# My house is too dusty! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947 "2012-06-12T19:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947/21 "2012-06-14T12:25:45Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > The ducts are “storing” dust that may be blown around later. If your goal is to get rid of the dust, then it makes sense to actually get rid of the dust. You are correct, and having them cleaned is not very costly, it was less than a hundred dollars, and we had it done about 16 years ago. We have carpeting all through the house, and I once had a cleaning service, the people with stem heat had less dust than the one’s with forced air! ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947/22 "2012-06-14T14:05:57Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > Thank you for the many fine suggestions. I will explore several of these options. I was really hoping for a “buy this gadget and all the dust goes away” sort of solution, but it’s all good. 😃 There might be. Have you tried asking people with dust allergies this? machines that clean air for people with allergies are called ["air purifiers"or “air cleaners”.](http://www.healthy-house.co.uk/category/air_purifiers_all)[Not sure](http://www.achooallergy.com/effective-airpurifiers.asp)how [effective](http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/airclean.html)they are, though. ---
**Author:** ![PJMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PJMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PJMom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947/23 "2012-06-14T14:10:01Z")
Perhaps this was mentioned but, Vacuum after you dust so that your vacuum sucks up at least some of what you’ve launched into the air by dusting. Also, since most people use bagless vacuums these days, make sure to clean ALL the machine’s cleanable filters each time you use the machine and look to the manufacturers recommendations as to when any other filters should be replaced. My machine has two washable foam filters and a HEPA filter. If I forget to clean the foam filters after use, I clean them before and dry them by smooshing them onto paper towels and then blow drying them. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947/24 "2012-06-14T15:01:30Z")
Also double check that your vacuum is not spewing dust back out. I had one like this, check for dusty accumulations on the cleaner, it will be in areas where the leak is occurring. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947/25 "2012-06-14T16:54:35Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > There might be. Have you tried asking people with dust allergies this? machines that clean air for people with allergies are called ["air purifiers"or “air cleaners”.](http://www.healthy-house.co.uk/category/air_purifiers_all)[Not sure](http://www.achooallergy.com/effective-airpurifiers.asp)how [effective](http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/airclean.html)they are, though. I have used one of these in the past. I still have it in the garage, which may say something about how effective I found it. While it did pick up a lot of junk out of the air (based on what I saw when I cleaned it every week), I saw no noticeable difference in dust accumulation. I think it made a small difference in terms of allergies but the fact that I don’t bother using it says everything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-too-dusty/624947.md?page=1)