235. Air Filter

Hey, what's up, guys? Derek Cole with the Derek Cole podcast. Thank you so much for listening. Today is the first of the month, so I want to say something I've said many times before and you could be, you could be tired of hearing it. The number one thing you can do for heating and air conditioning, energy bills, operation, performance, you can do it yourself. And it's as easy as changing your air filter. So simple, yet so hard to remember. I've told people before if you need to set an alarm on your phone every 30 days to check or change your filter, whatever you need to do, it is important to check and change your filter every 30 days.

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I know it's confusing. I know there's a lot of filters on the market. You go to the store, there's aisles and aisles of choices. Which one do I get? What is a Merv rating? I don't understand. Why are these so expensive? Why are these so cheap? What's the right way to go? Well, you can go to simmons1hour.com whichfilter. Simmons1hour.com which filter? Hopefully they'll help you. Also on that blog post there is a link to our free filter program. Just pay for shipping. Those are personally what I recommend for most homes. Most situations when you're not air cleaning and you just want to filter, you just want filtration. We have MERV 8 quality premium filters ready to go for you. So just go to that website, zimmons1hour.com which filter. You can watch the video, you can read the blog post, you can listen to the podcast. I think there's a link on there for that as well. But at the bottom of that is our free filter offer. You can take advantage of if it is confusing. You know what, it's free. Just pay for shipping. Get three of them, get them to your home, try them out. If you like them, do it again if you don't like them, at least you know. But I have a feeling you will like them because they're premium high quality filters. Not the cheap ones, not the expensive ones. So it's a good mix. Anyways, check it out. Let me know your thoughts on it. Please share. Download this episode and other episodes. You know itunes, they really like the downloads and reviews. So hopefully this helps you out today. In future, again first of the month. Remember, check and change your filter. All right, guys, see you later.

This Star Spotlight features Derek Cole of One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning. Today Derek explains why it's so important to properly seal your new ductwork. Derek, welcome back. Why is it so important for us to seal new ductwork? I mean, it's new ductwork. And are there regulations or specifications that are unique to North Carolina?

Anytime in this state, you install a new duct system, you have to do. And Caroline knows this because she's now doing permits, do what's called a duct test or a duct blaster, as we call it. You have to measure how much leakage is in that new duct system. And there is a point, depending on the city, of the municipality as to what they want to see. 5, 10% of leakage they want. So let's go with the round number. I say it's 10% leakage. So you're leaking 10% of the energy you're paying for out of that new duct system. So if you seal it, it can get down to zero. Right? So if you get to zero, that's obviously more efficient than losing 10. Right. So that is why you want to seal the new duct system. Now, in this area, we see a lot of duct board, fiberglass duct system. Again, that is better for your lungs, better for your health. So we go back and we install metal duct. That way you're not breathing in the fiberglass any longer. The downside to installing that metal duct is that you have joints. And no matter how much you try to seal it manually on the way there, you seal it, seal the joints on the outside with mastic, you seal it up with tape, you seal it up with insulation. You seal that up on top of the masking tape. Still you're at 10% leakage because there is no way a human being can actually seal all the places that air flows. Now, with duct sealing, with air seal, it works on pressure. There is not. It's aerosol. There's not a human being, you know, putting mastic and painting it on the little joints. No, it's a machine. It's all controlled by this aerosol. Aerosol spray. It's working on pressure and it's filling the holes as it finds the leaks.

Let the qualified staff at One hour heating and air conditioning help you heat and cool your home more efficiently. Call today at 910-534-4462 or visit onehouraircarolinas.com One Hour Heating and air conditioning. Always on time or you don't pay a d. This star spotlight features Derek Cole of One hour heating and air Conditioning. Today, Derek explains why it's so important to properly seal your new ductwork. Derek, welcome back. Why is it so important for us to seal new ductwork? I Mean it's new ductwork. And are there regulations or specifications that are unique to North Carolina?

Anytime in this state, you install a new duct system, you have to do. And Caroline knows this because she's now doing permits and do what's called a duct test or a duct blaster, as we call it, you have to measure how much leakage is in that new duct system. And there is a point, depending on the city of the municipality as to what they want to see 5, 10% of leakage they want. So let's go with the round number. I say it's 10% leakage. So you're leaking 10% of the energy you're paying for out of that new duct system. So if you seal it, you can get down to zero, right? So if you get to zero, that's obviously more efficient than losing 10, right? So that is why you want to seal the new duct system. Now, in this area, we see a lot of duct board, fiberglass duct system. Again, that is bad for your lungs, better for your health. So we go back and we install metal duct. That way you're not breathing in the fiberglass any longer. The downside to installing that metal duct is that you have joints. And no matter how much you try to seal it manually on the way there, you seal it, seal the joints on the outside with mastic, you seal it up with tape, you seal it up with insulation. You seal that up on top of the mask and tape, still you're at 10% leakage. Because there is no way a human being can actually seal all the places that air flows. Now with duct sealing, with air seal, it works on pressure. There is not. It's an aerosol. There's not a human being, you know, putting mastic and painting it on the joints. No, it's a machine. It's all controlled by this aerosol. Aerosol spray. It's working on pressure and it's filling the holes as it finds the leaks.

Let the qualified staff at one hour heating and air conditioning help you heat and cool your home more efficiently. Call today at 910-534-4462 or visit onehouraircarolinas.com One Hour Heating and air Conditioning. Always on time or you don't pay a d.