For those with hay fever and other allergies, the summer months can be a nightmare. You can’t go outside without the allergies acting up leaving you with a runny nose and itchy eyes. However, did you know that if you’re not taking care of your furnace and heating ducts, they could be collecting pollen that will cause you headaches come fall?
Furnaces use “forced air” to heat your home, but if pollen has built up in the ducts over the summer, it will be propelled out into your home by circulation fans leading to your personal hay fever season. One way of solving the problem is to have your ducts cleaned each fall, but this can be an expensive, time-consuming process which would need to be done each year. You might want to be out of the house while the furnace heating cleaning process takes place, after all, it’s likely that more than a few pollen particles will be expelled into the air, which is what you’re trying to avoid in the first place.
If you want to save money in the long run, then a more practical solution is needed. The best way of doing this is to install a permanent HEPA filter, which will filter out up to 90% of particles, and do a much better job than temporary filters. Of course, HEPA filters still need to be cleaned from time to time, or else dust and other particles will block the air flow, but this is a simple task, and a lot easier than cleaning out the air ducts.
To keep your permanent HEPA filters squeaky clean, you can even fit them with a special additional fabric filter mounted on the outside of the duct. This extra filter helps keep the dust and pollen particles from even getting into the heating system so that you can enjoy clean, warm air all the way through the fall and winter. This filter system also stops pollen from getting into your home during the summer, dramatically cutting down on the symptoms of hay fever. If you want to stop waking up every morning through the summer with your eyes watering and your nose running, and avoid prolonged symptoms when fall comes around, then it’s time to filter bad health from furnace heating today!
For all your HVAC needs, contact Good Deals Heating & Cooling at 215-947-1166.
