How to Save Money and Mitigate Allergies This Spring

With warmer weather on the way, there is an opportunity to save money on your energy costs and enjoy springtime. Opening your windows and turning off the heating and air conditioning for a time reduces what you spend on energy. Unfortunately, opening your windows also allows the pollen to float into your home, giving you grief for having allergies or asthma. For those with severe asthma and allergies, the air quality in your home can play a big difference in your well being.

How allergens get in

Window and door screens are made to keep out bugs. The spaces in the screen are, on average, around one millimeter wide. While it’s perfect for keeping insects out of your home, it isn’t great at keeping out dust and pollen. Pollen is smaller than the thickness of a hair, making it almost impossible to keep out the allergens, unless you have a specially-made screen.

Before opening your windows

One way to help with mediating allergies while having your windows open is to prep your home beforehand. Your carpet and furniture easily trap air pollutants, like dust and pet dander. Vacuuming the carpets and furniture before opening your windows will help you start out with an advantage and cleaner air inside your home. Professional carpet cleaning can get the deeper particles hiding in the fibers to start off with a blank slate and make it easier to vacuum up any allergens that come into your home in the future. A general dusting of your home can also help reset your home and is a perfect chore for spring cleaning.

Let in the spring

After opening your windows, there are more suggestions that are recommended by air quality experts. These include replacing or upgrading your air filters, getting an air purifier, and washing your clothes and hands after being outside. For your carpets and upholstery, creating a regular schedule for vacuuming is the best course of action to keep allergens at bay in your home. It’s even cheaper than some of the other options.

Getting ahead of the allergies is one of the best ways to make sure you can mitigate your allergies while saving money on your energy bills. Give us a call to schedule a carpet or upholstery cleaning so that you can breathe better this allergy season.