The attic is perhaps the most often forgotten and overlooked room in a house. While most homeowners use the attic simply as a space for storage, just like every other room in your home, your attic deserves your time and attention in its upkeep. There are plenty of benefits to cleaning out your attic. Ensuring that your attic is clean is important in maintaining good air quality in your home, preventing pest problems, improving energy efficiency, and helping maximize your storage space. Read on to find out about the benefits of cleaning out your attic.
Better Air Quality
It is common for dust to collect in places that are not regularly cleaned. Not cleaning out your attic and having dust settle there can lead to it being sucked into the air ducts and spread throughout the house. When inhaled, these particles can have a negative impact on your breathing, decreasing your lung’s ability to function properly as well as causing other illnesses. Therefore, cleaning out your attic is important to clear your home of dust particles and improve the quality of air in your home.
Prevent Pests
Pests such as mice, bugs, and rats are attracted to clutter and dirt that can accumulate in places such as the attic. These pests as well as the droppings they leave carry infectious diseases that can be detrimental to your family. They can also damage the integrity of your house by nibbling through insulation, wires, or wooden beams. Cleaning your attic regularly can therefore keep your home free of these intruders and clean.
Increased Storage Space
Many homeowners use their attic as a storage space for personal belongings and unused items. However, if the attic has not been cleaned in a while there probably is not much space in the attic for storage left. Sorting through what you want to keep and getting rid of thinking you will no longer use or want can increase a lot more space for new storage in your attic.
Increased Energy Efficiency
It might not seem like it but an unclean attic can be detrimental to the energy usage in your home. Since most attics are made with wooden walls, beams, and flooring, the wood will naturally be over time, resulting in small holes and cracks in the surface. As a result, the air in your home can move through these little holes and cracks, which means the cooling and heating systems will have to work harder to regulate the temperature in your home. By cleaning your attic, you will be able to identify these issues as soon as possible and have them repaired in order to increase your home’s energy efficiency as well as save on your utility bills monthly.
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