It’s no secret that the kitchen plays a key role in your home life. So much of your time at home is spent there: cooking, eating, sharing ideas, doing homework, not to mention entertaining friends and family! But did you know that the kitchen can be one of the dirtiest rooms in your house?
Environmental Threats In Your Kitchen
- Threat # 1 - Indoor Air Quality
Pollutants in the kitchen include grease, heat, steam, odor and even hazardous gases. While cooking and baking can produce delicious aromas, cooking vaporizes oil and water contained in food and forms an extremely tough film that sticks like glue to everything it touches. It is therefore critical to remove cooking contaminants from the kitchen before they spread to the rest of the home.
"Indoor air can be two to five times as polluted as outdoor air." - American Lung Association
"Cooking can easily produce indoor pollutant levels that exceed health-based standards and guidelines for particles, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde and carbon monoxide. The pollutants can quickly spread throughout the house." - California Air Resources Board
- Threat # 2 - Water Quality
There is overwhelming evidence that our tap water contains not only chlorine, but also metals and pesticides that wash in from land and crops. While small amounts of these chemicals may be harmless, daily ingesting of some of these substances is known to potentially cause serious health problems including an increased risk of diseases such as asthma and even cancer.
"Public water systems are normally safe, but it is generally up to the homeowner to maintain the quality of the drinking water." - Health & Nutrition
- Threat #3 - Countertop Cleanliness
Damaging bacteria can be found all around the kitchen in raw foods, cleaning rags, sponges and more. With bacteria being everywhere and multiplying quickly upon contact with your countertops doubling in number every 20 minutes good hygiene practices are a must, yet may not be enough to protect your family.
"The only true critical areas for germ control for the house are the food preparation surfaces of the kitchen, and your hands." - Consumer Reports
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Cleaner Air - We install a direct vent to the exterior from your range hood giving you the ability to reduce the build-up of moisture (steam) and at times the unpleasant cooking odors from your kitchen and home improving your indoor air quality.
Cleaner Water - We’ve installed the PUR water system at the kitchen sink to deliver pure, clean, filtered water for drinking and cooking purposes.
Cleaner Countertops - Your home has Silestone® countertops with built-in Microban® antimicrobial product protection that deters the growth of bacteria, making the surfaces easier to clean and keeping them cleaner.
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Buyer acknowledges that kitchen countertops chosen outside Silestone® with Microban®, negates The Cleaner Kitchen package offered by Haven
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