Benefits to Changing Your Air Filter from the Experts at FilterSnap
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Let’s face it, replacing your home’s air filter isn’t hard, but remembering to change it is! Replacing your home’s air filter is one of the most important steps you can take to curb pollution in your home. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), people spend 90 percent of their time in indoors, and that air can be more pollutant-filled than smog in the city. Properly and frequently changing your air filter can drastically improve these circumstances and provide you with fresh, healthy air to breathe.
1. Improve your home's indoor air quality.
Can you see dirt and dust in yourhome? That’s just the start of what’s really lurking in the air you breathe.What is in your home’s air?
Pollen
Dust mites
Smoke
Mold
Dander
This isn’t just what’s in a dirty home, but in the air that most people breathe each day. The only way to remove it effectively, is to keep your home’s air conditioner and furnace working properly with clean air filters. You can invest in whole-home air cleaners, but even these systems can only work properly when you have clean filters in place.
2. Extend the life of your HVAC system.
Thenext big reason to clean your air filters has to do with the actual costsrelated to heating and cooling your home. If your air filters are clogged—whichis common if you have not changed them regularly—the heating and coolingsystems within your home have to work up to twice as hard to push air throughthe filter to get it out into your house. This means you’ll spend more money onheating and cooling.
If this continues to happen, it could very well lead to more maintenance and repair needs for your HVAC system. To extend the life of your home’s furnace and air conditioner, keep those air filters clean.
3. Gain piece of mind.
The next big reason to clean your air filters has to do with the actual costs related to heating and cooling your home. If your air filters are clogged—which is common if you have not changed them regularly—the heating and cooling systems within your home have to work up to twice as hard to push air through the filter to get it out into your house. This means you’ll spend more money on heating and cooling.
If this continues to happen, it could very well lead to more maintenance and repair needs for your HVAC system. To extend the life of your home’s furnace and air conditioner, keep those air filters clean.
When you consider these benefits, you might think, “but, I hate the process,” – the good news is it doesn’t have to be difficult to manage! You can have the filters delivered automatically (just in case you tend to forget about a task like this). Once the system is in place, it takes just a few minutes to replace your air filters every three months. Then you can breathe easier, knowing your home’s air quality is ideal.- (FilterSnap Experts)
