indoor air quality winter

Winter Humidity & Static Problems: Expert Solutions That Work

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Homeowner experiencing a static shock from a blanket while an HVAC technician adjusts a whole-home humidifier, illustrating expert solutions for winter humidity and static problems.

Static starts below roughly 40 percent relative humidity and becomes a daily annoyance below 30. Across Miami-Dade, Broward, and the Orlando metro, that lasts a few days behind a cold front. Add moisture instead of heat. TL;DR Static shocks and dry indoor air in a Florida winter trace back to one number. Indoor humidity falls … Read more

Air Filter Issues During Heating Season: What Homeowners Should Know

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Homeowner compares a clogged furnace filter with a clean replacement while inspecting heating-season airflow issues near an open HVAC system.

Air filter issues heating season problems are one of the most common reasons a furnace runs harder than it should. In our dispatch queue, weak airflow and no-heat calls spike every year between November and February, and a clogged filter is behind most of them. A clogged filter chokes off airflow, forces the blower to … Read more