Why Is My House So Dusty? | 4 Ways to Fight Dust in Your Home

So what causes a home to be super dusty and what can you do to get ahead of it?

Well, below is a list of four common problems that lead to excess dust in a home.

1. Air Filters

The first, and most likely, the cause of excess dust in your home is due to dirty or cheap HVAC Filters.

If your air filter rarely needs to be changed because it is always clean, that simply means it is not working properly, and the dust particles are slipping through the filter.

2. Leaky Ducts

If your filters aren't the problem, leaky ducts could be the cause of your excess dust.

Leaky ducts not only over-work your HVAC Unit and raise your utility bills, but they could be letting out unfiltered, dusty air into your home causing dust to be spread throughout your house.

3. Humidity Level

Another main cause of dust is the humidity level in your home and outside your home.

Dry climates (inside and out) usually directly relate to the amount of dust in your home. For example, you see a lot of dust in the desert and next to no dust in the rainforest.

4. Flooring

Lastly, the type of flooring in your home may be responsible for the amount of dust that accumulates.

There is no right type of floor, and both hard wood and carpeting have their pros and cons.

For example, research has shown that carpets harbor dust and dust mites, while hardwood flooring is not as likely to do that.

But even though it is gross, it can actually be beneficial when the carpet holds in dust because it allows you to vacuum it up easier.

Hardwood, on the other hand, tends to let dust blow around and back into the air when sweeping, vacuuming, walking, or any other activity that may stir up the air and consequently the dust.

To learn more about duct cleaning, air quality, and keeping your home free of dust check out the following resources:

[Gameboy-Unboxings]

I don't know what is up with my bed room. I literally dust my TV stand, dresser and the couple other surfaces one day, and the next day there is a layer of dust thick enough to see if I run my fingers through it... Ugh. And I have an expensive tv and game systems and I don't want them full of dust....

[UnordinaryCarl]

For some reason the background music piano is annoying.

anyways nice video thanks

[kelly.nicole]

Literally “spring cleaning” my entire room going through so much shit vacuuming everything because there’s so much fucking dust everywhere that if I take a rag and start cleaning it up it’s just going to fill up the rag and go everywhere. Working on different parts of my room at a time and the part I worked on yesterday ALREADY has fucking dust starting to accumulate AGAIN 😤😤😤😤

[Shiryone]

We'll never win with dust. I've done all of the above. When ever I sweep or dry mop, if there is a sunbeam, I can see that I'm moving more dust in the air, then I'm trying to pick up. I don't agree with the rugs vs. hardwood or tile flooring....they are unsanitary and worse for allergies.

[amenbureakusan]

I already have bad chronic allergies and dust is a serious problem
I hate the endless cycle of having to clean it again just when you finished not so long ago.
Come on technology, improve faster!!

[Dylanm]

1:50 this family cooked a different meal for every person in their home.

[Battlemage]

i ran an elaborate test ( bunch dollar store laser pointers) i wore a hazmat suit ( generic ) and cleaned the room with sophisticated equipment ( bagged vacuum and aN ELECTROSTA--- a swiffer duster ), the laser pointers where set in the middle of the room hanging from the middle of the ceiling facing all cardinal directions at the top at the middle and at the bottom ( i used kinex\lego and sewing thread ), i spun the laser SYSTEM around and turned the lights off,

the biggest offenders that showed up when i agitated the entities ( when i smacked everything to see if it made the dusty dusty )
1. the bed, even with clean sheets
2. the pillow, even with clean cases
3. surprisingly not the carpet, but my socks
4. my pants
5 my shirt
6 my skin, i LITURALY scratched my cheek trying to figure out why my clean shirt was already giving off so much and woosh, reminds me of the astronaut saying his ejected underwear burns up in the atmospear turning to dust.

did i do this test recently, no been a dozen years. why am i posting ? this video keeps showing up in my recommended even after clicking the not interested.

can you ever 100% this dust war, no .
can you reduce it, yea, bagged vacuum, shoes off and switch to sandals before the transition to the main living areas . But lots of items being transferred from transport to inside ?, use a mobile shelf\dolly\tray or set up a shared shelf wall between the living area and the entry room.

AND there's a tut somewhere on the net showing how to make a DIY air filter using the furnace\conditioner sized filters and ones you see sometimes when maintenance-workers need to air out a large space ), there's a woodworker lady that did a good explanation, don't remember whom, its been years, jay something.

there's a tut somewhere showing how to increase efficiency of air flows and temperature balance in individual rooms (that don't have a mini-split or a HVAC\related stuff), vortex fans are a start for ya.

theres a info tut telling people that they arnt changing their filters enough times per year and the gap between maintenance and its causing a build up in the vents that blast into the air when the flow bursts or gets high enough, and there is a tiny filter pad you can get for each vent\registrar too

there's a tut for dust mops, i remember it mentioning there's a static spray that's available for it, so that it makes the dust cling extra hard, theres also some 3M product that comes in a roll, a super clingy disposable duster pad, but there's a lazy tut some where showing that you can just get a small carpet rug thats the same size as the dustmop and rub the dustmop on that so you dont need to bend down all the time, and just vacuum that .

there a car dude video somewhere telling people to minimalize the time the car is turned on while in the storage/garage not just because of the exhaust but the engine shaking will blast dust\crud into the air with the radiator fan and the conditioner fan.

and for the brooming, dont sweep with so much speed and pressure, if the broom fibers are bending more than a centimeter of half an inch, its too much, if the particels and dirt is continuing to move after you stopped the broom, your moving too fast, as for the dust pan line, 'flick it' into the pan after you move the pan back a bit too see that line, and yea, that vileda brand got a copypasta protecto bull dank going on with the fiber material and shape of a broom. there is a rubber broom for the hair build ups

im going to go back to surf web like reboot mike GGHFGLBFE

[Mary-zmnz]

I don’t have air filter, no duct, no carpet. Everyday too much dust and bothering us and we have cough from dust . Winter time worse than summer . Please help me to find out the reason. Too much dust

[yvtctc]

I have the most dusty and small room from the whole house 😢

[sixroldan]

I don't think the old guy vacuuming wanted to keep the baby lol

[benjaminmorales]

I swear my room be feeling like that scene in fkn Interstellar, I’ve lost hope

[mercitony]

Yea I just changed both filters house and car (cabin) and shits still flying everywhere

[recklesslove]

I vacuum my hard floors and dust just scatters all over my furniture and especially my kitchen walls and
☹️ maybe just stick to old fashioned sweep & mop

[chrissteele]

Also sometimes I share this, the Bible says that GOD loves us so much that he sent his son JESUS CHRIST to this earth and HE lived a perfect sinless life.And JESUS went to a cross and gave HIS life for us.And rose again in 3 days and who ever will receive JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR AND ASK HIM TO COME INTO THEIR HEART AND FORGIVE THEIR SINS, HE WILL TAKE YOU TO HEAVEN.

[smokeyboii]

it goes to inside my keyboard, my monitors my phone case my equipment. I clean everyday but it's still there. Why?

[lukoflavi]

Also why did the tumbleweeds just ascend into the vacuum of space 1:10?? And y is that lady eating her tacos with a fork

[MrWokyman]

Hmm, so we have a gas boiler and central heating - so no furnace, no air ducts. We live in a far from dry climate and have hardwood floors. What's the next four most common causes :)

[kskskskskksks]

i cant with the dust😭 i clean my table AND THE VERY NEXT DAY YHERES DUST ITS SO FRUSTRATING

[oxendine]

My problem is that I live 2 miles from a rock quarry

[hudycat]

I don’t have any carpets In my home, but I do i live in a dry climate. I clean and mop the floors (and rinse the mop each time) every freaking day, only to find dust reappearing mere hours later and clinging to the soles of our feet! It’s sooo annoying and it’s just me wondering why does this happen only in my house??