During the summer months, you might use ceiling fans in your home to help move the air around or to simply keep cool. Every time that you turn those ceiling fans on, they are going to stir up dust throughout the house. While you won’t be able to eliminate all dust from your home, minimizing what gets tossed into the air, and then into your lungs, is an important part of staying healthy.
One of the most overlooked aspects when it comes to cleaning the home is keeping those ceiling fan blades dust free. Dust settles onto the ceiling fan blades just as easily as it settles onto any other part of the home. However, when you’re dusting furniture, blinds, countertops, and more, you might neglect this important part of the home.
Why the Ceiling Fan is an Important Part of the Cleaning Schedule
As the dust settles on top of the ceiling fan blades, when it’s turned on, those dust particles, which can actually build up over time, will float into the air and then down onto the table, the chairs, couch, rugs, and more.
Not all of the dust that clings to ceiling fans will fall down, though, so the next time that you turn them on, you’ll have to contend with more dust floating down.
When you remove the dust from the ceiling fans on a consistent basis, such as once a week, then you’re going to help improve the overall air quality within your home. This helps to minimize the effects of allergens for some, and can also improve your overall health.
If you rely on central air conditioning to cool your home during the summer, using ceiling fans can help to spread the cool air around. Any time that you reduce the amount of dust in your home, it will allow you to breathe easier and that can have a direct impact on your enjoyment while home during the summer months.
Cleaning the ceiling fan blades is a good idea to keep up with year round, too, as you can reverse the direction of the fan in the winter to help draw down warm air from the ceiling and to where you’ll feel it most (because hot air rises).