Pandemic changed the way I thought about HVAC
Living out in the country has always provided me when the sort of essentials that my soul really needs.
I grew up in a rural community and so nature was always a big part of my game.
So when I took my first job after college, I had to move to the city. I lived in an apartment where I had not all that much control over the heating and cooling. The neighbors were loud in my building and I was surrounded by concrete. After several years of this sort of existence, it really took a toll on me. And I finally had to get out of the city. Luckily, I was able to work from home by then. In my field, all I really need is a computer and the internet to do what I do. So this allowed me to ditch that mediocre HVAC for fresh air and the quiet of a rural existence. However, I learned that the air in my house is not necessarily as unpolluted as I thought. This was a fact I learned when I was studying just how to improve my immune health during the pandemic. I also learned that the HVAC air filter that I was using wasn’t built to protect or improve my health. That type of air filter was to protect the HVAC equipment not me. So the more I learned about indoor air quality, the more it became apparent that I needed to make so changes to the HVAC equipment. So I replaced the cheap air filters with HEPA filters. They trap and remove more than 99 percent of airborne contaminants. The indoor air quality in my home made significant improvement once I changed to the HEPA filter.