Changing the furnace filter. Really dumb thing to forget, too. Couldn’t tell you how long. 9 months maybe? More? I had spares sitting right there. But the utility room in the basement is out of sight out of mind.
I set a phone reminder to bug me about this every 30 days. The HVAC people that service my furnace recommend the cheaper filters and replacing them more frequently.
If you don’t want to bring technology into it, you can always pencil in a day on the calendar to do it.
The guideline is 3 months but it is entirely dependent on how often you run your furnace, and how dusty or pet-filled your environment is.
I used to manage buildings, so I would deal with hundreds of filters at a time, people with pets or those who ran the circulation function continually needed 3-month replacement. Other people who did not run the fan continuously and did not keep pets, and stayed clean, you could easily get away with a year.
You have to hold the filter up to the light to know, there’s no way to judge it based on time it’s just not useful
So I’m well overdue for a new filter lol. Still dealing with sprinter (spring winter)where I am and have a dog. Not gonna say how long it’s been since I switched it.
Every three months. Maybe less if you don’t have central A/C. There are also really big fancy filters that might last a year but my furnace doesn’t have that.
Changing the furnace filter. Really dumb thing to forget, too. Couldn’t tell you how long. 9 months maybe? More? I had spares sitting right there. But the utility room in the basement is out of sight out of mind.
I set a phone reminder to bug me about this every 30 days. The HVAC people that service my furnace recommend the cheaper filters and replacing them more frequently.
If you don’t want to bring technology into it, you can always pencil in a day on the calendar to do it.
Wait how often are furnace filters supposed to be changed?
The guideline is 3 months but it is entirely dependent on how often you run your furnace, and how dusty or pet-filled your environment is.
I used to manage buildings, so I would deal with hundreds of filters at a time, people with pets or those who ran the circulation function continually needed 3-month replacement. Other people who did not run the fan continuously and did not keep pets, and stayed clean, you could easily get away with a year.
You have to hold the filter up to the light to know, there’s no way to judge it based on time it’s just not useful
So I’m well overdue for a new filter lol. Still dealing with sprinter (spring winter)where I am and have a dog. Not gonna say how long it’s been since I switched it.
Every three months. Maybe less if you don’t have central A/C. There are also really big fancy filters that might last a year but my furnace doesn’t have that.