Keep the Air in Your Home Fresh With UV Lights

The winter brings more than just really cold weather. We have to fight with the situations come in this weather. We have to deal with too cold water inside water pipes, as the air inside our homes cold and damp, it also provides mildew, mould, and bacteria the perfect breeding ground. With these three in the air, your home will tend to smell a bit musty, which can really be embarrassing especially when you’re having people over.

Sure, you can always empty an entire bottle of air freshener into your home, but you know very well that it’s nothing more than a temporary solution. In just a few minutes, the citric or floral smell of the air freshener of your choice will fade, and that disgusting musty smell air will go back like it never left because that is exactly what they did: They never left.

When trying to get rid of nasty smells in your house, from that musty smell to pet odours, you have to attack the problem at the source—the mould, mildew and bacteria—first. You can certainly keep the air in your home fresh with UV lights.

In-Duct UV Light Systems

Now this doesn’t mean you have to put ultraviolet light lamps all over your house to get rid of whatever smells are permeating the air in your home. When using ultraviolet light for this purpose, it must be done through in-duct UV light systems, which means they are integral parts of the forced-air heating and cooling system in your home.

Now you might say that the HVAC filter—one with high-efficiency ratings, to boot—in your home already does the job of cleaning the air, but in reality, it could use some help. The filter may be able to remove a variety of particulates from the air as it circulates throughout the HVAC system, but they are hardly able to catch and kill certain bacteria, viruses, mold spores and other microorganisms in the air. In-duct UV light systems, on the other hand, can, and are quite efficient at it. When micro-organisms pass under that ultraviolet light, the organisms get sterilized and eventually die.

Protect Your Health with Ultraviolet Light

The nasty smell inside your home may be embarrassing, but that is simply the least of your problems. Always remember that the mould spores and bacteria that cause that smell could impact the health of every one in your household. They can trigger and worsen allergic reactions, as well as cause respiratory issues. By adding ultraviolet light to your air treatment system, you are in effect killing these organisms right at the source. That means you are reducing the likelihood of anyone in your family getting sick because of the cold and damp caused by the chilly season.

Ultraviolet light is so potent that if you have mould or bacteria growing on the indoor coil and/or condensate pan of your heat pump or A/C unit, you can install them to shine on these parts and effectively get rid of the problem.

Should you have any more questions about in-duct UV light systems or the quality of air in your home, we at Beez Neez plumbing will be more than glad to answer them for you. Give us a call, and we’ll talk about energy and home comfort issues in relation to HVAC and plumbing systems.