When homeowners hear the phrase indoor air quality, they’re quick to think about the temperature of their home, not necessarily about the contaminants and pollutants that can be floating around in it. This includes dust, dirt, pollen, bacteria, and even viruses. Your home should be your safe haven, but without the proper indoor air quality solutions in place, there’s no way it can be.
Of course, we’re not trying to imply your home is dangerous, only that the state of your indoor air quality can have a big impact on your quality of life and comfort. Read on as we uncover a few tips to improve your indoor air quality, and why you should make it a priority to do so.
Living somewhere like Oklahoma means we deal with seriously chilly temperatures during the winter. If you want your heater to do its job to keep you and your household comfortable all season long, then it is essential that you schedule regular heating maintenance with a trusted HVAC contractor, like our team! Maintenance tune-ups are a more involved process than most homeowners realize, and it’s not something we recommend you attempt on your own.
The short answer to this is, “Well… it doesn’t help.”
If you think the only reason you should care about your HVAC system’s air filter is because of the allergens and particles in your air, you’d only be partially correct.
All things considered, and compared to other parts of the country, it’s safe to call our average winters “mild.” Of course, even though that’s true, for those of us who have lived here for quite some time, we know that 30° nights can be unbearable, without an efficient and effective heating system in place! After all, you’d like to make it through winter as healthfully as possible, right?
“Different from what?” you may be wondering. After all, their job functions are essentially the same, right? Well, different than HVAC contractors who specialize in only residential heating, cooling, and ventilation services. Also, commercial HVAC contractors are vastly different from general commercial handymen, who may manage your business’ plumbing, electrical, and HVAC needs, but don’t actually specialize in any of these fields.
In our previous blog post, we discussed some of the 
We get it: when an HVAC company recommends maintenance for your air conditioner or heating system, it can be an easy suggestion to just pass over. Unless something is seriously wrong with either your cooling or heating system (such as, you aren’t receiving any heat in the middle of winter) you may be tempted to put off calling a technician, especially if everything worked “just fine” last season.
