Comfortable Humidity Level

Got a little person in your family who frequently rubs her eyes and complains of a runny nose and headache? Allergies might just be the culprit. What if you suspect that the family pet makes matters worse? Here are some great tips to help you address how to keep your child much more comfortable:

1. Pet dander (flakes of skin on an animal’s coat) frequently releases cells that trigger allergies. So keep the family pet off your child’s bed, where dander can then be dropped on the linens.
2. Don’t allow...

Here comes spring time! Warmer air and more sunshine. And rain.  That business about spring being “in like a lion and out like a lamb” fails to also include warnings about the rainfall involved in an unusually wet season change.

And after this unusually (strikingly!) mild winter, who knows what spring will bring.

You might be thinking only about tackling some serious spring cleaning and planning a couple of yard sales to purge unwanted junk or maybe you are toying with the idea of buying a new...

If your home has a basement but there’s nothing down those steps except scary stuff and dampness, you have the power at your fingertips to change that dark cavern into something everyone in the family can enjoy!

How?

Well, the first step is to get rid of the dampness - and that's especially important if it has a musty, mildewy smell or the floors are slippery or windows misty because of condensation on the insides of the windows because all those situations can lead to some really bid problems...

As an aging Baby Boomer, you might be dreaming already about living a fun-filled, post-retirement life. Some of us can't wait to lace up golf shoes and schedule lots more tee times. Others hope to travel. Still others simply want to lounge around with a coffee cup until noon.

Soon after retiring two years ago, a friend of mine decided she wanted to become a Snow Bird and spend the winter under a palm tree.

She headed south and carefully scouted areas of interest, spoke to neighbors and discovered...

Parents are really concerned about the health of their children. We know here at AirFlow Technology because we get a lot of inquiries about air quality issues when it comes to children.

There are a lot of ways that children are different than adults and their needs vary accordingly. However, when it comes to the ideal humidity level for the air children breathe, it is essentially the same as it is for adults: between 40% and 60%.

If you are getting zapped every time you reach for a lightswitch...

When you slide between the bed sheets at the end of the evening, do you find yourself groaning and mumbling some frustrations later in the night? Do you wake up feeling like someone stuffed cotton balls in both of your nostrils? Chances are that you climb out of bed to turn the thermostat down, thinking it’s too hot. Then later, you wake up again, freezing half to death.

When you get that stuffy-air feeling again, it might have absolutely nothing to do with the furnace and the temperature in your...

When I was a kid, our makeshift humidifying techniques consisted of boiling water on the stove, sitting in the bathroom with the door closed so we could breathe in the steam from the hot shower and placing pans of water over the furnace vents.

As that old saying goes, “We’ve come a long way, baby.’ And that is especially true of the products offered by Air Flow Technology. There you'll find fun, animal-shaped portable Crane humidifiers, especially created for a child’s bedroom. They range from...

• Keep indoor humidity levels at less than 60% through adequate ventilation and the use of air conditioners and dehumdifiers.
• Repair leaks in the roof, plumbing, windows and in basement walls.
• Monitor and remediate crawl spaces were water can accumulate
• Don't hang wet clothes, towels or linens to dry indoors.
• Always use an exhaust fan or...

With the heat in full blast and the pollution in the air, people across the nation are dealing with ozone alerts. It makes it hard to breathe outdoors for everyone and particularly, those people who suffer with allergies. So many do their best to remain indoors.

Pollen is the biggest trigger of allergies - and it comes into our homes every day with us. Air purifiers with HEPA filters battle the problem in homes - and appliances like the BlueAir HEPA Silent Air Purifier that we have available make...

It is spring and all the gardeners out there are just chomping at the bit to get their hands in the dirt.

So they will all understand when I complain about my frustration with all the rain this spring. My yard is mush - even with my muck boots on, the soil is too wet and muddy to play in.

What do frustrated gardeners do when they can't garden? Flip through garden books, magazines and catalogs - and, in my case, spend hours on the Internet looking up "garden stuff."

I don't have a greenhouse, but,...