Your Chapman Air Conditioner: Allergy Fighter

Can Your Air Conditioner Help Fight Allergies?

Your air conditioner helps keep your home cool and comfortable during the harsh spring and summer months. Everybody knows that and, especially here in Indiana, is extremely grateful for it.

But, did you know that your air conditioner does more than just keep you cool?

As if fighting the heat wasn’t reason enough to have your unit running in tip top shape year-round, your air conditioner is actually an instrumental piece of equipment for keeping allergens at bay and you allergy-free.

You may be wondering how could this be? After all, doesn’t it just keep the air cool? Keeping a cool home can directly fight certain common household causes of allergies.

Mold and Mildew

Take mold and mildew for example. While toxic mold and mildew like Black Mold are not very common, more simplified versions often grow around the home. If left unattended, mold and mildew cause respiratory problems and can heighten allergy issues.

Mold and mildew grow most commonly in areas high in moisture and humidity, making places like your bathroom, basement and laundry rooms ideal targets. However, by regularly running your air conditioner, especially after showers and while doing laundry, you can keep humidity levels down and make it harder for these common allergens to grow.

Dust Mites

The thought that there are tiny living particulates around your house can be a little gross, but it’s the truth. Dust mites are common household pets. Although nearly invisible, a regular household contains a great number of them.

The byproducts of dust mites are a major cause of common allergies like coughing, wheezing and sneezing. While it is impossible to completely rid your home of dust mites, there are measures you can take to keep them at bay.

Like other mites and parasites, dust mites thrive in humid areas. It makes perfect sense then that keeping the air dry and cool limits their growth and population. Other measures like frequent dusting, vacuuming and washing of bedding has been shown to also help, but experts stress controlling humidity as the most effective tactic.

Purified Air

An air conditioner doesn’t just keep the air cool, it also helps keep the air fresh and clean. When your air conditioner pulls hot air out of your house, it is also pulling significant amounts of pollen, dander, dust and even pet hair that may also be present. So, the air that remains is not only cooler, but also freer from pollution, contaminants and allergens.

However, the job is not done there. These contaminants cause a buildup on built-in air filters inside air conditioning units, causing them to the filters to prevent catching more and reintroducing the contaminants into the air.

For this reason, it is crucial to regularly replace air filters according to manufacturer’s instructions. Even more important is making sure your entire unit is up-to-date and running in tip-top shape. If you are having some issues with yours after turning it on for the first time this year, it may be an easy fix or time for a replacement.

Either way, your friends at Chapman can help! Give us a call or schedule service online. We are proud to serve Central Indiana for all your heating, cooling and plumbing needs.

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