8 tips for dust-proofing the home

SVOboy · 03-22-09, 03:57 PM

Thought this was pretty good and worth a share: 8 Smart Strategies to Make Your Home Dust-Proof | Housecleaning | Reader's Digest

I oftentime forget about dust and then am shocked by how much has piled up,

Daox · 03-23-09, 09:22 AM

I wonder how much doing all that really helps? On an off note, I also wonder if radiant heated houses have less problems with dust? I'd think so.

Higgy · 03-23-09, 12:40 PM

Definitely. Because there's no air blowing around and dust from the outside isn't being pulled in and blown around your house.

On the other hand, with radiant heating, you'd have to open your windows a lot for fresh air.

Ryland · 03-24-09, 09:57 AM

70% of dust in most houses is dead skin and hair, so no, radiant heated houses shouldn't have less dust, maybe less air born dust, but the filter on your furnace gets alot of the air born dust, that is why it's a good idea to run the fan while vacuuming.
the dead skin and hair is a big part of why I don't like in door pets.
And just a quick off topic response to higgy's fresh air with radiant heat, fresh air is an issue in any tight house unless you have an air to air heat exchanger because the furnace is taking air from inside the house, heating it and spitting it back in to the house, no fresh air is introduced.

Higgy · 03-24-09, 02:16 PM

Oh yaaaa...I totally forgot about that. You are correct and I...am....cough.........

...I can't say it...the earth will implode. *gasp*...I was....wrong.

Hehe. Thanks for the info on the vacuuming. I never thought of doing that.

03-22-09, 03:57 PM	#1
SVOboy Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 291 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	8 tips for dust-proofing the home Thought this was pretty good and worth a share: 8 Smart Strategies to Make Your Home Dust-Proof \| Housecleaning \| Reader's Digest I oftentime forget about dust and then am shocked by how much has piled up,

03-23-09, 09:22 AM	#2
Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	I wonder how much doing all that really helps? On an off note, I also wonder if radiant heated houses have less problems with dust? I'd think so.

03-23-09, 12:40 PM	#3
Higgy The Gardener Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manitoba - Canada Posts: 492 Thanks: 17 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Definitely. Because there's no air blowing around and dust from the outside isn't being pulled in and blown around your house. On the other hand, with radiant heating, you'd have to open your windows a lot for fresh air.

03-24-09, 09:57 AM	#4
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	70% of dust in most houses is dead skin and hair, so no, radiant heated houses shouldn't have less dust, maybe less air born dust, but the filter on your furnace gets alot of the air born dust, that is why it's a good idea to run the fan while vacuuming. the dead skin and hair is a big part of why I don't like in door pets. And just a quick off topic response to higgy's fresh air with radiant heat, fresh air is an issue in any tight house unless you have an air to air heat exchanger because the furnace is taking air from inside the house, heating it and spitting it back in to the house, no fresh air is introduced.

03-24-09, 02:16 PM	#5
Higgy The Gardener Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manitoba - Canada Posts: 492 Thanks: 17 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Oh yaaaa...I totally forgot about that. You are correct and I...am....cough......... ...I can't say it...the earth will implode. gasp...I was....wrong. Hehe. Thanks for the info on the vacuuming. I never thought of doing that.