How Often Should You Clean & Replace Air Filters in Your Air Conditioner?

How Often Should You Replace Your Filter?

The longest you should go between replacing furnace filters is three months. Check your filters monthly to see whether they have visible dirt or other buildup. You should also replace your filters more often in the summer when your air conditioner runs frequently.

Other factors can influence how often you should replace your filters too. Those who smoke, own pets or live in areas with high air pollution may need to change their filters more frequently. A larger house will also require replacement filters more regularly because significant volumes of air circulate through the system.

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The Types of Filters Available

When you replace an AC filter, you have several options to choose from:

Fiberglass: This standard, affordable filter type works well for catching dust, pollen and carpet fibers.
Pleated: A fabric filter with pleats can capture small contaminants like pet dander, mold spores and pollen.
Electrostatic: This material uses a static charge to catch contaminants and works incredibly well for allergy sufferers.
Washable: Filters you can vacuum or rinse are excellent for preventing buildup and replacement, making them cheaper and better for the environment.
HEPA: High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters are highly effective at catching large and small particles.

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Filter Replacement Services

At Strada Air Conditioning and Heating, our professional technicians can help you find the right size and type of filter for your home. We can also discuss factors like a filter’s minimum efficiency rating value (MERV), which ranges from 1 to 16. A MERV of 8 is standard, while a MERV of 13 is better at catching particulates but may reduce your system’s efficiency.

After you find a suitable filter for your home, our technicians can replace it during a regular maintenance visit. By linking this service with other preventive maintenance work, we make it much more convenient to change your filters.

Cleaner Air With Help From Our Team

Our team is committed to finding quality air solutions to make your home healthier and more comfortable. As part of our commitment, we offer air conditioning filter replacement services. Our work also comes with first-class customer service. We care about satisfying every customer through expert advice and quality work. We also offer several benefits to customers who work with us:

Experienced technicians: With training and years of experience, our technicians perform quality work and have the expertise to provide knowledgeable advice.
Online scheduling: You can schedule maintenance during a convenient time rather than waiting to call during business hours.
Family-owned company: We offer a personalized approach and a commitment to stability and unity in our leadership.

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Hear From Our Happy Customers

We have used Strada Electric for all our electrical needs. Their electrician Pedro is absolutely great to work with and has already installed several lights throughout our home. Recently we added a Mini Split A/C in our garage & Pedro also did the electrical portion of the install as well as another Strada Team of gentlemen that came out and installed the air conditioner. The Strada Team for the Air Conditioning install were extremely professional and great to work. This installation was worth every penny does not make a sound and the electricity it uses is equivalent to what a fan uses. This install is an absolute game changer to the garage! We are very grateful to Strada Electric!! Thank Kenneth & Sally for organizing this install, this is a great Team!! Thank you all!! Maria & Allan

Maria Polanco

Al has done most of the repairs and enhancements since we moved here 2014. The latest was a wall outlet that sparked and was loose in the wall. Also had an aged outlet in laundry room that we weren’t sure worked safely. Always pleasant, professional and thorough, Al has conquered our new ceiling fans, 30 amp RV monster outlet and exhaust fan/light in our bathrooms! We don’t need to look elsewhere for any electrical work! Thank you!

Bryan Baxter

We had a great experience with everyone at Strada. They came over to do an estimate for AC in our warehouse. They completed the job faster than expected. They were all professional and a pleasure to work with. I will definitely use them again for my home and office.

Pat Petito

Everything installed perfectly and seamlessly by Luis Vazquez from Strada Services. We were able to schedule the installation appointment in advance of our closing which was helpful. Luis arrived exactly on time with a friendly smile and diligently spent hours installing monitoring keypads, smoke detector and doorbell. I got the full service. Luis was very patient, friendly, knowledgeable and professional. He explained all the features of the products installed and made sure we were all on board with the system. He even made sure we knew how to reach him if we had any issues in future. I highly recommend Strada Services for your security needs and ask for Luis to install it. He is great!!!

Emmie Lee

I started using Strada electric on my new home and the experience so far has been great. We had the security system installed today and the technician, Luis Vazquez, who came by the house was great! Very knowledgeable and patient while explaining how to use the system. I will definitively recommend the company. I would suggest to ask for Greg Fedorowicz and Luis Vazquez.

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