How to Make Your Home Healthier at Any Budget with Dom Francks
Author: Chris Hutchins
September 2, 2026
Duration: 1:08:51
#293: Learn to make your home healthier by focusing on the environmental factors that actually matter. Chris and Dom break down how to improve air and water quality, ventilation, mold prevention, lighting, and EMF exposure, plus what to prioritize in your bedroom, which popular healthy-home products to avoid, and the best upgrades at any budget.
Dom Francks is the General Manager of Lightwork Home, a Stanford-trained engineer, and former climate-tech product leader.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/healthy-home-air-water-light-dom-francks/.
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Resources Mentioned
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Lightwork Guide: 40 Action Steps for a Healthy Home
The best air purifiers for your home
What are EMFs? A rational, skeptical, curious person’s guide
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Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(01:06) How Your Home Affects Your Health
(03:30) What Improvements Actually Feel Like
(04:51) The Precautionary Principle for Chemicals Like PFAS
(06:27) How Healthy Is the Average Home?
(08:09) What to Expect From a Healthy Home Assessment
(09:09) Four Things That Determine Bedroom Air Quality
(14:37) Choosing an Air Quality Monitor
(16:19) Using Air Purifiers for Filtration
(17:37) The Simplest Ways to Improve Ventilation
(18:33) Why Some Air Purifiers Cost So Much More
(20:45) Ventilation vs. Filtration for VOCs
(23:15) How to Get More Fresh Air Through Your House
(24:26) What Chris Learned From Monitoring His Bedroom Air
(27:14) Managing Humidity and Dust Testing
(32:14) What a Full Mold Investigation Really Involves
(33:49) Optimizing Your Bedroom Lighting
(36:05) How to Spot Hidden Light Flicker
(37:19) When Incandescent Bulbs Beat LEDs
(38:27) A Practical Approach to EMF Exposure
(39:58) Does Limiting EMFs Actually Matter?
(41:29) Are Baby Monitors Safe?
(43:35) What to Prioritize (and Ignore) in Your Bedroom
(46:48) Testing and Improving Water Quality
(49:35) DIY Water Testing, and Which Filters to Use
(51:42) Carbon Monoxide Monitors & Combustion Gas Leaks
(52:51) Optimizing Your Workspace Lighting
(56:24) Home Products to Avoid
(58:46) Do More Plugs Mean Better Grounding?
(59:29) How to Make Your Home Healthier for $500
(01:01:53) The Best Healthy Home Upgrades for $2,000
(01:02:44) Higher-End Healthy Home Improvements
(01:04:34) When to DIY vs. Hire a Professional
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