EP 126: Is Your Home Making You Healthier… or Sicker? [ft. Reid Price of Homeys]

Is your home making you sick? Start with the air you breathe and the water you shower in.

Kyle Hulbert sits down with Reid Price, president and co-founder of Homeys, a Florida healthy home company that tests a home's air and water and traces problems back to the source. They get into:

👉 Why tightly sealed homes trap moisture and grow mold in the HVAC system 👉 What "fresh air systems" look like in real houses 👉 Why an under-sink filter does nothing for the water you shower in 👉 The difference between filtering air and purifying it 👉 Why the highest-rated air filter on the shelf can backfire 👉 The house where the tap had more chlorine than the pool 👉 And more!

This is a field report from someone whose company sells home testing and fixes, not a research review. We checked the claims afterward and corrected them below.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro + Disclaimer 01:25 What a "Healthy Home Company" Does 02:17 Air and Water: How a House Gets Into You 04:16 Does Homeys Remediate Mold? 04:28 Why Florida Homes Trap Moisture 06:22 How Your HVAC Spreads the Problem 07:03 Does Florida Require Fresh Air? 09:06 What an ERV Is and How to Do It Right 12:34 Crawl Space vs. Slab on Grade 13:14 Kyle's HVAC Setup 14:08 Kyle's Whole-House Water Filter 15:25 Why Your Shower Matters as Much as Your Sink 16:58 How an Under-Sink RO Filter Stops Working 18:40 What a Whole-House System Costs 19:27 Air Purifiers: What They Do 20:24 The 4 Keys to Indoor Air Quality 22:05 The Cheapest Fix Nobody Does 24:27 Why a Higher MERV Filter Can Backfire 27:27 What Else Goes Wrong in a Home 27:46 New-Build Defects and the $3M Home With No Caulk 29:37 Why Florida Tap Water Is So Chlorinated 30:03 Chlorine vs. Chloramine 31:05 The Tap That Had More Chlorine Than the Pool 32:22 Test Your Body or Your House First? 33:50 Outro + Disclaimer

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🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS - An under-sink filter treats one tap. Showers and baths need a filter on the main water line

- Dust feeds mold. An air filter that fits and gets changed on time is mold prevention

- Aim for MERV 13 or as high as your system can handle, and ask an HVAC tech before you jump

- If you feel off with no clear cause, your home is worth testing alongside your body

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📚 CORRECTIONS & SOURCES ✏️ Info on Water: https://www.homeys.com/services/water

✏️ Greenville Water:https://purewaterguys.com/blogs/water-quality-reports/arsenic-contamination-south-carolina-water-2026

✏️ EPA — National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. The limit for chlorine and chloramine in tap water is 4.0 mg/L, measured as a running annual average, and the limit for arsenic is 0.010 mg/L: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations

✏️ Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), Residential R303.4 and Energy Conservation R402.4.1.2, as quoted on Lee County's blower door test form: https://www.leefl.gov/dcd/PermittingDocs/BlowerDoorTestReport.pdf

✏️ Jo, Weisel & Lioy, Risk Analysis, 1990 — "Chloroform Exposure and the Health Risk Associated with Multiple Uses of Chlorinated Tap Water": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2287785/

✏️ CDC — pool chlorine. The recommended minimum for a home pool is 1 ppm of free chlorine, and tap water is allowed up to 4. That is how a kitchen tap can legally test higher than a swimming pool: https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-swimming/about/home-pool-and-hot-tub-water-treatment-and-testing.html

✏️ EPA — Guide to Air Cleaners in the Home. HEPA filters remove particles, activated carbon removes gases, and EPA advises choosing a furnace filter rated "at least MERV 13 or as high as your system will accommodate." It also advises avoiding air cleaners that produce ozone, which some ionizers can: https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/guide-air-cleaners-home

✏️ Jo, Weisel & Lioy, Risk Analysis, 1990 — "Routes of Chloroform Exposure and Body Burden from Showering with Chlorinated Tap Water." Skin absorption in the shower was roughly equal to inhalation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2287784/

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🔍 Relevant To Us and This Video #HealthyHome #IndoorAirQuality #LongevityUnlocked #LongevityClinic #MoldInHome #WaterFilter #AirQuality #ToxicHome

📲 People & Social Links Website: https://www.thelcoa.com/longevity-unlocked-podcast/ Podcast: @longevityunlockedpod (https://www.instagram.com/longevityunlockedpod/) Dr. K on Instagram: @theosteodoc Guest: Reid Price, Homeys — https://www.homeys.com | @homeysfl (https://www.instagram.com/homeysfl/)

Credits Produced by: The Longevity Centers of America