Winter’s wet weather and plunging temperatures mean you’ll be using your heating system. However, to get the most out of your furnace during the winter, you’ll need to replace your air filters often. For ideal output from your system, we recommend you replace your HVAC filters monthly.
When soothing, warm air flows freely through your home, while your energy bills remain low, you’ll be glad you did. Below is more specific information on why you need to replace your air filters during winter in California.
1. Increase the Lifespan of Your HVAC System
For obvious reasons, furnaces see the heaviest use during the winter. Heavy furnace use allows dirt to build up faster than it would have during the warmer months. This built-up dirt can clog your air filter, making it hard for air to go through it. All this, in turn, can make your HVAC system overwork, damaging it. Thus, changing your air filter will help you avoid this damage and increase the lifespan of your HVAC system.
2. Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
Dirt, mold spores, dust, pet dander, and other allergens usually degrade indoor air quality. If no action is taken, such air can cause different allergy symptoms, including sneezing, eye irritation, and dizziness. An HVAC air filter helps you avoid these symptoms. To ensure that your HVAC filter efficiently removes allergens from your indoor air, you should replace it often during the winter months.
To maximize your indoor air quality, we recommend filters with high MERV ratings. Honey’s Air & Solar offers such filters. These filters usually trap particulates in the air, including tiny particles of dust and debris.
Learn more about Indoor Air Quality.
3. Lower Your Energy Costs
When your air filter is clogged, your furnace will have to overwork to keep your indoor space comfortable. When this system is overworking, it will likely use a lot of energy. That, in turn, will drive up your energy costs. Replacing your air filters often during winter can help you avoid paying huge energy bills.
4. Ensures Even Flow of Warm Air Throughout Your Home
When your air filter is dirty, warm air will not flow evenly throughout your home. The dust accumulated on this filter can even coat the inner side of your ducts, blocking them. This can lead to some areas of your home becoming cold. To ensure warm air travels throughout your home, you should have HVAC professionals replace your filter often during the cold winter months.
5. Helps You Avoid Emergency HVAC Breakdowns
If you do not replace the filters, the dirt accumulated on them will stress some of the critical components of your HVAC system. The system’s heat exchanger may also crack, shutting down the whole system. Issues like this require immediate attention, which can be relatively expensive compared to the cost of a new furnace filter.
Need Help Replacing Your Furnace Filters? Call Us
Our HVAC technicians from Honey’s Air & Solar can help you replace your furnace filters. We serve the people living in Modesto and the surrounding areas. We have been in business since 1990, and our technicians are qualified, experienced, and knowledgeable. Contact us anytime for heating services.
