Air Quality Testing

Indoor air quality testing can sometimes be complex because we're dealing with a number of factors.  Indoor air quality testing is essential for understanding and treating the problems affecting your home’s air quality.  Mold can cause sneezing, excess mucous production, stuffy sinusitis, and other unpleasant affects.  Mold can cause memory loss, tremors, numbness, and profound mood or personality changes.  Mold can cause skin rashes, swelling, welts, itching, and pain. People react differently to the same/similar exposure level and time. 

The reason why indoor air quality is perhaps becoming more of an issue is that in the modern home, or in fact any building, there is a great deal of insulation and windows are sealed to make buildings pretty much air tight. This means that when there are impurities in the air, they are effectively locked inside the building leading to so called “sick building syndrome”.

When indoor air quality is not so good, the most common results are as follows:

• Mold can build up in building materials due to humidity, condensation or leak.
• A build up of  household dust which includes fabric fibers, human skin and hair and pet hair among other things.
• Microscopic dust mites are attracted to skin cells in dust trapped in the air.
• Toxic vapor released  from paint or household products which contain chemicals can become trapped and pollute the air
• Viruses or bacteria  traveling in hot/cold air systems such as air conditioning.