6 Ways to Better Quality Air in the Home

1.  Control Moisture Sources:

• Vent bathrooms, kitchens, clothes dryer, stove hood and toilets directly outdoors
• Maximise natural light in bathrooms
• Fix water leaks and clean up within 36 hours after floods or water damage
• Ventilate your roof space

2.  Control Dust Mites and Animal Dander:

• Wash sheets weekly adding small amount of eucalyptus oil to wash
• Spray carpets, mattresses, pillows, curtains and furnishings with dilute clove oil spray
• Replace pillows every five years
• Install solid surface floors in bedrooms
• Eliminate fabric curtains & blinds
• Keep animals out of bedrooms (preferably out of your home)

3.  Eliminate Toxic Pesticides:

• Replace dangerous neurotoxic pesticides with safe alternative

4.  Reduce Harmful Volatile Compounds (VOCs):

• Store toxic/volatile compounds outside living space
• Use safe paints and sealers (No harmful VOCs)
• Replace toxic cleaning products with safer, plant-based cleaners
• Keep garage separate from your house or seal off entry from garage to house if attached
• Place green leafy plants throughout the house

5.  Reduce Particulates:

• Use hard floor surfaces rather than wall-to-wall carpet
• Use a True HEPA filter equipped vacuum cleaner

6.  Improve Ventilation:

• Provide a minimum amount of outside air by
  • Using whole house mechanical ventilation
  • Cracking open a few windows