Don’t forget to clean out those furnace filters

Its so easy to do, but so many people don’t bother to do it. I can never understand it. When the filters in a furnace get clogged up with dust it lowers the efficiency of the heating and cooling system, by reducing the airflow. The harder the system has to work, the more costly the system is to run and the faster it with break down.

A once a month cleaning of the filter can really keep things running smoothly and save you a lot of hassles. Completely replacing the filter every month might be a bit of an overkill, so I recommend bringing a small vacuum cleaner along. Suck out all the dirt in the filter every month with the vacuum and replace the filter quarterly and you have yourself a happy furnace. If you’ve been slacking on this one the past few months, I suggest you get on it. And the best part is that it gives you a great excuse to pay a monthly visit on your tenants to make sure they aren’t putting holes in the walls. The half an hour it takes each month to do this is well worth it.