Scenic winter beauty, sparkling snow, beautiful feathery frost patterns etched onto the windowpane… and being stuck indoors breathing in the germs from everyone else’s sneezes! What a great time of year. Well, we do have some good news for you. You can drastically reduce your risk of coming down with illnesses this winter by improving your indoor air quality. All it takes is some UV light! Let’s go over the benefits of UV light services in Cedar Grove, NJ.
Killing Germs with Light
Germs such as bacteria, viruses, mold spores, and more are not like larger organisms. They don’t have complex structures or immune systems. They’re so tiny that they are, in fact, very delicate. The only way they can cause so much harm is by finding ideal environments to reproduce in. And they much prefer those environments to be dark.
Germs are so sensitive to light that close exposure to UV light at the right frequency will destroy them. The light goes right through their flimsy outer membranes and undoes the chemical bonds that hold their proteins together. The germs are dead, and can no longer cause anyone any harm.
UV Light Safety
If this sort of light can be so destructive to single-celled pathogens, will it cause harm to larger organisms like people and pets? Well, we have sturdy skin to protect us. This frequency of UV light is similar to the sun or a tanning bed. It’s not going to scramble your proteins like an egg, the way it does to a germ. But you should limit your exposure, just as you do to avoid sunburn. How? Well, that’s easy. In a UV air purifier, the light stays inside, and you’re never exposed at all!
Whole House Air Purifiers
Your home’s air passes through your ductwork. Whether you’re using the heat or the air conditioning, this network is how the warmth or coolness is distributed throughout the house. That means that all your air (and all the germs in it) will eventually make it through those ducts. So that’s where your air purifier will go!
While a small, portable air purifier is a great option for a little office or dorm room, it can’t cycle all the air in an entire home through its UV light chamber. But whole house air purifiers are meant for exactly this workload. They’re professionally installed by our HVAC technicians and are located inside your ductwork. Every bit of air is sanitized as it cycles through your ducts.
Benefits of Better Air Quality
What can you hope for when you breathe cleaner air? It can have a huge impact on your life! Fewer sick days, headaches, allergy symptoms, asthma attacks, and more. Improved energy and mood, and better sleep at night. And because odors are caused by bacteria in the air, your house will smell fresh and clean, too! It will even reduce the risk of mold growth in your home by killing mold spores in the air.
Contact MarGo Plumbing Heating Cooling Inc. today to schedule an appointment or ask any questions about indoor air quality!