Your Home Should Be An Air Quality Safe Haven

Outdoor air pollution in Toronto and Southern Ontario is very poor today due to the Northern Ontario forest fires. We had a lot of pollution this spring with higher than normal pollen counts leading to more serious allergic reactions. Now, asthma sufferers are having to deal with the high dust counts outdoors from the soot and smoke from forest fires. This is Climate Change folks and it’s here to stay.

This is why your home should be an air quality safe-haven! How? It’s actually easier than you think.


To control outdoor pollutants such as seasonal pollen, ragweed, and grasses as well as summer soot and smoke particles from forest fires as well as other outdoor issues such as exhaust from cars and industry…you need proper ventilation and filtration.


Proper ventilation will help dilute, dissipate and exhaust indoor air quality pollutants such as Carbon Dioxide (from us breathing), chemical issues such as VOC’s (from building materials and contents), and control indoor humidity that could lead to mould growth. Ventilation can be achieved by ventilation systems such as an HRV or ERV system. This mechanically brings fresh air from outdoors into the home and also vents out polluted stale air back outdoors. Thereby providing proper airflow and ventilation and adequate oxygen content for everyone in the home.


Proper filtration will help reduce airborne pollutants from indoor sources as well as outdoor sources especially if you have or install a ventilation system. You want fresh air and clean air coming inside from outdoors…not just raw outdoor and sometimes polluted outdoor air.

Having a proper furnace filtration system as well as a central HEPA filtration system will provide that layer of protection of allergens and pathogens from both indoor and outdoor sources.


Furnace filters that don’t fit properly are the first challenge to good indoor air quality. If there are any gaps where air can bypass the filter, the filter is now useless. Air will not force itself through a filter if it can leak past, over, or under it. Filters must fit tight.


Furnace filters should also be of a higher MERV or efficiency rating. However, many of these can restrict airflow and can also increase energy consumption. Consider newer electronic filters that do not restrict airflow instead. Contact us for more info.


A central HEPA filtration system will now take the allergen and pathogen filtration to the next level. Pollen, mould spores, soot, smoke, VOCs, bacteria, viruses, dust mites, dander, and fibers can all be removed from the breathable air with a properly working and properly installed central HEPA filtration system. Call us we can help.


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