Ridding your indoor air of pet dander and odors is crucial, especially when you love your pets. Pet dander consists of several allergens that aggravate sensitive immune systems, including pet saliva, dead skin cells, and even outside particulates brought in by your pet on their coat. These factors or allergens trigger those allergies and, more often than not, are dispersed throughout your indoor air and on furniture.

For pet-parents, some Air Pet Machine Air Purifiers are a great selection for eliminating pet dander and odor. It contains a HEPA filter, which is essential for trapping pet dander particulates and eliminating odors through their unique stage filtration. 

The EPA suggests monitoring your health effects after a change in your surroundings. For example, if you have new health problems after moving, remodeling, refurnishing, or a performing pesticide application, this could be an indicator of an indoor air quality problem. Consult your family physician.

Other sources of indoor air quality problems include: 

·Toxic household cleaning products

·Pets

·Pressed-wood products

·Poor ventilation

Look for smelly or stuffy air, condensation on walls or windows, or mold growth around your home.

Many people ask themselves do I really need an air purifier in my home. Well, air purifiers become more and more necessary, especially when allergies start showing up uncontrollably. They also help in getting more fresh air in the house. As long as the filters in the HVAC unit are changed on a regular basis, there should not be any issues with having clean air in the home.

Most air purifiers are designed to clean single rooms, so naturally, it’s best to place an air purifier in the room you spend the majority of your time in. For most people, this place is the bedroom. However, you may also spend a bulk of your hours in a home office or a living area with your family.

Consider purchasing an air purifier with caster wheels that allows you to easily move the unit from room-to-room for clean air anywhere you spend time. 

There are three main types of air filters:

HEPA Filters

High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters remove 99.97% of particles that are 0.3 microns and larger from the air. This makes HEPA air purifiers ideal for removing small pet dander particles, dust mite residue, and pollen from your air.

HyperHEPA units are certified to work even more effectively than traditional HEPA air purifiers. They are ideal for the cleanest residential air possible.  

Carbon Filters

Using activated carbon, carbon filters remove odors and chemicals from your indoor air. These odors and chemicals include cigarette smoke, fireplace fumes, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds (paint fumes, carpet glues, new building materials, etc.), pet odors, and kitchen odors. The more carbon in each filter, the more odors they will remove.

Pre-Filters

These filters are a great benefit because they help extend the time between filter cleanings or changes as well as maintain the air purifier’s functionality and efficiency. Pre-filters do this by trapping large particles before they reach the main filters of the air purifier.

Air purifiers are designed to fit a variety of spaces. Portable air purifiers for single rooms typically cover areas up to 700 square feet effectively. Commercial grade air purifiers and whole-house models, which are ducted into your home’s HVAC system, can cover larger areas and even multiple rooms. 

Generally, you should change your MERV-rated filter a minimum of once per year; however, you may wish to change it more often. Lifestyle and circumstance can vastly change the frequency of your filter replacement.  For instance, if you have pets, live near a busy highway, smoke, or if you live in a location that has more dust, pollen or similar air particles, you may need to change your filter more frequently. Are you remodeling your home? You might change the air filter more often until your remodeling is complete and the dust has settled. Do you use chemicals in your hobbies? We recommend checking your filter monthly just to be sure.

Yes. A more efficient air filter is designed to do a better job of cleaning the air as it enters your HVAC system, and ultimately into your home.

For several reasons:

1.Dirty air filters represent the #1 cause of system breakdown. A dirty air filter restricts air flow into your HVAC system’s air handler, placing additional strain on the air handler fan motor. Over time it can burn out the motor, cause your system to overheat, and ultimately fail. Filter replacement is essential to extending the life of one of the biggest financial investments in your home. 

2.A dirty air filter consumes more energy, by making your fan motor work harder. One of the easiest and quickest ways to reduce your energy bill is to replace your air filter. 

3.A dirty air filter reduces the air quality in your home, aggravating allergies and asthma (particularly in children and the elderly). Change your filter regularly to protect your family’s health. 

4.A dirty air filter makes the rest of your heating and air-conditioning systems and ducts get dirty faster. This leads to costly air duct cleaning expenses or the need to replace your unit(s) sooner than you expected.

Electronic air cleaners do not require filter media replacement, but instead require cleaning of the cells in inside the unit. Clean every 3 months to keep these units running smoothly.