Thayer Air Conditioning Blog: Posts Tagged ‘Air Filtration’

How We Can Help Your Home’s Air Quality in Fall

Monday, November 14th, 2022
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Air quality in homes has become more important to people than ever. You’ve probably wondered if your air quality is as good as it could be, and what to do if it’s not. 

We have a bit of bad news: it’s likely that your home’s indoor air quality is poor. This isn’t because you’ve done something wrong. Modern homes don’t allow for much fresh air circulation, allowing numerous contaminants to build up indoors without an easy escape. The number of sources for indoor contaminants has also increased, leading to more volatile organic compounds (VOCs) floating around the air than ever before.

But we have good news as well: we offer the indoor air quality services in New Braunfels, TX that can significantly improve your home’s IAQ, and the fall is a great time to get started with them. That way you’ll be ready for the colder days of winter when your house will be sealed off more to the outside. 

Let’s look at how we can help you and your family to enjoy healthier, more pleasant household air.

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Is My AC’s Air Filter Enough for Cleaner Indoor Air?

Monday, August 22nd, 2022
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To take the best care of your home’s central air conditioning system, you need to change its air filter on a regular basis. We recommend changing it every one to three months so that the AC will run optimally without raising the cost to operate it. 

But if there’s an air filter on your AC, doesn’t that take care of cleaning your home’s air? It sounds like it should. So why would you want to look into other indoor air quality options?

The answer is that the air conditioner’s filter doesn’t do what you think it does. If your home has too much dust, lint, dander, and other airborne particles floating around, that AC filter isn’t much help at reducing them. You’ll need different types of air filters in New Braunfels, TX for healthier, cleaner air.

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How Does an Air Purifier Work?

Monday, January 10th, 2022
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When you’re looking for ways to improve the indoor air quality of your home, you’ll likely start with an air filtration system. The right filters, professionally installed, will remove the majority of unwanted particles circulating through the HVAC system and the living spaces. Filters may not take care of all the pollutants, however, and this is where you may need an air purifier in Selma, TX. The action of air purifiers helps to create stronger air cleaning power than filters alone, and unlike filters, air purifiers do not create any resistance to airflow. There’s a limit on how powerful a filter you can have in your home, but not a limit on air purifiers.

How do air purifiers do the job of removing minute particles that may slip through filters? There are several methods, and we’ll look at the more common ones below. Some purifiers combine multiple methods.

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Do I Need an Air Filter or an Air Purifier for My House?

Monday, April 5th, 2021
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If you’re looking to improve the quality of the air in your home and remove pollutants like dust, lint, dander, viruses, odors, and more from it, you might think you’re facing a choice between getting air filtration or a type of electronic air purifier.

But you don’t need to make this type of choice, because this isn’t an “either/or” situation. It’s common for homes to use both. For your house, it may turn out that an air filter is all that’s necessary. But you may need a special air purifier in Bulverde, TX to target the pollutants the filter misses. 

Sound too confusing? There’s no cause for concern—because you only need to call our experts and let them handle the job. We can find the perfect set of IAQ solutions to make your home’s air fresh and clean. 

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