Video: Replacing Your Air Filter

SAN MATEO — Host, Sarah Rutan: In order to maximize both furnace performance and indoor air quality, it’s important to change your air filter on a regular basis. Today we’re in San Mateo with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Juan Sandoval of Carol Flynn, Inc. to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Juan Sandoval: One of the best tips that I can give our customers is to change their filters on a regular basis simply because when filters get this dirty right here, it actually causes the system to shut down when it doesn’t get the proper airflow. And, it also causes the unit to use more energy and also break down. That’s why it’s very important to change these filters on a regular basis.

Eighty-five percent of the air you breath circulates through the heating system and cooling system. When filters are clogged, the coils can ice up and shut down the system. And, that’s one of the reasons why we recommend them on a regular service call is to change the filters because if you don’t it causes your system to shut down.

This is what your filter is supposed to look like when it’s nice and clean, and the airflow flows properly. When it gets this bad, it means that the filter hasn’t been changed in a while, and it also, like I said, causes it to use more energy and also possible break downs for you.

Host, Sarah Rutan: To learn more from local top-rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified Expert Reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.