Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality for the Health of Your Family

As a homeowner, you’re probably familiar with the one-inch air filter inside of the return grill that should be changed every month. Those filters put pressure on the fan, and aren’t the most effective way to filter particulates out of the air circulating around your home. In place of the regular one-inch air filter, you can do more to protect your interior air with a media filter.

Media filters attach directly to your furnace or air handler to filter out viruses and bacteria before they enter your home. With a larger surface area than standard filters, media filters are able to collect finer particles such as pollen, pet dander, and smoke while putting less pressure on your HVAC system’s fan. By keeping your air ducts clean of dust and debris, media filters can also save you money because they’re easier on your system and last six months to a year.

Most homeowners address odors in their home with fragrances that may actually worsen their indoor air quality. Rather than simply covering the smell of dirty air, Whole-Home Air Purifiers can be installed in your supply air duct where they eliminate odors, gasses, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

At John Moore, we offer two different types of Whole-Home Air Purifiers: active and passive. Passive Whole-Home Air Purifiers use activated carbon cells to neutralize particulates in the air as they flow through your duct work. Active Whole-Home Air Purifiers oxidize your home’s air and actively eliminate impurities. Rather than relying on air to be pulled through the ductwork to remove impurities like passive whole-home air purifiers, active whole-home air purifiers release healthy ions that naturally seek out and neutralize impurities in the air.

You will instantly recognize the difference in your home’s indoor air quality with each purifier, and our indoor air quality technicians can help you choose the best purifier for your family’s lifestyle and needs.

While electric HVAC systems are more compact with both the cooling coils and fan inside one air handler, they also create an ideal environment for bacteria such as mold and mildew to grow as warm air creates condensation on the cooling coils. If you have an electric HVAC system, don’t worry. There is a simple solution. You can use UV light to continually disinfect your cooling coil, preventing bacteria from growing and contaminating your home’s air.

If you smell a musty odor, or if we notice mildew during our inspection, we will offer to clean out your system and recommend that you have a UV light installed to keep your air handler disinfected and your home’s air free of bacteria.

There are three telltale signs that you should have your air ducts cleaned:

1. If you notice that dust and dander have built up on your air return registers (the little rectangular grills on your ceiling or walls throughout your home).
2. If we find mildew or mold in your HVAC system.
3. If you find rodents living in your duct work or attic.

John Moore’s licensed air duct cleaners use a duct-cleaning checklist to ensure we clean and sanitize our customer’s ducts as effectively as possible. Our air duct cleaning checklist includes using an endoscope to inspect every inch of your duct work, a roto-brush to gather the dust and debris to bring outside, and a sanitizing system to completely clean your air ducts, eradicating all bacteria from your ducts in the process. And, if we notice any evidence of rodents or other pests while we’re there, we can save you the hassle of dealing with multiple contractors by bringing in John Moore’s pest-control department to rid your HVAC system of any uninvited guests.