The air in your home is changing: it’s raining outside, what happens inside?

With the first storms and a sudden drop in temperature, the natural reaction is to seal windows tightly to keep the heat in. However, doing so radically transforms the home ecosystem.By stopping frequent ventilation, indoor air quickly stagnates.

Carbon dioxide from breathing accumulates alongside humidity generated by showers, cooking, and hanging laundry to dry. Without constant air exchange, the home environment becomes saturated and heavy, negatively affecting sleep quality and overall daily energy levels.

Humidity, mold and pollutants

Heavy rain drives up outdoor humidity levels, adding to the moisture produced within the walls of your home. When humidity exceeds ideal levels with no way out, it creates the perfect habitat for mold spores and dust mites to thrive.

Added to this is the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), released by cleaning products, scented candles, and fabrics.

Breathing this polluted air for hours every day can cause discomforts such as dry throat, morning headaches, fatigue, and worsening autumn allergies.

Daily strategies for keeping air clean and healthy

Protecting indoor air quality during the change of season requires only small habit shifts.

Opening windows wide for just 10 minutes in the morning ensures effective cross-ventilation, refreshing the air without losing the heat retained by walls. Turning on the range hood while cooking and avoiding drying laundry in spaces where we spend most of our time are key steps to consistently breathing fresh, clean, and invigorating air.

To keep humidity in check (with an ideal range between 40% and 60%) as well as major indoor pollutants, measuring what we breathe daily is extremely helpful.

Discover Radoff solutions to stay constantly updated on what you breathe in your living spaces: