Fireplace Indoor Air Quality

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Fireplace indoor air quality.

The quality of the air inside your home is often much worse than the air outside your home. Luckily there are many products available in a variety of price ranges that can increase the quality of your indoor air. Choose the proper fuel. Lack of circulation ways for dust to escape and or be purified and stagnant air all contribute to the problem.

A gas burning fireplace relies on a gas line to ignite and provide the picturesque flame. For air quality program officials information to help tribal state and local air quality officials address wood burning emissions in their air quality planning. Water vapor can form a film and encourage the growth of mold and mildew. The major reason for this is wood smoke.

Gas fireplaces can provide a cleaner burning environment generally speaking. Ensure a hotter cleaner burning fire by using dried seasoned wood particularly hard woods maple ash oak beech which outperform softer pine and fir. In a very tight house unless a window is opened during use an unvented fireplace can cause indoor air pollution consisting of traces of carbon monoxide and various other chemicals plus large quantities of water vapor. But in the world of indoor air quality not all fireplaces were created equal.

Furnaces heat pumps air handlers air conditioning. Indoor air quality. Wood burning fireplaces are the bigger culprit for indoor air problems. Take the proper precautions when using your fireplace to protect indoor air quality.

Don t neglect routine maintenance. Never burn wet painted or treated wood.