Bobbi Air Quality Assessment

Air Quality Assessment

The Air You
Breathe at Home.

Client	Baron Hamilton
Date of Service	5/14/26
Technician	Paul K
Rooms Assessed	Three
Report Issued	May 21, 2026

01 · Summary

The headline findings.

Baron, the overall picture here is reassuring. Two of your three rooms came in close to our healthy targets, with only modest things to tune up. Humidity is in a comfortable range across the home, and the front living room in particular is in excellent shape.

The priority room is your primary bedroom. Particle counts there are well above our threshold, the AQI and fine-dust readings are elevated, and we're seeing a small uptick in formaldehyde and TVOCs — the chemical signature we typically see from mattresses, upholstered furniture, and scented products in a sleeping space. The shared living areas show a softer version of the same particle story, plus humidity creeping just above 50%.

None of this is alarming, and all of it is solvable with better filtration in the bedroom, a small humidity correction in the living areas, and a few easy habit changes. Bobbi will return after the recommended changes are in place to confirm the numbers have moved.

Most of Baron's home reads healthy — the primary bedroom is the room that needs attention first.

02 · Room by Room

What we measured.

Each room was assessed across seven measurements: air quality index, relative humidity, fine and coarse particulate matter, total particle count, formaldehyde, and total volatile organic compounds.

Room 01

Primary bedroom

Your Readings	Healthy Range	Status
82	Under 50	Moderate
47%	30 to 50%	Good
29.9 µg/m³	Under 12 µg/m³	Moderate
37.4 µg/m³	Under 20 µg/m³	Moderate
3,606 / L	Under 1,000 / L	High
0.07 mg/m³	Under 0.03 mg/m³	Moderate
0.33 mg/m³	Under 0.3 mg/m³	Moderate

Room 02

Front Living Room

Your Readings	Healthy Range	Status
49	Under 50	Good
57.9%	30 to 50%	Moderate
18.7 µg/m³	Under 12 µg/m³	Moderate
13.1 µg/m³	Under 20 µg/m³	Good
1,942 / L	Under 1,000 / L	Moderate
0.01 mg/m³	Under 0.03 mg/m³	Good
0.03 mg/m³	Under 0.3 mg/m³	Good

Room 03

living room

Your Readings	Healthy Range	Status
54	Under 50	Moderate
55%	30 to 50%	Moderate
21.1 µg/m³	Under 12 µg/m³	Moderate
33 µg/m³	Under 20 µg/m³	Moderate
1,726 / L	Under 1,000 / L	Moderate
0.01 mg/m³	Under 0.03 mg/m³	Good
0.03 mg/m³	Under 0.3 mg/m³	Good

03 · Interpretation

What this means.

Finding One

Elevated particles and fine dust in the primary bedroom.

Your bedroom particle count came in at 3,606 per liter — more than three times our healthy threshold — with PM2.5 and PM10 also moderately elevated. In a bedroom, this pattern almost always points to bedding fibers, dust from carpet or upholstery, and whatever's making it past your HVAC filter. Because you spend roughly a third of your life in this room, it's the highest-leverage place to make a change.

What to do about it

Natural Ways

Wash sheets and pillowcases weekly at 130°F or hotter to knock down dust mites and fiber shed.
Vacuum the bedroom carpet and under the bed weekly with a HEPA-grade vacuum.
Keep shoes off in the bedroom and ideally at the front door.
Damp-dust nightstands, headboard, and baseboards instead of dry-dusting, which just lifts particles into the air.
Close the bedroom windows on high-AQI days and switch the HVAC to recirculate.
Swap heavy decorative throws and pillows for washable covers you can launder monthly.

Products We Recommend

Coway AP-1512HH Mighty A quiet, true-HEPA workhorse sized correctly for a standard primary bedroom — the right tool to bring that 3,606/L count down fast.
Levoit Core 300 Budget-friendly second unit if the bedroom is on the larger side and you'd like a dedicated purifier near the bed.

Finding Two

Mild chemical load in the primary bedroom (HCHO and TVOC).

Formaldehyde and TVOCs are both nudging just past our healthy line in the bedroom. This is a very common pattern when there's a newer mattress, pressed-wood furniture, dry-cleaned clothing in the closet, or scented products in the room. The levels aren't dangerous, but because they accumulate overnight in a closed sleeping space, they're worth addressing.

What to do about it

Natural Ways

Open the bedroom windows for 15–20 minutes every morning to flush overnight buildup.
Remove any scented candles, plug-in fragrances, or reed diffusers from the bedroom.
Air out dry-cleaned clothes on a balcony or in the garage for a day before hanging them in the closet.
Switch to fragrance-free laundry detergent and dryer sheets for bedding.
Add a snake plant or peace lily on the nightstand or dresser.
If the mattress is new, leave it uncovered with the windows cracked on weekends to help it finish off-gassing.

Products We Recommend

Austin Air Bedroom Machine Tuned specifically for overnight use — quietest Austin Air model, with the heavy carbon stack needed to actually capture the HCHO and TVOCs (standard HEPA won't).
Austin Air HealthMate Junior A more compact, lower-cost option with the same carbon technology if the Bedroom Machine is more capacity than you need.

Finding Three

Moderate particle and humidity readings in the living room.

Your back living room shows AQI just over 50, PM2.5 and PM10 both elevated, and humidity sitting at 55%. The front living room is cleaner on particles but is also slightly humid at 58%. Together this reads like a shared open space that's catching cooking residue, foot traffic, and a bit too much moisture from showers or the kitchen.

What to do about it

Natural Ways

Run the range hood every time you cook, even for quick stovetop tasks.
Run the bathroom exhaust fan during showers and for 20 minutes after.
Avoid drying laundry on indoor racks in the living areas.
Cover pots when boiling water for pasta, rice, or tea.
Vacuum rugs and upholstered furniture weekly with a HEPA vacuum.
Crack a window on dry days to let humid air out — humidity drops fastest with airflow.

Products We Recommend

Coway Airmega 250 Quiet, true-HEPA, sized for a real living room — a strong match for the particle load in your back living room without being oversized.
Midea Cube 35-pint Smart-controlled and attractive enough to live in a living room — easily pulls both living areas from 55–58% back into the 40–50% ideal band.

Finding Four

Follow-up monitoring.

Because several metrics are close to threshold rather than far over, having a monitor on hand between Bobbi visits will help you see the impact of the changes in real time and catch any seasonal shifts.

What to do about it

Natural Ways

Place the monitor in whichever room is currently the priority — the primary bedroom for now.
Check readings at the same time each day to build a baseline.
Note when readings spike and what was happening in the home at the time.
Move the monitor to a different room every couple of weeks to spot-check.

Products We Recommend

Awair Element Tracks PM2.5, VOCs, humidity, and CO2 in one device — the right tool to verify the bedroom changes are sticking.

04 · Recommendations

Our plan for your home.

A prioritized sequence of interventions.

Priority 01

Reset the primary bedroom.

The bedroom shows the highest particle load in the home and a mild chemical signature on top of it. Because it's where you sleep, this is where filtration pays back the most.

→ Add a carbon-and-HEPA purifier dedicated to the bedroom.
An Austin Air Bedroom Machine or HealthMate Junior covers both the particles and the TVOC/HCHO. A plain HEPA unit will not address the chemical readings.
→ Run the purifier 24/7, not just at bedtime.
Cycling it off during the day lets particles and gases rebuild before you sleep.
→ Book a Bobbi mattress deep clean.
A mattress is the single largest reservoir of dust, skin cells, and dust mites in any bedroom — and a likely contributor to the particle count.
→ Remove scented products from the room.
Candles, plug-ins, and diffusers are the most common culprits behind elevated TVOCs in bedrooms.

Priority 02

Tune the living areas for particles and humidity.

Both living rooms are running slightly humid, and one shows moderate particle elevation. A single dehumidifier and a HEPA unit in the back living room handle both issues together.

→ Place a HEPA purifier in the back living room.
The Coway Airmega 250 is sized right and quiet enough not to interfere with conversation or TV.
→ Add a dehumidifier sized for the open living area.
Target 45% RH. The Midea Cube 35-pint is the right capacity for the square footage involved.
→ Use the range hood and bathroom exhaust fan consistently.
These are the two biggest free wins for both humidity and cooking-related particles.

Priority 03

Upgrade HVAC filtration.

Particle counts are elevated across multiple rooms, which usually points to the central filter not catching enough on its passes.

→ Replace the HVAC filter with a MERV 11 or MERV 13.
Bobbi can handle this on the next visit — it's the single most cost-effective whole-home particle improvement.
→ Schedule a dryer vent service if it hasn't been done in the last year.
A clogged dryer vent pushes lint and fine particles back into the home with every cycle.

Priority 04

Recheck.

Because several readings are sitting close to threshold, a follow-up assessment will confirm the changes are holding and let us catch any new sources.

→ Schedule a Bobbi follow-up air quality assessment in 6–8 weeks.
Enough time for the purifiers, dehumidifier, and HVAC filter to do their work.
→ Keep an Awair Element running in the bedroom in the meantime.
It will show you whether the bedroom numbers are trending the right direction day to day.

05 · Next Steps

What happens now.

Baron, the home is in good shape overall — this is a tune-up, not an overhaul. Bobbi will follow up to schedule the mattress clean and HVAC filter swap, and we'll recheck the numbers together in a couple of months.

We appreciate the opportunity to look after your home.

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The Air YouBreathe at Home.

The headline findings.

What we measured.

Primary bedroom

Front Living Room

living room

What this means.

Elevated particles and fine dust in the primary bedroom.

Mild chemical load in the primary bedroom (HCHO and TVOC).

Moderate particle and humidity readings in the living room.

Follow-up monitoring.

Our plan for your home.

Reset the primary bedroom.

Tune the living areas for particles and humidity.

Upgrade HVAC filtration.

Recheck.

What happens now.

The Air You
Breathe at Home.