a sponge, warm water, and anti
bacteria detergent. Wipe off any excessive
water with a clean cloth. Do this
process only if the cooling coil is accessible and during cooling
season. Recommend cleaning the
cooling coil only when the coil is dirty or every five years with proper
preventive maintenance. D.
Keep the condensate water
drip pan clean by removing any debris and by making sure water flows freely
through the water drainage pipe. E.
Get professional duct
cleaning service to clean the air duct if you have not clean the air duct in
more than 15 years. Dirty air duct is
one of the main causes for circulating and spreading all sorts of viruses
throughout the house. F.
Once all equipment parts are
clean and ready to run, reassemble the air-handling unit. G.
Turn the fan on and the
system in the cool mode. H.
Spray a can of Lysol anti-bacteria
mist with disinfectant near the return duct register in circular motion while
the air-handling unit is operating.
Continue to spray for approximately 1 to 3 minutes or until the entire
house smells like Lysol. Wipe off
excessive fluid around the return duct register with a clean cloth. (The
alternative way to disinfect your air conditioning system is to have a
professional duct cleaner sanitize your air-handling unit). I.
Once the indoor air is
cleaned and disinfected, set the thermostat on auto mode. J.
Once your air conditioning
system is running properly, you could place a room air freshener near the
return duct register. Make sure that
the room air freshener can be reached and replaced easily when it is time for
a replacement. Adjust the air freshener
cap opening in small increment or until the air fragrance in the house is
barely scented. This option will keep
your indoor air smells clean and fresh while the air-handling unit is
operating! 3.
To help keep the temperature evenly throughout the house, do the
followings: A.
Replace air filter in the
air-handling unit. B.
Install a room thermometer in
each room to help read the actual temperature of the room. C.
Make sure that air can travel
easily from the supply register in each room to the return register without
any obstructions. Stagnated air tends
to cause the air-handling unit to run inefficiently and shorten the life of
the air conditioning system. D.
Determine the room with the
highest temperature when heating the house.
Remember that heat travel from hot condition to cold condition. For
example, in the winter season, indoor hot air tends to escape from the house
leaving the house cold. However, in
the summer season, outside hot air tends to intrude into the house adding
heat to the house when the house is being cooled. The bottom line is “Keep
the entrance door and windows shut while cooling or heating the house”. E.
If there is a damper control
install in the room air register, reduce the airflow gradually until the
temperature reads about the same as the main house thermostat reading. This process should take about 10 minutes
or longer for each room temperature to stabilize. Continue the process until all the rooms read about the same
temperature. My intention in this
webpage is to provide a simple method in keeping the indoor air clean and to
control the growth of mold that could cause people to become sick and the
potential of mold that could cause damage to your property. If you have any additional tips or
suggestions on how to keep indoor air clean or have any questions, please
feel free to send me an email. I am
always looking for better ways to clean indoor air. I will be adding more tips to this website in the future. Thank you for stopping by my webpage. ë Click here to go
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