Better air quality with air filter upgrade
It’s so nice when a home improvement doesn’t cost a ton of money.
And what’s even better is that this low cost home improvement helps protect or respiratory and overall health.
When we were trapped inside the central air conditioning during the pandemic, I learned a lot about indoor air quality. Basically, I had no conception of how essential good indoor air quality really is to myself and my family. I was so worried about protecting them from the virus that I wanted to do all I could to improve our immune response. I just had no idea about indoor air pollution. To me air pollution was something that happened outside because of machines and fossil fuel burning equipment. I had no idea that so much is going on inside our homes when it comes to airborne contaminants. There are synthetic contaminants leaching from the carpet, the furniture and all sorts of things. Additionally, having pets creates plenty of problems for our respiratory system as well. But just by upgrading to the HEPA filter, we improved the indoor air quality significantly. For years, I had used the cheap paper air filters for the HVAC equipment. I was good about changing the air filter every month. But I also thought those air filters were cleaning our air. In fact, the cheap air filters are really just protecting the HVAC equipment. But a HEPA filter is actively trapping and removing more than 99 percent of all indoor air contaminants. For just a few dollars more per air filter, we have truly upgraded the indoor air quality in order to maximize our health.