Preparing for a Family Gathering

If you find yourself waking up with a stuffed-up nose, unable to breathe, and you think the air in your home is worsening your allergies, then you need to take action. There are things you can do to clean the air in your home so that you don't have as many irritants as possible. So if you find yourself having trouble breathing clearly or suffering from a runny nose or irritated eyes, and you want to decrease the mites and pollen in the air in your home, then here are three ways to do this.

Get a Vacuum with HEPA Filters

One easy way to get rid of irritants is to get a better vacuum. If your current vacuum doesn't have the facility for HEPA filtration, then you should switch over to one that does. HEPA filters can trap tiny little specks of pollen and mite debris. These are things that are detrimental to people suffering from asthma. The way these filters work is that all of the air that gets sucked up into the vacuum must pass out via the bag, and then the mites and pollen will get trapped. You can get a vacuum that has a washable HEPA filter or one that uses disposable bags that are HEPA.

Install a Portable Air-Filtration System in Your Bedroom

After you are done vacuuming the rugs and carpets in your home, it's time to address your bedroom. This is the place where you will spend the most time, so it's a great place to place a portable air-filter system. These can be plugged into an electrical outlet, and they suck in the room's air and then filter it and push out clean air. These devices will either come with replaceable filter inserts or with a large filter that can be cleaned out under running water or vacuumed. For people who also like the sound of white noise while they sleep, the gentle hum of these machines is a cool benefit.

Get Your Air Ducts Cleaned

If your home has central air, then you must get the air ducts cleaned out. The ducts will get dirty over time, and all of your effort vacuuming and setting up small portable filtration units will be wasted. If all of the air that is being pumped around your home is passing through dirty air ducts, then you will be breathing bad air. This is why you need to contact a professional air-duct cleaning company to come in and remove all of this filth. You can't crawl up into the air ducts yourself (or at least you shouldn't try and do this), and so the best recourse is to get a professional such as Memorable Air Care to handle the matter for you.