HVAC Filter for Vents in Home: Which Filter Truly Protects Your Indoor Air?

Infographic titled 'HVAC Filter for Vents in Home: Which Filter Truly Protects Your Indoor Air?' comparing basic fiberglass filters with low protection, standard MERV 8 filters with good protection against common allergens, and high-efficiency MERV 13+ filters providing maximum protection for excellent indoor air quality.

The filter you can see isn’t the filter doing the work. On a recent Apopka service call, we measured 0.72 inches of water column of static pressure across a homeowner’s return filter. The spec called for 0.5. That filter had gone eleven months. Meanwhile, the homeowner had been swapping out black foam pads on every … Read more