Can Your A/C system help your Allergies?

Allergy Relief: an HVAC Remedy?

Studies show that one of the most common causes of allergies and asthma is related to indoor air quality...the quality of the air inside your home.

In fact, one of the most strongly allergenic materials found in the air you breathe when you're inside is common house dust.

You may not realize it but house dust can be heavily contaminated with dust mite fecal pellets and cast skins. About 40,000 dust mites can thrive in just one ounce of dust. That means even the cleanest house probably has plenty of these allergy-causing microscopic critters. Yuck.

Plus, it's estimated that dust mites factor into 50 to 80 percent of asthmatics, as well as countless cases of eczema, hay fever and other allergy-related ailments.

Before you or someone in your family starts taking allergy shots, read Don Wood's story and try a shot-free "whole house" approach to controlling the source of the problem.

The Story of Don Wood

Don Wood suffers from cystic fibrosis, a pulmonary disease. Coupled with acute asthma, he was literally breathless for years. His condition was so severe that he was forced to enter the hospital on a regular basis just to keep going. When he learned from his heating and air conditioning contractor that improving the air in his home might help his condition, he took action. Wood had the ductwork in his home thoroughly cleaned and he installed a HEPA filter. Here's Don's story...

"Before having my ducts cleaned and the installation of the HEPA filter, I had to be hospitalized regularly. Within 24 hours of entering the hospital, I always began to breathe more easily. And when I returned to my home, I would become ill again. It has been eight months since I installed this equipment and I haven't been back to the hospital once! I've got "hospital quality air" in my home! Not only do I have overall improved health, but I also sleep better at night. I perform better at my job because I sleep better now and have much more stamina to make it through the day. I'm amazed at how much cleaner the air in our home has been."

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Breathe Freely in Your Home

Indoor Air Quality/Ductwork

Is my home making me sick?

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a term referring to the air quality within your home, especially as it relates to the health and comfort of your family. IAQ is one of the top five health concerns of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and their findings have been supported by the American Lung Association, Harvard University studies and many other organizations concerned about our health and indoor air environment.

Since the early 70’s, homes have been built tighter to conserve energy by keeping cold air out in the winter and hot air out in the summer. While this does conserve energy, it also contributes to ‘Tight Home Syndrome’. Tight Home Syndrome locks in dirty, sick and stale air and contributes to indoor air pollution. This indoor air pollution has been categorized by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) into three danger levels; Particles, Germs and Gases, and most often can contain microbialcontaminants, such as mold and bacteria, gases (including carbon monoxide, radon, volatile organic compounds), dust, pollen and much more that can induce adverse health conditions. According to the EPA, your indoor air is typically 2 – 5 times and can be up to 100 times more polluted than outside air. Much of this pollution comes from toxic off gassing from carpets, building material, paint, stain, cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, bug sprays and more. Although we continue to pollute outside air it is cleansed by Mother Nature with the weather, ionization and UV energy from the sun. These natural cleansing actions are not present indoors and our immune system cannot keep up with this over abundance of indoor air pollution. The American Lung Association estimates that most people spend 90% of their time indoors breathing ultra fine particles, germs and gases that pass through our lungs and enter the bloodstream. These are the main causes of asthma, allergies and other ailments so, paying special attention to cleaning your indoor air is very important.

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Freon in Your Home's A/C being phased Out!

Your Home’s A/C May Be Obsolete At Year’s End!

- National Program Helps us get up to $2095 for our Old, Freon Systems

By Jim Wilson

As recently publicized by USA Today, it is a little known, and a somewhat inconvenient fact that Home Central A/C’s using R-22 (most commonly know as ‘FREON’) will no longer be made after December 31^st, of this year! Replacement A/C’s use R410A, a more efficient, environmentally sound refrigerant than the Old Freon. R410A has actually been used in Home A/C’s since 1996, but has only penetrated a small portion of the market because of a lack of urgency, until now.

This step is a Federally mandated requirement originally set in motion by the Clean Air Act of 1992. You may even remember when this happened with our cars in 1992. However, unlike our cars, current central A/C cannot use R410A because it is compressed at a much higher pressure and requires different equipment.

This now leaves the majority of homeowners in the U.S. sitting on Obsolete, ‘Old Freon’ systems to cool their home.

As a result, One Hour Air Conditioning, one of North America’s leaders and Experts in Home Service, have put together an exclusive ‘National Comfort Compliance’ (NCC) Program to help homeowners replace their soon-to-be ‘Obsolete’ FREON systems. This program takes advantage of three (3) separate, little known programs to help minimize the investment impact of installing a Compliant Central A/C system before the Federal Deadline of January 1, 2010:

#1 - A $1500 Federal Tax rebate has been made available for qualifying systems* being installed, many of which qualify under the NCC Program.

#2 - $595 NCC Cash Trade-in on old Freon systems toward the new Compliant A/C

#3 - A special NCC Home Improvement line of credit with America’s #1 retail financer: NO MONEY DOWN along with either 12 months no interest OR low 6.9% APR options on Compliant systems

What To Do Next

Smart Homeowners all over the nation are calling One Hour Air Conditioning to take advantage of their exclusive National Comfort Compliance (NCC) Program before the deadline. The Baton Rouge area One Hour should be reached at 225-752-0001. They can schedule for a Technician to come out and perform a FREE Compliance, and Energy analysis. At that time they will be able to share all program details and the investment on a compliant system that meets your needs and budget, one of your choosing.

Do not wait until next summer when your system breaks down at the most inconvenient time, and you will virtually be required to be compliant, with little or no incentives. Call One Hour A/C at 225-752-0001 today. The NCC Trade-in portion of $595, which comes out of One Hour’s pocket, is limited to the first 120 compliant system installations. Also, The current deadline for the NCC program is December 31^st, 2009, which coincides with the National Phase out. Call One Hour Air Conditioning today at 225-752-0001.

Save on Utility Bills

Lower Your Monthly Bills By 50%!

With energy prices skyrocketing, what can you do to significantly cut the cost of heating your home?

Here are some options for helping reduce your monthly heating bills:

• If your furnace is over 15-20 years old, a new, high-efficiency furnace can dramatically reduce the cost of heating your home by 20% - 40%.
• If your family can't agree on a comfortable temperature, or if you'd just as soon close off rooms you're not using to save on heating, a zoned system can help you save both energy and money.
• Did you know you can extract heat from chilly outside air to heat your house? This is the magical power of a heat pump that uses refrigeration technology rather than fuel combustion. Some homeowners have lowered their heating and cooling costs by as much as 50% by installing a heat pump.