With springtime allergies in full bloom, it’s time to focus on making small changes to help with asthma and allergy relief. Common seasonal allergies include pollen, trees, grass and ragweed.

If you have environmental allergies, it’s best to avoid the outdoors on high pollen level days. If you’re stuck in the house all day you want to ensure that you are breathing in the cleanest air possible.

Cleaning Your Indoor Air

The best way to combat allergies inside is to keep the air conditioner pumping, but only if it’s running correctly. For instance, if you don’t have your HVAC system regularly serviced then your home might be collecting mold. Consider scheduling spring maintenance regularly every year so that you’ll start the season off right.

A spring HVAC cleaning can consist of changing air filters, cleaning out air ducts, or replacing the entire system. Pollen-suffers often don’t realize that their AC unit is pulling air from the outside, so it’s important to understand how your particular HVAC system works.

Additionally, ask your HVAC provider about indoor air quality options, such as air purifiers, air filtration systems, and anti-mold and microbe UV systems. Len Sciulli & Sons offers air purification systems that remove harmful mold, pollen, and allergens from the air in your home.

So next time you find yourself sneezing up a storm in the comfort of your home, consider that you may not have serviced your air conditioner. Each HVAC system is different, but we recommend that if you are regularly running your AC that you have the filters changed every two months.

It might still technically be winter, but warm temperatures are on their way. Before you know it, you’ll be stuck in your house on a 100 degree, humid day without a fully functioning air conditioner, wishing you had been prepared.

That’s why Sciulli & Sons recommends having your air conditioning system repaired, checked, or installed now before you end up with a summer scenario like the one above.When you wait too long, you’ll wind up choosing the most convenient contractor, and not necessarily the best.

Be sure to do your research when choosing a contractor, and know that Sciulli & Sons is fully licensed and insured and offers top-notch service. Last year the Better Business Bureau received over 9,000 complaints against cooling contractors and repair services, so finding a fully insured and licensed contractor is extremely important.

For more air conditioning information, visit Sciulli & Sons. Be sure to take a look at our specials and coupons.

Having a carbon monoxide alarm in your house really can save your life.

Last month, Sojurners’ Place, a Wilmington, DE homeless shelter, evacuated 38 residents because of a carbon monoxide leak.

According to Delaware Online, the carbon monoxide alarm went off at 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 22. The cause? According to reports, a panel from the heating roof had blown away, leaking carbon monoxide into the room.

To prevent this from happening in your home or business, we urge you to evaluate your heating systems. Oftentimes, heavy snow and wind can block the exhausts in a heating system resulting in a build-up of the odorless gas. Pinholes in the heating system are blamed for the near deadly incident.

To have your heating system checked out, contact Len Scuilli & Sons.

To read the full Delaware Online story,  click here.