MaidPro St. George

MaidPro St. George provides house cleaning across the St. George area. Everyone who moves here notices the same thing within a month: the dust comes back faster than it did wherever they came from. That is not an impression, and the reason is worth understanding because part of the solution is not cleaning at all.

The wider picture

In a wetter climate, rain washes fine particulate out of the air and binds the rest to the ground, and vegetation covers most of the soil. Here there is very little rain to do either, ground cover is sparse, and a large area of exposed fine sediment sits upwind of everything. Wind picks it up, and it stays suspended because the particles are small and the air is dry. It enters a house through open doors, on clothing and shoes, and through the building envelope itself - and once inside, low humidity keeps it airborne and mobile far longer than damp air would.

That last point is where the heating and cooling system becomes part of the answer. A house here circulates its entire air volume through the return many times a day, so the filter is the largest single dust-removal device in the building, and how much it actually removes depends on its rating. Filters are graded on a minimum efficiency reporting value, and a higher number captures smaller particles - though a filter too restrictive for the equipment reduces airflow and strains it, so the practical choice is the highest rating the system is designed to accept. Changing it on schedule matters more here than the interval on the box assumes, because it loads with dust much faster. Matting at the doors and closing the house during a blow do the rest.

Related on the site: HVAC and air conditioning contractors and carpet cleaning companies. See every listing under Cleaning Services.

Nearby: Caffe Elevato, Don Pedro's Family Mexican Restaurant, John G's Pizzeria.