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What are the advantages of having a media filter versus a standard 1’’ filter?

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Appleby_12Controlling the quality of air in your home is an effective way to fight airborne allergens, allowing you and your family to breathe clean air. Your furnace filter is your first line of defense against microscopic menaces that can affect your health and the comfort level in your home.

There is a wide selection of furnace filters on the market, making it difficult to choose the one that best suits your needs. Pleated filters (1” or 4”), HEPA (high efficiency particulate air), media filters and various electrostatic filters are all good options, but your furnace maintenance professional can advise you what type of filter is right for you.

The standard flat matted-fibreglass filter is designed to protect your furnace from large particles of dust and have to be changes every month. However, this type of filter does not block microscopic particles that can irritate your lung tissue.

Pleated filters pack more material in the same amount of space and do a little better job of filtering the allergens can cause breathing issues. The more expensive electrostatically charged pleated filters are even more effective at trapping allergens like pollen and pet dander and will last two or three months.

A media filter is one of the most effective and cost efficient types of furnace filters for removing allergens in your home. These filters are three to five inches thick, although, extended media filters are eight inches thick, are for use in whole house air cleaners installed in furnaces or central air conditioners and need to be changed only every eight to 12 months.

Media filters contain an accordion-like filtration media that is more effective than regular fiberglass filters, capturing mold spores, pollen, dust, dust mite allergen and pet dander, helping to keep the air in your home cleaner all year round.

Call the professionals at Appleby Systems in Georgetown or Oakville at 1-877-498-1716 for information on how media filters can improve the air quality in your home or visit their web site www.applebysystems.com.  Their TSSA certified technicians expertly install, service and repair your heating and air conditioning systems.

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