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Air Filter Changing Frequency

How often should I change my air filter?

This seems to be the most common question we are asked all the time. The simple answer is, “as often as they get dirty.”  Seems simple enough, right?  Let me further explain.  Every home or business is different and so is the climate we use them in.  Each one has different occupants and is used differently.  One home may have a family of four with a dog and a cat while another may have single occupant.  As you can imagine, the one with a family of four with pets should be changing their filters more often.  Why?  More people means more dust and pollutants and pets can multiply this several time over.  

For a business or office where clients and customers are coming in and out of the door all day long, will need to be changing their ai filters more frequently. Again, the best recommendation is to check your filters each month, because each change of season also brings its own pollutants.

Most of the time it is pretty obvious that an air filter is in need of replacing but here are some signs to look for that can tell you it’s time to change it:

If your air filter is damp or wet

If the filter has been pulled into the unit by the air flow

If you hold it up to a light and little or no light is visible through the air filter

If the amount of air coming out of your registers and grilles has gone down significantly

If there is a build up of dust on your registers or grilles (air has started to bypass the filter)

Our best advice is to check it once a month when you pay your power bill seeing how your air filter has a direct impact on the performance of your heating and cooling system.  If it’s dirty go ahead and change it.  If not, check again in a week or two.  Once you do this, you’ll get a feel for how often the air filter in your own home should be changed.  

Ary Co offers monthly filter changing services for residential and commercial buildings We will come in, inspect, and set up a filter changing scheduled that is most convent for you and is optimal for your HVAC system performance.

What you need to know about using R-22 in HVAC systems

R-22 was the most popular refrigerant used in commercial and residential air conditioning units for many years because it was considered a safe and cost-efficient refrigerant choice by the HVACR industry. But as anyone in the industry knows, R-22 was phased out in the U.S. beginning in 2010 because it is ozone depleting.

Once the U.S. EPA began allocating and reducing available quantities of R-22, fear of shortages drove manufacturers, distributors and service companies to immediately stock up on as much R-22 as possible, causing price spikes.  However, as time passed, and availability continued, prices have stabilized.

EPA refrigerant phase-out regulations often have complex market impacts that can cause confusion.  The R-22 phase-out regulation ends new production and import of HCFC-22 as of January 1, 2020. After 2020, reclaimed R-22 can be used for service and maintenance for the life of the equipment.

The reclaim and recycling industry acted early to ensure adequate supply of R-22. Today hundreds of millions of pounds of R-22 are available in existing equipment. This will be adequate to ensure full lifetime service needs because a rooftop air conditioning unit lasts about 10 to 15 years and Trane, along with most other manufacturers, stopped producing commercial air conditioning units with R-22 in 2010. Now, eight years later, those units are expected to run for another 2 to 8 years, sustaining the supply for other equipment. Additionally, the accumulated R-22 stockpile and recycling and reclamation programs are extending availability. The bottom line is that the risk of R-22 demand exceeding supply is very low.

What should system owners do next?

Maintain your service and maintenance schedules for the expected life of the equipment. Proper maintenance helps prevent refrigerant leaks and, if a leak does happen, technicians will catch it early. Even if the price of R-22 climbs, the cost of replacing a few pounds will be relatively minor.

Owners who want to convert an R-22 system to a different refrigerant should proceed with extreme caution. Air conditioning units—Trane’s and everyone else’s—operate best with the refrigerant they were designed to use. An exact “drop-in” replacement alternative for R-22 does not exist, so changing refrigerant isn’t as simple as changing the oil in a car. It requires an engineered approach that evaluates the hardware, lubrication, refrigerant and controls to optimize performance. System efficiency losses and a voided warranty are some of the risks.

Maintaining an R-22 system for its anticipated life span is the safest way to maintain efficiency and your warranty.

Before making any decisions regarding refrigerant conversions or system upgrades, be sure to talk to someone who understands the complexities of the regulations and the pros and cons of next-generation refrigerants.

*Source https://www.trane.com/commercial/north-america/us/en/about-us/newsroom/blogs/what-to-know-about-r22-in-hvac-systems.html

Honor the Past. Celebrate the Present. Embrace the Future.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~Soren Kierkegaard

Some may have noticed the changes in our logo over the last couple years. We think it is important to share the evolution of our logo, branding, and company. We love to see progress, not only ours, but without our community. Small business owners grow and change as their interests and skills develop. For those of you who haven’t been following since 1982, we are sharing the early work.

But design isn’t the only development we have had, along with building a brand new facility, our business name holds even more history;

Ary Services

A Ary Co

A Ary Co A/C & Heat

Ary Air Conditioning

Ary Company AC & Heat

A Ary Co Heating & AC

Ary Co AC & Heat

A Ary Co. A/C & Heating

A Ary Co A C Heating

AC Service

Ary Co. AC & Heat

A Ary Co AC/ Heating

Ary Co’s

Ary Co A/C & Heat

Ary Co HVAC & Electric

ARYCO

Though not all of these names were from us, we still find value in the way our name has traveled and grown since 1982.