If you care about your health, then there are a few home improvements that you can make. After two years of lockdowns, you should be doing everything that you can to improve your health. Fitness, diet, and general good health are all very effective ways of limiting the severity of any illnesses that one develops.
Health-wise home improvements don’t have to be expensive. In fact, many of the suggestions outlined in this article can be installed for very little.
Here are some health-wise home improvements that you should undertake this year:
Water Filters
The quality of the water that you drink has a huge bearing on your health and quality of life. If you consistently drink poor quality water that’s laden with chemicals, you will gradually begin to feel the effects as far as your health is concerned. Fortunately, it isn’t at all difficult to find a company to install a water filter and softener in your home for you. Installing a water filter is a great way for you to ensure that you and your family never drink water that’s got chemicals or contaminants in it. Tap water sometimes does, unfortunately. A water filter is a great preventative measure.
Natural Insulation
A lot of people have harmful, synthetic insulation in their homes. Prolonged exposure to some synthetic insulations can be detrimental to one’s health, resulting in breathing problems and respiratory diseases, as well as allergic reactions. It’s far better for your health, and your home, to have natural insulation. While natural insulation can be a lot more expensive than synthetic insulation can, it’s a worthwhile investment. Natural insulation can boost your home’s value, especially nowadays when people are more concerned about their health and things like insulation.
Organic Bedding
While not necessarily an investment into your home, it is still an investment into your health. You shouldn’t sleep under synthetically produced bedding anymore. It can lead to respiratory issues and other health problems. If you are particularly susceptible to allergies, it can also result in frequent allergic reactions. Organic bedding, made from sustainable materials is not only better for your health, but also for the environment. You should always give thought to the environment whenever you are making purchase decisions, because of the ongoing environmental crisis. You should try to be part of the solution, not the problem.
Non-VOC Paint
If your home has VOC paint, then it’s time to strip it and repaint it with non-VOC paint. VOCs off-gas, releasing harmful chemicals into the air that you breathe. If your home is painted with VOC paint, then there’s a very strong chance that you will develop some kind of respiratory issue in the future. If you don’t then somebody that you live with might. Even if nobody does, however, it’s still not good for your lungs and your health to be breathing in bad chemicals and cancer-producing toxins. Non-VOC paint is much better for you and doesn’t release harmful chemicals.
Synthetics Ban
As has been mentioned abundantly throughout this article already, you should go out of your way to avoid having any products that are made from synthetics in your home. Synthetics are just bad for your health, it’s that simple really. This is especially true if they are off-gas, as many do. For example, a mattress that’s made from harmful synthetics will off-gas every time that you sleep on it. This means that while you are sleeping, you are breathing in harmful toxins, that could potentially cause illnesses and diseases like cancer. You shouldn’t have to worry about this sort of thing at home. By investing in quality materials, you don’t have to.
Exercise Room
A great home improvement could be the creation of an exercise room. While lockdowns due to COVID-19 are mostly over, there’s still no point in going to a gym that’s packed with people and costs a fortune. You could create your own gym with second-hand equipment for the same price as an annual gym membership, and you can use it for life. If you are going to build an exercise room, then make sure that you invest in quality equipment, even if it is second-hand. The longer your equipment lasts you the less money you will have to spend on replacing or repairing it.
Safety Rails
If you have elderly people or children in the house, then you could invest in some safety rails. Safety rails will ensure that they don’t fall down the stairs or hurt themselves, which does happen with old people and children often.
If you are a homeowner, then there are a lot of advantages to making health-friendly investments in your home. Not only do these investments ensure that you and your family’s health improves, but also they ensure that your home’s value increases.
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