Weather and Your Home: Seasonal Maintenance Tips

Weather and Your Home: Seasonal Maintenance Tips

Seasonal Maintenance Tips

Clean or replace the furnace air filter every 2 - 3 months
Filters are judged on their ability to remove particulate from the air, a standard filter will filter 5% of the particulate such as large mold spores. An electrostatic filter is a permanent washable filter and is 25% effective, picking up particulate such as tobacco smoke. A five inch pleated media filter is about 50% effective and an electronic air filter is virtually 100% effective.

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CONVECTAIR - Forget about the cold!







With blustery evenings and freezing-cold mornings, winter can seem long at times. Rediscover the will to jump out of bed and ignore the plunging mercury by treating yourself to a genuine heating system.

The kitchen is glacial, the bathroom is too cold to use, and the hallway never warms up. Winter can sometimes be an uninvited house guest. Why not bid farewell (forever) to shivers? Opt for intelligent heating and pamper yourself. Then you devote your time to reading an actual book and not just weather forecasts!

Following your custom schedule, the Convectair programmer prompts a temperature increase before you get out of bed (or arrive home), so that you’re welcomed with the perfect amount of warmth at exactly the right moment. For the bathroom, Convectair has developed two models that combine fan-driven and radiant heat (the Diva and Bolero). The forced air quickly heats the air, while the radiant heat warms the surfaces and — what bliss! — the bath towels.

Convectair’s radiant heaters, such as the Allegro Duo and the Opera, are made to tackle all the cold zones in a home, including hard-to-heat spaces. Hallways, powder rooms, entranceways and laundry rooms are no longer forgotten. Strategically placed, each radiant heater gives off palpable heat that is as pleasant as the caress of the sun’s rays.

For an economical, highly effective heating system, models that combine convection and radiant heat (such as the Allegro Duo line) are the perfect solution. They produce warm spots, greatly appreciated by anyone sitting near a window or simply relaxing. In a solarium, home cinema, office or reading nook, the combination of radiant and convection heat provides unequalled comfort—that will make you completely forget about winter!

Savings, comfort, reliability: does intelligent heating interest you? Visit convectair.com.



Get your heating ducts cleaned every 3-5 years to maintain optimum efficiency of your furnace.
The average home produces about 40lbs of dust each year, 5lbs of that dust ends up in your ducts.

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Condition the air in your home by adding a humidifier to your furnace.
A flow-thru humidifier trickles water through the top and out through the bottom so that there is no standing water to breed bacteria and leading to minimal maintenance for you.

Another popular humidifier is the Steam-power humidifier which generates moisture by using steam instead of water leading to maximum moisture generation quickly.

The humidifier will combat dry winter air that can lead to nose bleeds coughs, sore throats and itchy skin.

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Stay comfortable with a programmable thermostat which can be adjusted to reflect your daily schedule and in turn reduce annual heating costs.
Electronic thermostats can reduce your energy bills as much as 18%.

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