I recently found out that I had to change the way I was doing my home maintenance.
For years I had been changing my air filter to the furnace, once a month.
All of a sudden, I was getting more dust in my home and the furnace wasn’t working as well. I called the HVAC company and they came out to look at the furnace. They had someone come in to clean and sanitize the ductwork, but they told me I would need a new furnace. They weren’t able to put a bandaid on it anymore. I had to break down and buy a new furnace for my house, but it didn’t stop there. Since I was getting a new furnace, I told them to install a new air conditioning unit since they were both the same age. When I had my new HVAc equipment installed, the HVAC technician who did the installation was going over all of the instructions. He asked me if I had a pet and I told him I did have a dog. He asked me if I knew that one dog could cause an air filter to become blocked in less than a month. He told me I should be using air filters that are made for homes with dogs and I should be changing my air filter about every three weeks. For twenty-five years I had been changing my air filters every month and now I found out I was wrong. I have to admit that I did see a big difference on my energy bills because of it.