| If you are like many people, you may have a | | | | furnace and get to your filter. |
| forced air furnace. These are quite popular | | | | Before doing any type of maintenance to your |
| nowadays due to their being quite energy | | | | furnace, you should turn the power off to the |
| efficient. However, to keep the energy efficiency, | | | | furnace. Do this at your circuit breaker box. Now |
| you will want to keep the furnace maintained and | | | | go to the furnace and open up the cover in the |
| clean. This is not too difficult, simply do it once or | | | | front of it. You will need to look for a door or |
| twice a year and you should keep your costs | | | | compartment marked 'filter'. |
| down. | | | | This door may need to be unscrewed or simply |
| Whether you have a gas or electric furnace, you | | | | lift it off of its hooks, look around a bit and see |
| will need to know how to maintain it to keep up | | | | what it needs. After you take off this door, look |
| the high efficiency. This will help you avoid costly | | | | for the filter. It should be mounted beneath the |
| repairs and make the furnace last longer. | | | | blower motor. Slide it out and check to see if it is |
| The first thing you should learn how to do is | | | | permanent or disposable, it should say right on it. |
| check your air filters. Air filters are supposed to | | | | If the filter is disposable, throw it out and replace |
| keep your air clean and they do this by trapping | | | | it with a new one, before throwing it out, be sure |
| all of the dust and dirt in the air. This means that | | | | to write down the model number so you can be |
| the more often you clean them, the cleaner your | | | | sure you replace it with the right one. If it is not |
| air is for you to breathe. | | | | disposable, clean it according to the directions on |
| Your furnace may have a permanent filter, or a | | | | the filter. Either way, replace the clean filter in the |
| disposable filter. If you have a permanent filter | | | | same place you removed the dirty one. |
| then you will need to clean it the way that the | | | | While the furnace is open, you may as well so a |
| manufacturer recommends. A disposable filter | | | | few more things to help improve its lifespan. |
| needs to be replaces, which is quite easy. Either | | | | Vacuum up any debris inside and clean off the |
| way, you need to know how to get into your | | | | blades well. |