Spring is in the Air

Spring is in the air, and Christchurch’s Hagley Park will soon be colourfully decked out in blossoms and daffodils. Christchurch well and truly deserves the title of the “Garden City.” When the seasons are right, Christchurch can really put on a show.

Heat Pumps Combat Hayfever

But, all those flowers blossoming into life can mean misery for people who suffer from hay fever, asthma, or other respiratory conditions. The pollen and dust gets picked up by a half decent Christchurch Nor-Wester and blows all over town. Sometimes the only way to escape from what feels like a slow, but savage death brought on by sneezing and coughing can be to shut yourself up inside. That can be tough when the weather is lovely.

Many new homes built as part of the Christchurch Rebuild have fishbowl features: Large glass areas that in summer will cook you like an oven. This heat can spread through the house making it uncomfortably warm to sit inside. But if you open a window for some fresh air, the fearsome Canterbury Nor-Wester winds bring the dust and pollen and set off your allergies again.

Keep Cool In Summer

​Regular fans just move the air around a room. They may do a little to help keep you cool, but they won’t remove the humidity or circulate fresh air.

Did you know that pushing the snowflake symbol on your heat pump remote, turns your heat pump into an air conditioner? It reverses its heating cycle, removes the muggy, warm air from your home and replacing it with cool, fresh air from outside. 

Good news for hay fever and asthma sufferers. While the cool air being pumped into your home is coming from outside, the filtration systems in new heat pumps remove most of the dust, pollen, and allergens in the air so you can breathe easy. In fact, Fujitsu Nocria heat pumps are recommended by the Asthma New Zealand Foundation for their high levels of air filtration.

Asthma New Zealand Recommends Fujitsu Heat Pumps

The same filtration process also works when heat pumps are keeping you warm. By replacing the air in a room with fresh, deodorised, filtered air from outside, heat pumps can help remove unwanted odours, bacteria and germs, which slow the spread of sicknesses. It’s a great feature to have in winter.

​While hay fever isn’t contagious, the same heat pump filtration system will remove the dust, pollen, and allergens that enter a room as people come and go, which will help prevent those hay-fevery itchy eyes, sore throats, and runny noses.

Heat Pumps - Keeping You Cool In Summer

So think again if you believe heat pumps are only good for heating. They’ll help keep you cool as well. If you’re worried about spring being the “sniffly season” and your allergies wreaking havoc, you can relax in comfort as your heat pump helps keep your home cool, and allergen free.

If you’re sick of feeling sick each spring, and want clean, fresh, filtered air being cycled through your home, get in touch with Heat Pumps NOW on 03 377 7393. We can help you find an air conditioning heat pump to help you breathe easier at home.

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