An air filter is an essential HVAC component for effectiveness and comfort—but it’s frequently overlooked.
Filtration is one of the most successful methods of cleaning the air that circulates through your home. It traps particles as air runs through HVAC ductwork.
There are several types of air purification systems you can install to improve the air in your home. A1 Chesney Service Experts can recommend what’s best for you. And you can breathe comfortably knowing all our Expert work is backed by a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee for a year.*
Indoor air quality can impact your family’s health, specifically if there’s someone in your home with allergies, asthma or other respiratory problems. Dust, pollen, pet dander and mold can aggravate symptoms, as well as volatile organic compounds. VOCs are chemicals found in regular household items including cleaning products, furniture and flooring.
Up-to-Date homes are more energy efficient than ever, but they are not always as conducive to steady airflow. This means the air inside your home can be more polluted than outside—often two to five times more, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
There are techniques you can use to take control over your home’s air quality:
There are a couple of signals that your home could use a filtration system.
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A whole-home air purification system can take care of pollution in your home’s air. In fact, it can also offer relief to the asthma and allergy sufferers in your family.
Studies have found controlling exposure to indoor allergens and tobacco smoke could counter 65 percent of asthma cases among elementary school-age children. And by limiting biological contaminants like dust mites, childhood asthma cases have also been reduced by 55-60 percent.
The High Efficiency Particulate Air, or HEPA, filter, was created to shield scientists from radiation as they built the atomic bomb during World War II. Today these filters are regularly used in hospitals and science labs, but you can even find one in a few homes.
HEPA filters are rated to extract 99.97 to 99.99% of particles measuring 0.3 microns and greater. This includes pollen, dirt and dust. A HEPA air cleaner with activated carbon filters can trap the particles from chemicals, odors and smoke.
These filters have a MERV rating of 1721, depending on the brand. This rating shows how successfully a filter can clear pollutants from the air.
Because of their high-efficiency filtration abilities, HEPA filters are dense and can reduce airflow. It’s important to touch base with A1 Chesney Service Experts to verify your heating and cooling system can handle one.
Media air cleaners are denser than your standard air filters. They’re often four to five times wider—or more. This barrier mounts tightly against your HVAC system.
Because its functional surface is usually around 10 inches, media filters are able to capture about 95 percent of particulates.
These filters last longer too, typically between three to six months.
There are several different types of electronic filtration systems you can install in your home.
An electrostatic filter utilizes magnetically charged components to capture particles. These washable filters are 97 percent effective at removing tiny particles from your home’s air. Plus, they’re also 30 times more effective than everyday filters.
An electronic air cleaner applies a high-voltage magnetic charge to capture particles.
Some models can remove the majority of indoor air pollutants—particles, germs, bacteria, chemical odors and vapors—by up to 99.9 percent. It can even help with ozone, a known lung irritant, produced elsewhere in your home.
Air inside your home can be more polluted than the air outside—often two to five times more, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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