Pollen is in the air, make sure your HVAC filters are clean

When you look outside and your car is completely covered in yellow, the streets, and even the sidewalks, do you wonder if it affects the inside of your home and how do you prevent it?

Good news! By having your HVAC system regularly maintained, and your air filters are changed often, you’re doing your part to keep up the air quality in your home.

Air purifiers can also help eliminate the amount of pollen that is in your home.

April and May are the worst two months for pollen. With pollen in the air, covering cars, roads and trees. This makes it extremely easy to enter your HVAC system. When this happens, the pollen particles can clog your HVAC filters.

This can contribute to poor indoor air quality and worsen any allergy symptoms.

When your air filters are clogged, it forces your HVAC system to work a lot harder. This could lead to increased energy consumption, and reduced lifespan for your unit.

Ensure that your windows, doors, and other openings are sealed well to prevent pollen from entering your home as much as possible.

Keeping weeds, and random debris away from your outside HVAC unit can also help with pollen entering your unit.

You should try to clean your ventilation system regularly. This will help remove the pollen, dust, and any other allergens that could have accumulated.

You need to change your HVAC system air filters more often especially durning pollen season. This will help prevent clogging.

The longer your filter sits without being changed, the more pollen, dust, pet hair, and other debris will collect inside your system.

The condensing coil and evaporator coil in an HVAC unit should also be cleaned at the start of each season.