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Preparing Your Home for Allergy Season
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items If you have hay fever or allergic asthma symptoms throughout the year, take a few steps to reduce allergens in your home. Here are some room-by-room suggestions.
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BEDROOM
LIVING ROOM
KITCHEN
BATHROOM
BASEMENT
BEDROOM
These include your bedding and other things. Read below..
If you can't find a new home for your dog, cat or other furry pet, at least keep animals out of the bedroom. Bathing pets at least once a week may reduce the amount of allergen in the dander they shed. Avoid letting the animal lick you.
Grooming Your Pet
Choose an air filter that has a small-particle or HEPA filter. Try adjusting your air filter so that it directs clean air toward your head when you sleep.
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Encase pillows, mattresses and box springs in dust-mite-proof covers. Wash sheets, pillowcases and blankets at least once a week in water heated to at least 130 F (54 C). Remove, wash or cover comforters. Replace wool or feather bedding with syntheti...
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Remove carpeting and use hardwood or linoleum flooring and washable area rugs. If that isn't an option, use low-pile instead of high-pile carpeting and vacuum weekly with a vacuum cleaner that has a small-particle or high-efficiency particulate air (...
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Use washable curtains made of plain cotton or synthetic fabric. Replace horizontal blinds with washable roller-type shades.
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Choose easy-to-clean chairs, dressers and nightstands made of leather, wood, metal or plastic. When possible, do not use upholstered furniture.
Spring bedroom inspiration
Remove items that collect dust, such as knickknacks, tabletop ornaments, books and magazines. Store children's toys, games and stuffed animals in plastic bins.
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LIVING ROOM
This includes changes to your flooring and other things...
Remove carpeting and use hardwood or linoleum flooring and washable area rugs. If that isn't an option, use low-pile instead of high-pile carpeting and vacuum weekly with a vacuum cleaner that has a small-particle or high-efficiency particulate air (...
Top Spring 2025 Flooring Trends
Use washable curtains made of plain cotton or synthetic fabric. Replace horizontal blinds with washable roller-type shades.
Spring Curtains For Living Room
Find a new home for potted plants or spread aquarium gravel over the dirt to help contain mold.
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KITCHEN
Install and use a vented exhaust fan to remove cooking fumes and reduce moisture. Most stove-top hoods simply filter cooking particulates without venting outside.
Gas Stoves And Kitchen Hoods
Place garbage in a can with an insect-proof lid and empty trash daily. Keeping the kitchen free of food crumbs will help reduce the chance that you'll have rodents or cockroaches.
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BATHROOM
Install and use an exhaust fan to reduce moisture while taking baths or showers.
Bathroom Exhaust Fan
Remove carpeting and use tile, vinyl, wood or linoleum flooring. Use washable rugs.
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Remove wallpaper and install tile, or paint the walls with mold-resistant enamel paint.
Mold Resistant Paint
BASEMENT
Use a dehumidifier to reduce dampness, and clean it once a week.
Dehumidifier
Store collectibles and clothes in plastic storage bins.
Plastic Bins
Vent moisture outside.
Clothes Dryer