Breathe Easier: 7 Expert Ideas for Cleaner Indoor Air
Worried about the air quality in your home? You should be. Scientific studies show poor indoor air quality is directly linked to respiratory diseases, asthma, and other significant health conditions.
The good news is that you don’t have to live with it. As your local indoor air quality (IAQ) experts, the PDM Clean Team can help you limit pollution sources, improve ventilation, and install advanced air purification equipment.
Since 1885, PDM has been helping homeowners in the SW Chicago Suburbs—including Joliet, Bolingbrook, New Lenox, Plainfield, and Homer Glen—breathe easier. Trust us to deliver a healthier home environment, all backed by our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
Clean Air Strategy 1: Upgrade Your Air Filtration
Your air filter’s primary job is to protect your HVAC system, but its secondary role is to clean the air flowing through your home. If you’re using a cheap, thin filter, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to trap harmful particles.
We recommend a Whole-Home Media Air Cleaner with a 5-inch thick filter. Here’s why it’s a game-changer:
Superior Particle Capture: It actively captures airborne microscopic particles like dust and smoke, along with larger contaminants like mold spores and pet dander.
Massive Efficiency Boost: Our pleated media filter is up to 40 times more efficient than a standard 1-inch filter.
Stops Air Bypass: The solid cabinet prevents dirty air from sneaking around the sides, ensuring all the air is cleaned—a flaw that defeats the purpose of many high-MERV 1-inch filters.
Maintains Performance: With more than 22 square feet of media, it maintains high airflow, allowing your HVAC system to run at peak efficiency. Plus, it only needs to be replaced every 6 to 12 months.
Clean Air Strategy 2: Install a Whole-Home Air Purifier
Go beyond just filtering the air. Our recommended system actively purifies your entire home or business, targeting pathogens and odors.
This device is the world’s first self-cleaning, no-maintenance air purification system. It mimics nature by generating the same ions created by lightning, waterfalls, and ocean waves—all without producing harmful ozone.
Kills Pathogens: When ions encounter viruses (including COVID-19), bacteria, or mold, they strip away their hydrogen molecules, killing the pathogens by eliminating their energy source.
Breaks Down Pollutants: The technology breaks down passing pollutants and gases into harmless compounds like oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
Reduces Allergens: Ions attach to allergens like pollen and other particles, causing them to stick together until they are large enough to be easily captured by your air filter.
Clean Air Strategy 3: Germicidal UV Light Systems
Add an extra layer of defense with a Germicidal UV Light Air Purification System installed right into your HVAC unit.
This system uses UV light to deactivate the DNA of dust mites, bacteria, and other pathogens, destroying their ability to multiply. It significantly reduces air contamination caused by fungus, mold, and viruses, and can even cleanse surfaces in your system that are overcome by mold and slime.
Proven Power: In a 2012 study, Duke University Medical Center used UV light to wipe out 97% of drug-resistant bacteria in 50 hospital rooms—that’s powerful protection for your home.
Ozone-Free: Our energy-efficient UV air purifiers do not produce ozone.
Clean Air Strategy 4: Control Humidity with Whole-Home Systems
Too much or too little humidity can wreak havoc on your health and home. Balancing the air with a whole-home system is essential.
Whole-Home Humidifiers
In the dry winter months, a humidifier can:
Reduce Illnesses: Minimize the formation of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and dust mites.
Soothe Symptoms: Reduce the incidence of respiratory infections, allergy, and asthma symptoms.
Save Money: You can lower your thermostat and still feel just as warm, saving up to 10% on heating bills.
Whole-Home Dehumidifiers
Excess summer humidity encourages mold, condensation, and higher energy use. Our dehumidification system:
Removes Massive Moisture: Some units can remove up to 90 pints of moisture a day for comfortable, healthy indoor humidity levels.
Efficient Operation: They run quietly, drain automatically, and only require an air filter change once a year under normal conditions.
Clean Air Strategy 5: Improve Air Exchange with Ventilation Systems
A home needs to breathe. Installing a ventilation system provides a constant flow of fresher, cleaner air to your home. We offer systems that are optimized for summer or winter to eliminate heat loss when running, ensuring you get fresh air without wasting energy.
Clean Air Strategy 6: Professional Duct Cleaning
Your ductwork is a highway for air, but over time it can become coated in a hodgepodge of dust, debris, and contaminants that get recirculated throughout your home.
Our Duct Cleaning service uses a powerful vacuum to whisk away all this accumulated dirt, debris, and allergens. We take care to protect your home and ensure a thorough cleanup, preventing old dirt from contributing to new health issues.
Clean Air Strategy 7: Consistent HVAC Maintenance
The simple truth is your air conditioner and furnace are giant dirt collectors. Dirt and neglect are the #1 reasons for system failure and wasted energy.
A dirty HVAC system:
Contaminates Air: It adds dust to your ducts which then circulates throughout your home.
Increases Costs: Dirt compromises your system’s performance, causing your energy costs to go up while your comfort goes down.
Consistent AC Tune-ups and Furnace Tune-ups keep your system running efficiently, save you money, and—most importantly—reduce the dirt being spread throughout your air.
Ready to Breathe Easy?
Don’t wait to improve your home’s air quality. Contact the PDM Clean Team for free indoor air purifying advice.
We are the Nice Guys at PDM, serving Joliet and the SW Chicago Suburbs since 1885.
Call 815-390-7095 today!
