5 Ways to Create a Healthier Home

The home is supposed to be a place that provides you with safety, comfort, and security, but that’s not always the case. Your home can be an unhealthy environment due to a variety of reasons that have the potential to harm us and impact our health. As the weather gets colder, people will be at…

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Indoor Humidity in Cold Weather

Indoor humidity is affected by cold weather just like warm weather. Not preparing your home for the cold season can create humidity issues. Most of the time, a home will dry out in the winter. This seems like a good thing, right? The problem is, you and your home need a moisture balance. Too moist…

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Effective Virus Protection by Controlling Humidity

Crawl Space Ninja was initially founded to help improve indoor air quality for homeowners. We began marketing air purification to control dust and is scientifically proven to control pathogens on surfaces and in the air. Over the years, Crawl Space Ninja evolved into focusing primarily on crawl spaces. Much of the methods used to fix…

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7 Soil Contaminants That Can Show Up in Crawl Spaces

There are many soil contaminants that can be in and around your home. Many soil contaminants can off gas toxins that can affect air quality. If your home was built over an old industrial area or landfill, it is more likely to be exposed to soil contamination. Homes built over certain farmlands may also be…

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Does Non-VOC Actually Mean Non-VOC?

I was recently doing research for a video about “What are VOCs” and was shocked at what I discovered. The regulation of non-VOC products for our homes is not what I thought it was. It seems the regulators are not looking out for my family’s best interest when it comes to VOCs in my home.…

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5 More Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Last week I shared 5 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality and decided to release 5 more. Please check out last week’s article: https://crawlspaceninja.com/indoor-air-quality/5-ways-to-improve-indoor-air-quality/ Plant Lovers Beware of Overwatering I have read many online articles stating that indoor plants improve indoor air quality. Make’s sense that the more plants you have in your home the…

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5 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Here are 5 ways to improve indoor air quality in your home. I grew up with asthma, and it was not easy. I was sick constantly and missed all kinds of parties and events because of asthma attacks. In fact, I was so affected by the experience I decided to learn more about what caused…

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Will Radon Mitigation System Lower Humidity

We got a great question, “Will Radon Mitigation System Lower Humidity?”, on our Ask A Ninja page from Douglas in Carson City, Nevada. I am having my home mitigated for radon. The level is a 3.9, under the 4.0 recommendation for mitigation, however I am doing it anyway. There will be an ASD (active soil…

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How To Air Seal Your Crawl Space

It’s important to make sure that the crawl space is sealed from the rest of the home. The reason for this is that often the air quality in the crawl space is poor compared to the air inside the home. If the crawl space contains many gaps, spaces or channels that communicate with the home…

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