Q: I turned on my furnace for the first time this year, and it made the whole house smell musty. I checked the filter and found it caked with dust, so I replaced it with a new filter, and the indoor ...

What is the single step in heating maintenance that most homeowners overlook until it becomes a costly problem? According to ...

A man kneels while pulling a dirty filter out of a furnace - Backyardproduction/Getty Images Changing your furnace filter is one of those home maintenance chores that's easy to forget until you've got ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - There are many tasks most of us will complete countless times, one of which is changing your air filters. It’s recommended to change your furnace filter every two to three ...

If you were to let unfiltered air into your furnace, its performance would suffer as dust settled on the heat exchanger and other parts, and that would reduce the service life of your most important ...

Q. Do you have any information about the type of furnace filters that are promoted by Paul Harvey? In particular, are they effective? Are there brands available in local stores? S.P. Chelsea. A. As ...

Our recent article about energy-recovery ventilators (Ventilate Your Home with Minimal Energy Loss) stated that using a “true high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter” in your forced-air heating ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Take four air filters, like you use in your furnace. Tape them together so they form a ...

A common question many people ask the Any Hours Services technicians is, "how often should I change my furnace filter?" The short answer is, when it’s dirty, however everyone’s house is a little ...