Breathe easier, Riverside
We install filtration, humidity control and ventilation equipment in Riverside, Ohio. We measure humidity, particulates and ventilation before recommending anything. Most calls get handled the same day, and someone answers the emergency line at any hour.
Filtration, purification, and humidity control for allergy season, dry winters, and everything the Miami Valley air brings inside.
Matched to your air, not a catalog.
We have pets. What actually helps?
Filtration does real work here, because pet dander is a particle and particles are exactly what filters catch. A proper media cabinet is worth far more than a denser one-inch filter, and it also needs changing more often than the box says in a house with animals. Beyond that, the return grille is worth vacuuming regularly, because that is where hair collects, and a restricted return causes more problems than the hair itself ever would.
Is it worth testing the air, and for what?
Two measurements are cheap and genuinely useful: relative humidity and particulate. A basic hygrometer in a couple of rooms tells you more about your house than most paid assessments, because humidity drives so much of the rest. Beyond that, be careful what you are being sold. Broad contaminant panels tend to produce a list of things present in every house at levels nobody can interpret, and the result is usually a quote rather than an answer.
Does cooking really affect indoor air that much?
More than most people expect, particularly with gas. Cooking puts fine particles and combustion byproducts straight into the room, and a range hood that recirculates through a charcoal filter rather than venting outside does very little about it. Use the hood every time and check that it actually vents outdoors. If it does not, opening a window while cooking does more than any purifier will, and it costs nothing.
What is the difference between CO and CO2 in a house?
Carbon monoxide is the dangerous one and comes from incomplete combustion: furnaces, water heaters, fireplaces, a car in an attached garage. It has no smell and it needs alarms. Carbon dioxide is what people exhale, and while it is not toxic at household levels, a room where it climbs is a room that is not being ventilated, so it is a useful proxy for stale air. Alarms are for the first. The second is a ventilation question rather than a safety one.