Does Duct Cleaning Help Allergies?

Allergists Encourage Duct Cleaning

An allergy sufferer doesn’t have to go far to learn the benefits of duct cleaning. A quick trip to the local allergy clinic and they discover that, among other things (like mattress cleaning, and freezing pillows, etc), duct cleaning ranks high on the list of allergy cleaning or allergy proofing a house.

Don’t Stop at Just Duct Cleaning

There are many other steps you can take to “Allergy-Proof” your home. Duct Cleaning is only one step, here are a few more ideas:

• Hire a mattress cleaning company – dust mites feed on dead skin and perspiration (sorry, it needed to be said).
• Purchase mattress encasements – prevent dust mites from getting into the mattress.
• Clean the drapes, carpet and upholstery – the mattress cleaning people should be able to advise you.
• Get an air purifier – air purifiers have come a long way in eliminating airborne allergens.
• Freeze your pillow and children’s plush toys – what’s living, won’t be for long.

Recommended Allergy Reading:

1. Will Duct Cleaning Help My Allergies?
2. Maintaining Your A/C
3. Allergist Talk About Duct Cleaning
4. Spring Approaching – Time for Duct Cleaning
5. Suffering from Allergies?

Rather than read all the blogs listed above, you could just call your allergist. Better yet, call an air duct cleaner, carpet cleaner and a mattress/upholstery cleaning company. You will be glad you did!

Dust Mites, Allergies & Duct Cleaning

With all the information available on the web about dust mites and allergies, it can be quite difficult separating truth from fiction. While I am not an authority on allergies, I do consider myself an an authority on duct cleaning. No, duct cleaning will not rid your house of dust mites any more than cleaning and shampooing your carpet will rid your house of dirt.

Duct cleaning simply compliments the other steps you might take to make your house more allergy free. Here are a few of the steps I would recommend after much first hand experience and a lot of research:

• Lower your humidity – dust mites thrive in humid conditions.
• Clean your bedding, drapery, furniture and carpet  – for best results hire an ultra violet (UV-C) vacuum cleaning company. UV-C can be an amazing dust mite killer. This is the same ray that earthlings should be very afraid of as a result of greenhouse gases.
• Clean your home with specially designed allergy disinfectants.
• Buy allergy bedding – Allergy control bedding uses encasing fabric that keeps the mites from being able to get into the bed.
• Duct Cleaning – the average home has over 40 pounds of dust and dirt in the duct work…get rid of it.
• Have pets? -If your allergies are severe, you might try boarding them at a friends house for a period of time to see if they are the problem.

If you try hard enough, you will achieve success. Don’t give up or get discouraged. Creating an allergy free environment takes a lot of work, a little money and patience.