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& M's work includes cleaning the entire lineal length
of duct work including drops and rises, cleaning any
internal components associated with the ducts (such
as fire dumpers, sound attenuators, turning vanes and
volume dumpers). |
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Work
also includes removing and cleaning/disinfecting all grilles
and registers (vent covers) and replace all vents in the
same way they were removed. We also take great care in cleaning
up after ourselves to assure that your home or office is
left neat and tidy.
Fact:
Legionnaire's Disease was spawned in air conditioning ducts.
It killed 29 people in 1976. (American Lung Association)
Fact:
In the summer of 1988 at least seven people died in the
Los Angeles area from Legionnaire's Disease. (Modesto Bee
9/22/88)
Fact:
One out of six people who suffer from allergies do so because
of the direct relationship of the fungi and bacteria in
the air duct systems. (Total Health & Better Health
Magazine)
Fact:
Indoor air is found to be 70% more polluted than outdoor
air. (EPA)
Fact:
Most people spend 60-90% of their time indoors. (American
Lung Association)
Fact:
A build-up of 0.42 inches (less than 1/16") can result
in a decrease in efficiency of 21%. (EPA)
Fact:
Most commercially purchased fiberglass filters are only
7% efficient in stopping dirt, dust, pollen, etc. passing
through it. (ASHRAE)
Fact:
Dirty ventilation systems and contaminated ductwork combined
are a 50.9% contributor to sick building syndrome. (Healthy
Buildings International)
Fact:
IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) litigation increases every year;
and recent IAQ lawsuits commanded hefty settlements. Businesses
are faced with ever more stringent responsibilities in providing
employees with a safe working environment.
Fact:
It is estimated that poor air quality directly results,
on an annual basis, in $1billion in medical costs and $60
billion in employee sick leave and lost production.
DO
YOU have or know anyone with asthma, allergies, a chronic
cough, and seasonal congestion
or sinus problems?
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you smoke or live with someone who smokes?
Do
you snore or know someone who snores?
Are
you generally just fed up with smells, odors, smog
and contaminated air?
Do
you own pets?
Do you work in a dentist's office, hair/nail salon
or restaurant?
Do you spend most of your days indoors?
Do
you commute for hours each day?
BOTTOM
LINE: Do you breathe? |
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If
you answered "yes" to any of these questions,
you OWE it to yourself to investigate the modern day alternatives
to indoor polluted air. FRESH AIR does make a difference
and there are scientific studies to show that the quality
of air you breathe makes a difference in your alertness,
quality of life and overall health.
DID
YOU KNOW…just 10 years ago, you couldn't find bottled
water for sale at the local supermarket? Now, you can buy
at least 30 different kinds of water packaged in all shapes
and sizes. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? Well, as concerned consumers,
we have become more aware of health and nutrition. We wanted
clean, good tasting water and numerous companies satisfied
the need. We have become sensitive to fat content, cholesterol,
calories, etc. in our food and drinks. WHAT ABOUT THE AIR
WE BREATHE? If you have to pay for air, wouldn't you demand
that it be fresh, pure and clean?
DID
YOU KNOW that you can live about four weeks without food?
You can live about two weeks without water. But close your
mouth and hold your nose, and in just 4 minutes, you will
DIE. Is AIR important?
DID
YOU KNOW that you drink about two pounds of water a day,
eat about four pounds of food each day, BUT you breathe
35-40 pounds of air EACH DAY! And believe it or not, your
body derives about 60% of its energy from the AIR you breathe…
the remaining 40% from food, water, dietary supplements
and vitamins. Our cities deliver chlorinated WATER to our
homes that is monitored by local, state and federal authorities.
FOOD quality is closely regulated as well. But AIR is ASSUMED
safe in most indoor areas except in some factories and mines.
The problem is; we take air for granted, when it should
be better understood.
It
is rather interesting that our stomach has a sewage system
that disposes of contamination, BUT our lungs DO NOT. Doctors
advise that dust/human skin flakes are the last great medium
to human infection. It is a fact that 90% of colds and flu
are caught INDOORS.
DID
YOU KNOW that more than 50 million Americans (one out of
six) suffer from asthma, allergies and hay fever? Chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or chronic bronchitis
and emphysema, INCREASED by a dramatic 87.5% between 1970
and 1987, as a result of the fungi and bacteria in the air
duct systems. (Better Health Magazine) Close to 100,000
Americans die each year because of complications related
to COPD. Why is this? Is it the outside air pollution that
is responsible? Or is indoor air pollution? A combination
perhaps? Well, if you really think about it, we spend almost
90% of our time INDOORS, in our homes, car, office or shopping
mall. We inhale up to 22 different chemicals in our homes
EACH DAY. Indoor air has been found to be up to 70 time
more polluted than outdoor air. Now consider that most people
spend 60% to 90% of their time indoors. (EPA) Children are
more likely than adults to be affected by polluted indoor
air. (Department of Consumer Affairs) Humans slough off
literally POUNDS of skin annually. EIGHTY percent of the
particles that can be seen in an indoor sunbeam are SKIN
FLAKES.
Most
important, 90% of these contaminants, chemicals, bacteria
and gases we breathe have no ODOR. You therefore, have no
sensation that you may be breathing potentially harmful
particulates. The sad reality is that we never know
the true harmful effects of contaminated air until later
in life when old age is easier to blame.
DUST MITES! The microscopic, spider-like organisms are found
primarily in our homes where dead skin cells are plentiful.
Dust mites are thought to be the most important allergen
associated with asthma. It is actually the excretion (feces)
of this critter to which people are allergic. Research has
revealed this trigger is a microscopic protein in the mite
excrement. One tenth of the weight of a two year old pillow
is dust mite feces.
A
double bed mattress can easily harbor 2-10 million dust
mites, with each mite producing 40 to 100 pellets per day.
The average dust mite is 0.5 mm in length, not visible to
the naked eye. Over 7,000 can fit on a fingernail. A dust
mite molts several times during its life, producing 200
times its weight in waste and will lay 300 eggs. Each mite
produces 40 to 100 feces pellets per day. The mites droppings
are coated in an enzymatic slime substance, which after
drying become mixed with other particles forming
- HOUSEHOLD DUST.
