Indoor Air Quality Solutions in Bend & Central Oregon

Smoke particles are tiny - far smaller than dust or pollen - so the basic fiberglass filter in most furnaces barely touches them. A high-MERV media filter (MERV 13 or better) captures a meaningful share of smoke particulate, and pairing it with HEPA-grade filtration handles the rest. We'll confirm your blower can handle the denser filter so you gain clean air without losing airflow.

Comfort and health generally sit between 30 and 50 percent relative humidity. In a Central Oregon winter, heated indoor air routinely falls well below that - into the range where wood floors gap, static shocks multiply, and sinuses and skin dry out. A whole-home humidifier mounted on your furnace holds the house in the healthy band automatically, with no tanks to refill.

For what they're designed to do, yes. A UV lamp mounted at your system's coil keeps mold and bacteria from colonizing the damp coil surface, and in-duct UV can reduce airborne biological contaminants passing through. What UV does not do is remove smoke, dust, or pollen - that's filtration's job. The two technologies solve different problems and work well together.

More often than the box says. Our dust means standard one-inch filters typically need changing every one to two months rather than three, and thicker media filters every six months or so instead of a year. During an active smoke event, check the filter weekly - a heavy smoke week can load a filter as much as months of normal use.

Usually, but not by simply jamming a denser filter into the old slot - high-MERV filters restrict airflow, and some blowers can't overcome it, which strains the motor and can freeze an AC coil. The right approach is a properly sized media filter cabinet installed at the return, which gives you far more filter surface area. We'll evaluate your system and tell you what it can safely support.