Household mold is a serious problem for homeowners in the Long Island area. Excess mold is a grave health concern and it can also damage your house and furnishings.To keep mold at bay, there are some simple things you can do before hose mold takes over: Continue reading “House Mold Prevention Basics”
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Replace Air Filters, No Matter What Kind You Choose
If your heating and cooling system uses disposable filters, make a point of checking your home’s air filters monthly, and replace them at least every three months, especially during heavy usage periods in the winter and summer. Your furnace, central air conditioner, and/or heat pumps all rely on air filters to keep their systems, and the air in your home, clean. Your system has to work hard when it tries to pull air through filters that are clogged with dirt and dust. Extremely old or dirty filters can lead to costly repair and replacement, so it’s worth a little upfront maintenance to prevent lots of time and trouble later. By replacing your air filters, you will improve your equipment’s efficiency and durability, saving you money both in utility bills and maintenance.
Beyond cost savings, clean air filters are vital for improving indoor air quality, which is often much worse than outdoor air, according to the EPA. Allergens, mold, bacteria, viruses, and dust accumulate and can flourish in your home, but standard air filters help trap particulate and reduce the contaminants in your indoor air. You may also want to consider a high-efficiency air filter, which targets and captures a far broader range of indoor pollutants.
For support checking or replacing your filters, contact T.F. O’Brien. We’re happy to help recommend the best filters for your home’s system, too.
Our goal is to help educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about replacing air filters and other HVAC topics, click here to download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
Whole House Air Cleaners Improve Air Quality
So how do whole house air cleaners improve air quality through out your home?
Have you ever noticed all of the particles that are floating around in the air when you see the sun rays beaming through a window? These are many of the impurities and dust particles that are airborne throughout your home. And, this only represents one percent of the impurities that you and your family are breathing in on a daily basis. The other 99% cannot be seen and have no detectable odor.
Poor indoor air quality can lead many respiratory problems and is very harmful to people with asthmatic conditions. Headaches, nausea, and irritable eyes are also signs of poor air quality in the home.
Whole house air cleaners improve air quality by having the air that circulates through out your home pass through filters that remove the dust mites and allergens from the air. Most of these whole house air cleaners are attached to your home’s central air conditioning / heating system, even though there are some portable devices available as well.
This means that every time that you run your central air or heat, the air will first pass through the latest in state of the art filters that will remove all of the harmful contaminants from every room in your home making your indoor air a lot healthier and safer to breathe.
Whole house air cleaners improve air quality for you and your family. It will definitely improve your quality of life at home by making sure that you are providing the best air within your home that you possibly can. And there is no greater comfort that knowing that you are doing what’s best for your family and helping to clean up the environment as well.
T.F. O’Brien services the Long Island, New York area.
Our goal is to help educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about preventive maintenance and other HVAC topics, please download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.