Reasons Why You Need Proper Ventilation in Your Home

When it comes to air quality inside your home, ensuring proper ventilation is a must. Often, many modern homes are designed to be sealed air tight, and while this is good for preventing leaks, it also prevents quality airflow and leads to being cut off from fresh air. Without having proper ventilation, your home can easily be susceptible to trapping things like allergens and pollutants inside. By consulting the HVAC professionals at Galmiche & Sons, you can avoid this common … Continue reading Reasons Why You Need Proper Ventilation in Your Home

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4 Reasons to Change Your HVAC Filters More Often

HVAC systems for homes and businesses are all equipped with air filters that prevent dust and grime from getting into the equipment. These HVAC filters play a vital role in not only ensuring that your heating and air conditioning system is functioning properly, but they also play a key role in regulating the indoor air quality of your space. Clogged HVAC filters compromise the performance of your system and can often result in higher energy bills, among other things. Changing … Continue reading 4 Reasons to Change Your HVAC Filters More Often

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Are Air Purifiers Effective for Controlling Indoor Air Pollution?

Indoor air quality in your home or business is a vital aspect of having a healthy and happy home. Things in the air such as mold, dust, allergens, and viruses are concerns for homeowners and their HVAC systems. One way to supplement the air filtration capabilities of your system is an air purifier. Capturing germs and viruses makes air purifiers effective at improving your in-home air quality. But are air purifiers effective in controlling pollutants in the home? The short … Continue reading Are Air Purifiers Effective for Controlling Indoor Air Pollution?

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What is a HEPA Filter? And What Do They Do?

A HEPA filter is a high-quality air filter that works to create much cleaner air than a traditional filter. The acronym HEPA stands for High Efficiency Particulate Air. Having a quality HEPA filter ensures that the air coming through your HVAC system is free of things like germs, dust, pollutants, particulates, and pet dander. At Galmiche and Sons, we recommend the use of a HEPA filter in most households and offer them on all of our HVAC options. If you … Continue reading What is a HEPA Filter? And What Do They Do?

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Spring Air Conditioner Cleaning – 5 Things You Need to Clean from Your AC System

For many of us, with spring comes… spring cleaning! While closets and underneath beds are prime spots for decluttering, don’t forget to factor in your HVAC system and get your air conditioner cleaned. After all, it is your HVAC system that processes and filters the air inside your home. Because of this, it is important to make sure to clean out any contaminants in your air conditioner that may have settled on its components over time before you start relying … Continue reading Spring Air Conditioner Cleaning – 5 Things You Need to Clean from Your AC System

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Important Facts You Need to Know About Air Filters for Allergies

Choosing the Best Air Filters for Allergies

Spring represents new growth and life after the long, cold winter. With it comes hope, happiness, and sunshine. And allergies. Indeed, for allergy sufferers, spring can feel suffocating and frustrating as they contend with blocked sinuses and swollen airways. Luckily, many people can find respite inside their homes, and with the right air filters, allergies can become an irritation reserved for the outdoors only. For more information on the best air filters for allergies, or any other heating & air … Continue reading Important Facts You Need to Know About Air Filters for Allergies

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Is Your HVAC Filter Catching as Much as It Should?

A large part of your home’s HVAC system’s job is actually air filtration. While yes, its function in temperature control is usually the first thing that comes to people’s mind when they hear the word HVAC, filters play a huge part in boosting your home’s comfort levels and indoor air quality. However, when an HVAC filter fails, it is not an obvious issue because the consequences are not immediately visible. In this article, we explore how to make sure your … Continue reading Is Your HVAC Filter Catching as Much as It Should?

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Indoor Air Pollution & Pregnancy: What Expectant Mothers Should Know

With pregnancy comes many changes. As an expectant mother, not only is your body obviously changing, but your habits, schedule, and life in general change too. There are so many more things to consider when it comes to outside influences that can impact your pregnancy and baby’s development. Pregnant women commonly avoid an abundance of fish due to the mercury levels, they limit certain kinds of unpasteurized cheeses, deli meats, and more, all with an eye toward making sure they … Continue reading Indoor Air Pollution & Pregnancy: What Expectant Mothers Should Know

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Tips for Clean, Healthy Air at Home This Spring

In the springtime, when everything is starting to bloom, allergens from pollen and other outdoor sources are just worries for when we are outside, right? If only. Unfortunately, air quality is a concern regardless of whether you are inside or out. While there is not a lot we can do about outdoor air quality in St. Louis, there are quite a few things we can do to ensure healthy air at your home, making sure you and your loved ones … Continue reading Tips for Clean, Healthy Air at Home This Spring

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HVAC Tips to Reduce Allergies this Spring

With spring comes excitement for the new season ahead. However, for allergy sufferers, when spring is in the air, their noses are in tissues. Seasonal allergies can be a nightmare for folks in St. Louis, and they sometimes feel inescapable. But did you know that your HVAC system can affect your allergies? In this article, we provide information for our customers on how their HVAC can be used to help reduce allergies at home. If you would like help reducing … Continue reading HVAC Tips to Reduce Allergies this Spring

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