As a homeowner, you maintain your home so that it stays in great condition. However, there are more things to worry about aside from costly repairs. When you don’t take steps to keep your home healthy and safe, you may be putting your family at risk of injury or illness. Follow these tips to keep your home safe.
Keeping Your Home Healthy and Safe Doesn’t Have to be Complicated
There’s a lot that can get overlooked when it comes to cleaning and maintaining the home. Some of the issues that threaten health and safety in a home aren’t visible. Here are six straightforward tips that will improve your household.
1. Vacuum and Dust the House Regularly
A tidy home is a healthier home. When you clean, do it from top to bottom. This way, dust that falls to the floor will be vacuumed up later. Ceiling fan blades and trim are often forgotten about, so dust these areas first. Vacuuming the house frequently is one of the easiest and most effective ways to keep your home healthy and safe. Dust, dander, and pollen settle into the carpets in your home and worsen allergies and asthma.
2. Open the Windows for Fresh Air
Indoor air pollutants will accumulate in a well-sealed home. When the weather permits, open some windows in your home. Replacing stale air with fresh outdoor air will improve indoor air quality by diluting the contaminants that build up over time.
3. Check Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Smoke inhalation, house fires, and carbon monoxide poisoning cause many preventable deaths. Homeowners often forget to check their detectors and then they fail to sound when there is a fire. Dead batteries are the main problem, so test your alarms monthly. Experts also recommend that you replace old detectors with new ones every 10 years.
4. Get Rid of Mold to Keep Your Home Healthy and Safe
Getting rid of mold in the home is important for a number of reasons. Mold can degrade surfaces in your home and lead to expensive structural repairs. Even worse, it can cause serious health problems from breathing in the spores. Allergies, asthma, and other respiratory illnesses are health risks that come from mold in the home.
5. Filter Your Drinking Water
Tap water is often the primary source of drinking water. However, the water coming out of your faucet may contain chlorine, lead, and other unhealthy chemicals and pollutants. If you want to keep your home healthy and safe, use a water filter for tap water. Some styles attach to the faucet itself while others are installed under the sink.
6. Test for and Mitigate Radon Gas to Make the Home Healthy and Safe
Radon is a silent killer that goes undetected without a professional radon test. While it doesn’t have immediate effects like carbon monoxide, radon can cause severe damage to your lungs after years of exposure. Radon gas enters through cracks or openings in the foundation and walls. To keep your home healthy and safe, test your home for radon and install a radon mitigation system if levels are too high.
Your home should be a comfortable place for your family, but that’s not always the case. Learn as much as you can about common dangers in the home and take the appropriate steps to keep your home healthy and safe.
Reveal360 Inspection Services provides home inspection services and radon testing to Northern Colorado. Contact us to schedule our services.