The positive effects of excellent indoor air quality (IAQ) on your HVAC system and your overall health are as clear as they are significant. As desirable as it is to have high IAQ, though, certain habits may keep you from enjoying it. Here are a few bad habits that homeowners in Canton, MS, need to break:
Failing to Clean Your Filters
Your HVAC system comes with a set of air filters that should be powerful enough to remove a sizable portion of the airborne pollutants in your home. As these filters do their work, the debris that they tear away from the air passing through them will gather on their meshes. As this accumulation grows, the risk of serious adverse consequences will grow with it.
Firstly, dirty air filters may curtail further airflow, diminishing your HVAC system’s efficiency and raising your energy bills. Secondly, passing air may dislodge the debris on the filters and send it wafting into your home, decreasing your IAQ. To avoid these problems, check your filters every few weeks and clean or change them every 30 to 90 days.
Skipping HVAC Maintenance
Your HVAC system requires annual rounds of maintenance. Neglecting this can harm you in various ways. Without tuneups, your HVAC system will lose efficiency and ultimately have a shorter service life.
Additionally, skipping maintenance will weaken the system’s air filtration capabilities. It’ll also force you to face the risk that any debris sitting inside the system may eventually wind up in your home.
Not Investing in IAQ Solutions
As useful as your HVAC system’s filters are, they may not be enough to keep your air clean on their own. To push things to the next level, we recommend investing in a specialized IAQ device like an air scrubber or air purifier.
The aforementioned behaviors all stand in the way of the healthy and comfortable life you could have in Canton, MS. To start changing these bad habits, call Modern Air and ask for our IAQ services. We’ll improve your indoor air so that you enjoy clean air around the clock.
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