{"id":810,"date":"2023-11-20T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:14:21","slug":"how-your-furnaces-air-filter-controls-more-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/heating-service\/how-your-furnaces-air-filter-controls-more-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"The Filter Is Fantastic!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your furnace\u2019s air filter seems like a basic part of the whole setup, but its role is so critical that you can\u2019t afford to forget about it. You know it catches dust and debris so it doesn\u2019t get into the air you breathe, but beyond that, it does so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common reasons homeowners need furnace repair in Conway, AR<\/a> is because they don\u2019t switch out their air filters enough, and that causes problems. Let\u2019s walk through the different ways your air filter controls your furnace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Proper Airflow Promotes Better Efficiency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your furnace receives a simple request from the thermostat. It\u2019s told to turn on, heat the house, and then the thermostat will communicate when it\u2019s done its job. Then, a signal is sent to power down, and the task is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assuming that your thermostat isn\u2019t miscalibrated or broken in any way, the only machine here that needs to be optimized is your furnace. If it\u2019s having a hard time pulling air in, it will struggle to heat your house properly, requiring it to be on for longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longer it runs, the more energy you end up using, and the higher your bill is. And it could all be due to an inexpensive filter that you can switch out in less time than it takes you to finish reading this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better Efficiency Reduces Breakdowns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When your furnace struggles, it impacts the longevity of your machine. If it\u2019s having a hard go of things, it will run for longer and wear down all the associated components of your furnace. Simply put, it\u2019s not good to run your furnace for longer than necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how does your air filter fit into all of this? Because when you replace your filter every 30 days or so, you\u2019re reducing the amount of stress your furnace has to endure in the first place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of your furnace as having a battery, and when that battery runs out, the furnace breaks down. To spend that battery\u2019s energy as wisely as possible, you want it to do its job but in shorter intervals of time. That\u2019s what switching out your filter can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works With Your Indoor Air Quality Control System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s not forget about just how much these filters capture, either. If you hold up your brand-new filter to the old one that you\u2019re about to take out of your furnace, the contrast is stark. A good amount of all the dust and debris you\u2019re looking at? Some of that would have ended up in your respiratory system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Face it: Your Filter is Fantastic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By switching out your filter every 30-90 days (and we do recommend the former), you keep your system as efficient as possible, and reduce the wear and tear on your furnace that you\u2019re in decent control of. It\u2019s a simple task, but spending 60 seconds and a few bucks a month to keep your furnace from running into major breakdowns due to air restrictions? That\u2019s about as good as it gets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Dewees HVAC today<\/strong><\/a> to schedule your furnace repair or maintenance as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your air filter does more than you might think. Here’s what you can attribute to your filter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[87,88,100],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-conway","tag-furnace-repair","tag-gas-furnaces"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dewees-hvac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}