Boehmer Heating & Cooling Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Filters’

Best Furnace Filter For Home Allergies

Monday, September 9th, 2024
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Your home’s indoor air quality (IAQ) can impact your health, especially if you suffer from allergies. Dust, pollen, pet dander, and mold spores are common allergens in our area that can circulate through your home’s air, triggering allergy symptoms. If you or your household members suffer from allergies, you can boost your home’s indoor air quality by choosing the best furnace filter for allergy sufferers. 

Let’s go over some furnace filter lingo such as HEPA and MERV and what filter is best for allergy sufferers. Keep in mind that whichever filter you choose needs to be a good match for your furnace. Otherwise, you could inadvertently create extra work for your furnace and increase wear and tear on the system. For the best furnace filter in Pittsburgh for your allergies–and your specific HVAC system–contact us for the best recommendation.

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Myth Buster: Why You Should Avoid High-MERV Filters

Monday, September 12th, 2022

If you’re asking this question, then we’re glad you found our page–because you certainly do need a qualified HVAC professional to help you with your filter replacement. The higher the MERV rating of a filter– that is, the Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value– the tighter the weave of the fiber. And the tighter the weave, the smaller particles can be caught.

Not all HVAC filters are created equal. The purpose of this filter that comes standard in your HVAC systems is to protect the system from debris that can get sucked into it and harm its sensitive components. So it sounds like a higher MERV rating would be the best to protect your HVAC system, right?

Well…. not quite. And we’ll get into the reasons why below. First, let’s explain further what MERV ratings are. Read on!

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