Enjoying clean indoor air was just part of the deal or at least that’s what I thought.
In my mind, the indoor air was clean because it was inside a clean house and not next to a factory belching smoke.
That’s how little understanding I had when it comes to indoor air quality and the HVAC equipment. That’s another part of my problem. I honestly thought the HVAC air filter was cleaning the air for us. Otherwise, why have an air filter right? Well, I found out last year that my ideas around the air I breathe in my house were so far off. The HVAC can play a very significant role in cleaning the inside air. It just doesn’t do it quite the way I had it in my mind. The first thing I learned was that the air filter I was using with the HVAC equipment was not cleaning our air. The type of air filter I was using with the heating and cooling was only there to protect the HVAC equipment. To actually have an air filter that cleans the air, I needed to buy a HEPA filter. And then I learned just how important indoor air quality is to our health. That too came as a shock. But clean indoor air is so important to our overall health, our respiratory health and our immune strength. I was amazed that I could change all of that for the better with just a small change to the HVAC equipment. I gladly pay more for a HEPA filter now and am so glad to have the sort of indoor air that promotes good health.