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Humidifier vs Dehumidifier

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1584648833794{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Finding the right conditions to live comfortably in your home is important. Maintaining the right level of humidity in your home can be a challenge. Throughout the year, depending on how humid the air is, you may need the help of a humidifier or dehumidifier. The differences between a humidifier and a dehumidifier, and when to use …

Thawing Frozen Pipes

Tips For Thawing Frozen Pipes At Home

With winter in full swing, it is more important than ever before to ensure your pipes are free of ice and snow. One of the worst things that can happen to your home during the winter are burst pipes. If your pipes freeze, it is imperative that you act as quickly as possible. While it is a relatively easy fix …

Dehumidifier

What To Do About All this Rain? Get a Whole House Dehumidifier

MISHAWAKA/FORT WAYNE/PLYMOUTH IN; ST. JOSEPH/NILES, MI — Indiana and Michigan are at record rain levels this year leaving the air, ground — and possibly your basement — feeling clammy and damp. Many homeowners purchase a small dehumidifier from a big box store and are disappointed they don’t make the moist feeling go away. A store-bought dehumidifier may claim to remove …

Dust Contaminants

4 Tips to Make Breathing Easy This Spring

MISHAWAKA/FORT WAYNE/PLYMOUTH, IN; ST. JOSEPH/NILES, MI — If you are a homeowner in our area and notice you are dusting more and more to keep your home clean, there may be a reason. Your home may be circulating bacteria, fungi, smoke, lint, animal dander, dust and dust mites, pollen, cooking grease and other contaminants through your heating and cooling system. …

Reducing Your Home’s Humidity

Reducing Your Home’s Humidity

Humidity is evaporated water in the air. As anyone who lives in Michiana knows, too much can make outdoor activities unpleasant in the summer. And extreme humidity is also be bad for our homes. Humidity can cause woodwork to swell as it absorbs moisture from the air. When the air becomes dry again in winter, wood shrinks again. In fact, …

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Improving Your Home’s Air Quality

People are rightly concerned about the air they breathe, but much of the attention is directed at outdoor air quality. Most of us spend far more time indoors than out, and the quality of the air inside our homes represents at least as serious a concern for our health. Many allergens, such as pollen from ragweed, maple and ryegrass, come …

Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain & Humidity Can Cause Problems for Homeowners: Tips and Solutions to Keep You Comfortable

Judging by the weather forecast for the next week, the Mishawaka, Columbia City and Plymouth areas will be experiencing heavy rain showers and thunderstorms. With this heavy rain, homeowners may begin to experience a few problems. Basement flooding, mold growth, musty smells, and damage to possessions are common occurrences in weather like this. So what can you do to avert …

Worried About Summer Allergy Season? Here’s How To Improve Your Indoor Air Quality

Some studies suggest that there are up to 72 trillion allergen particles floating in the indoor air of the average home. Many people are focused on outdoor pollen and allergen levels, but overlook the air in their homes during the spring, summer and autumn allergy seasons. Needless to say, if you’re an allergy sufferer, you’ll be suffering if you don’t …