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The Importance of Changing Your Air Filters

July 25th, 2012 Comments off

Having us at One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning of Charlotte clean your air ducts to improve your indoor air quality is one thing, but you need to maintain the air by regularly replacing the air filters for your home heating and cooling system. This is perhaps one of the simplest projects you can do that saves you money and makes your home more comfortable.

If you are like many, you may neglect the simple task of changing your air filters. In most cases, people simply forget about it, but old, clogged air filters can cause problems for your indoor air and for your HVAC system. If you air filters go too long before they are changed, your HVAC system has to work harder to pull air through the filter, making the entire unit run less efficiently. The less efficient your heating and cooling system is, the more it costs to operate it.

How often should you replace your air filters depends on several factors. The amount of pollution or particles in the air in your home make a difference, and the amount of time you run the heater or air conditioner will also be a factor. If you live in an old, dusty house or around a lot of trees when they are producing heavy amounts of pollen, your filter may need more frequent changes than someone in a place with naturally cleaner air. If you run your heater or air conditioner almost all year long, you will also need to change the filter for your system more often.

During the summer and winter months when your HVAC system is being heavily used, it is a good idea to check and change the filter every 30 days. Doing so keeps you air cleaner and your system running more efficiently.

If you are tired of suffering from indoor allergies or breathing problems, let us give you a jump start on cleaner air by providing you with a duct cleaning service in Charlotte. After that repeat duct cleaning visits and having your air filters replaced can give you the cleanest air possible inside your home. For more information or to schedule an appointment for duct cleaning, please call us at One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning of Charlotte at 704-323-8004.

Duct Cleaning and Indoor Air Quality from Your Charlotte NC Heating Company

February 10th, 2012 Comments off

When it comes to your home, keeping your family healthy and happy is of the utmost importance. A healthy family begins with ensuring that the indoor air your family is breathing in is only the cleanest and most free-flowing air possible. Clean air starts with an air duct cleaning in your home, one that that Charlotte NC heating experts at One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning can provide for you in a timely and efficient manner.

We know how important the health and comfort of your family is. This is why our in-depth duct cleaning aims to alleviate any potential issues the air in your home may cause, leaving your family breathing easily for a long time to come. In winter, cold air is kept out of your home, which is a great thing, but this can unfortunately sometimes trap dirty, stale air inside your home. This air can become a breeding ground for pollutants and bacteria, harming your family and raising the potential threat of harmful respiratory disorders, including asthma. The EPA has reported that your indoor air is typically 2-5, and can be up to 100 times, more polluted than the air outside of your home. This startling statistic is one of the main reasons why a thorough cleaning of your air ducts is so important. Excess material and debris can easily add up in your air ducts, lasting for months and building bacteria before it even enters your air. A professional air duct cleaning can stop it before it does.

For all your heating needs this time of year, our Charlotte NC heating technicians are here to help. For additional information regarding air duct cleaning in Charlotte and the surrounding area, give us a call at 704-323-8004 or contact us online today.

Air Duct Cleaning Service from Your Charlotte NC Air Conditioning Company

August 2nd, 2011 Comments off

Your Charlotte NC air conditioning company, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, provides air duct cleaning service for your home or commercial needs. A recent Charlotte air duct cleaning press release states:

As a homeowner, it is essential to ensure that you and your loved ones are breathing in the best quality air in your home. Poor air quality may not even be noticeable to the naked eye, but pollutants and everyday allergens in your home can disturb the sinuses and irritate your allergies. While there may be many things occurring in your air, there is only one company to call when they do. The Charlotte NC air conditioning experts at One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning can effectively clean your air ducts, instantly improving the air quality in your home… Whether for a residential property or commercial business, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning of Charlotte can ensure that your air conditioning is working effectively all summer long. With their professional air duct cleaning service, the trained technicians can clean up the air quality in your home, boosting the health and comfort of your family. By removing visible dirt, dust, mold, and other contaminants, the professional HVAC experts can ensure your family is only breathing in the cleanest air. This is especially important if members of your family suffer from asthma or other lung capacity-related issues.

Air duct cleaning from One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning of Charlotte NC is as easy as scheduling service by visiting their website or giving them a call at 704-323-8004.

Maintaining Clean Air Ducts

August 18th, 2010 Comments off

Are members of your family getting inexplicably sick, even outside of cold and flu seasons? The culprit may be mold, and it may be living inside your air conditioning ducts. However, our Charlotte air conditioning company can  help.

Mold is often challenging to detect and, apart from illness, it is otherwise detected by smell. However, relying on smell to detect mold is usually not recommended; many types of mold are odorless and if your infestation has spread to the point where odors are noticeable, the problem is already too serious. It doesn’t take much mold to cause noticeable problems within an office or household. If you wait long enough, people in the vicinity will have been exposed for an extended period of time, which can result in permanent health problems – which often show up years later.

Air ducts are, on average, one of the most neglected parts of the average home. Due to their lack of visibility, many homeowners often do not clean their air ducts until a problem arises. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that air ducts should be cleaned on a regular basis to prevent environmental situations from impacting the air quality in your home.

Cleaning your Charlotte air ducts on an “as-needed” basis is only a good idea only if cleaning is done proactively in response to a certain scenario. Instances of having your air ducts cleaned as a preventative measure on an as needed basis include: cleaning them after discovering a leaking roof, a leaky pipe, flood, a nearby fire,  pest infestation, home remodeling, or after moving into a new home. It is not unusual for mold to grow as a result of the ordinary deterioration of your air conditioning unit either – a roof leak and a leaking pipe can exist for years before they’re detected. Rodents and insects can also be in your air ducts for long periods of time without them ever being brought to your attention.

For more information on air duct cleaning in Charlotte NC, please contact our professional air conditioning company in Charlotte NC.

Indoor Air Quality and Air Duct Cleaning

July 9th, 2010 Comments off

Keeping your air ducts clean is very important. Airborne contaminants are drawn through the duct work of the central air conditioning system via return air registers.

Your goal is to improve your indoor air quality. Indoor air quality (IAQ) refers to the air quality within your home as it relates to the health and comfort of your family.

Believe it or not, poor indoor air quality has prompted doctors and allergists prescribe a clean home furnace and air duct cleaning as a remedy. Indoor Air Quality is one of the top five health concerns of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Air duct cleaning is a great way to make your indoor air quality safer. You should consider having the air ducts in your home cleaned if…

There is visible mold growth inside the duct or on other components of your heating and cooling system.

If you have insulated air ducts and the insulation gets wet or moldy.

  • Ducts are infested with vermin like rodents or insects
  • Ducts are clogged with excessive amounts of dust and debris and particles
  • You have really bad allergies that flair up no matter the season or climate.

One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning in Charlotte has Indoor Air Quality expert technicians that can convert your heating and cooling system into a whole-house Air Treatment Center. Give us a call!

Allergy Relief: an HVAC Remedy?

June 22nd, 2010 Comments off

Studies show that one of the most common causes of allergies and asthma is related to indoor air quality…the quality of the air inside your home. In fact, one of the most strongly allergenic materials found in the air you breathe when you’re inside is common house dust.

You may not realize it but house dust can be heavily contaminated with dust mite fecal pellets and cast skins. About 40,000 dust mites can thrive in just one ounce of dust. That means even the cleanest house probably has plenty of these allergy-causing microscopic critters. Yuck.

Plus, it’s estimated that dust mites factor into 50 to 80 percent of asthmatics, as well as countless cases of eczema, hay fever and other allergy-related ailments. Before you or someone in your family starts taking allergy shots, try a “whole house” approach.

We recommend air duct cleaning and installing an HEPA filter for controlling the source of the problem.

Cure Black Mold

June 22nd, 2010 Comments off

“Cure” BLACK MOLD danger

Black mold, a slimy greenish-black substance, is a type of mold that has been linked with serious health risks including infant death caused by respiratory bleeding, and illnesses such as asthma and bronchitis

Virtually every home has mold of some type, somewhere. Invisible mold spores are floating in the air both inside and out looking for a wet place to land and reproduce.

Although all types of mold are not toxic, it’s difficult to distinguish between the toxic and non-toxic without lab testing. That’s why it’s important to treat all molds as if they were potentially harmful.

How can you virtually “cure” the potential for mold-related problems?

We recommend air duct cleaning often and installing an ultraviolet germicidal light as part of your existing heating system to kill and control the live mold spores.

This will control black mold so that you have clean air throughout your home.