Our homes are full of different airborne pollutants like pollen, dust, dander, mold, and other allergens that can lead to a range of adverse short- and long-term health effects for people of all ages. Allergens enter your home in many ways but can quickly grow out of control from lack of housekeeping, high humidity, or personal habits. However, if your home has dirty or leaky ductwork, it can further aggravate poor indoor air quality.
Many central heating and cooling systems use ductwork to circulate heated or cooled air throughout a home, but if ducts are not properly cleaned, sealed, or maintained, they can cause homeowners to experience heightened allergies or other respiratory problems.
Fortunately, homeowners have another heating and cooling option that eliminates the need for ductwork altogether: ductless mini split systems. Continue reading to learn more about ductless mini split systems and how they help reduce indoor air pollutants in your home, in addition to a testimonial on their other benefits from one of our customers.
How do ductless mini split systems work?
Instead of circulating warm or cool air through ductwork from a central unit in a home, ductless mini split systems maintain temperatures through individual air handling units in one or multiple rooms of a house that are connected to an outdoor compressor. This allows homeowners to control temperatures in specific zones of their home without the hassle of installing or maintaining ductwork.
How do ductless mini split systems help people with allergies?
Without proper maintenance or filtration, ducts can be a major source of allergen buildup in your home. Ductless mini split systems eliminate the chance of this potentially large reservoir of contaminants from entering the air, but still have air filters to help improve indoor air quality by removing dust and other microscopic allergens.
Ductless Air Conditioner Helps Control Humidity
With a ductless air conditioner, your home’s air is less capable of holding moisture. An air conditioner works by absorbing your home’s heat into the unit’s refrigerant, thereby cooling your home. With a ductless air conditioner, the absorbed moisture is transferred to the unit’s condensate, controlling and reducing your home’s humidity. No more condensation on windows.
Less humidity in your home’s air means less pathogens can exist in it, which can contribute to illness and allergies. Controlling your home’s humidity is actually yet another avenue to improving its indoor air quality.
Improving Indoor Air Quality Is the Answer
While our homes are becoming more and more airtight due to better construction methods, the trapped pollutants and contaminants within are contributing to our overall decline in wellness. The most direct response to this issue is improved indoor air quality.
A ductless air conditioner can be a wonderful way to support indoor air quality’s improvement simply by not having ductwork involved in the process and controlling your home’s humidity.
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