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When and How to Change Your Furnace Filter in Edmonton

Published on December 01, 2015
When and How to Change Your Furnace Filter

Caring for your furnace can help more than you’d think in the time in between furnace service appointments. One of the easiest, and crucial, ways to maintain your furnace lies in changing your furnace filter. Having a clogged air filter could contribute to a host of adverse concerns for your heating and cooling system, its efficiency, and ultimately, how much your energy costs are every month.

So what goes in to consideration when you should replace your furnace filter?

  • Type of filter: the two most common filter sizes are 1 inch and 3 inch filters. 1 inch filters normally need to be switched out every month and 3 inch filters ought to be swapped out every three months, dependent on the recommendations of the filter manufacturer.
  • Home habits: if you have pets in your home, it might make sense to replace your filter more often because of pet dander. If someone in your family has allergies or asthma, consider replacing your home’s air filter more regularly to help potentially decrease their symptoms.

Now you’re likely wondering how to swap out your furnace filter. More than likely, this will change depending on what furnace you have, but usually: 

  • Open or pull off the air filter panel around the bottom of your furnace to expose an open compartment.
  • On the top of that open compartment is where your furnace filter is resting on two metal brackets.
  • There will be a little space to move your filter back and forth that allows you to remove one end of the filter and remove it from the compartment.
  • When putting in the new filter, inspect the perimeter of the filter for an arrow that specifies the air flow direction, to make sure you’re installing the filter in the proper direction. In most cases, the arrow should point towards the main part (or top) of the furnace. 
At Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning, we’ll swap out standard one-inch furnace filters as part of our regular furnace service Precision Tune-up or PLUS Maintenance Agreement service. Give us a call today at 587-404-0790 or set up an appointment with us online.
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