Looking for a new filter - Allergies Message Board

tbone106 · 03-31-2005, 08:22 PM

I have Hepa thru out the house...The allergies haven't gotten any better.

I have a few friends that have the BioZone air cleaners -- and swear by it. I read that it may produce very little levels -- maybe us it with nobody in the house? What about the Airsource 3000 expensive, but does anyone have one.

To boot, my daugther has Asthma....NO OZONE.

I once had a needle ION generator and electrostatic air cleaner and it did clean the room pretty damn well....

I have to keep trying different options...

HELP

sneezydiva · 04-01-2005, 12:50 PM

I would reccomend a whole house electrostatic filter installed in your central system. We had one installed in our new house and it is wonderful. If that is too expensive, I would also reccomend 3M filtrete furnace filters. It is amazing how much more stuff they remove from the air than the regular flimsy filters. In my old house I used the 3M filter with a HEPA in the bedroom and the family room, and it worked very well.

HEPA usually helps allergies quite a bit, so you also might want to look into other sources for your trouble. Have you covered your mattress in dustmite covers? Dustmites also live in upholstered funiture and carpets. You might want to check the house for mold. Mold also likes to live in carpet. If your carpet is old you might want to think about getting rid of it.

tbone106 · 04-01-2005, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sneezydiva

I would reccomend a whole house electrostatic filter installed in your central system. We had one installed in our new house and it is wonderful. If that is too expensive, I would also reccomend 3M filtrete furnace filters. It is amazing how much more stuff they remove from the air than the regular flimsy filters. In my old house I used the 3M filter with a HEPA in the bedroom and the family room, and it worked very well.

HEPA usually helps allergies quite a bit, so you also might want to look into other sources for your trouble. Have you covered your mattress in dustmite covers? Dustmites also live in upholstered funiture and carpets. You might want to check the house for mold. Mold also likes to live in carpet. If your carpet is old you might want to think about getting rid of it.

Mold test should be back in a day or two.....I had Electrostatic, producted some nasty ozone...

Hepa, really isn't doing it for me....I use to have an Ion / Plate cleaner, which I guess also generates some ozone. Might try one of those again....

sneezydiva · 04-02-2005, 01:38 PM

I would definately check out the 3M furnace filters then. They helped me a lot, when the HEPA wasn't enough for me. Have you checked the prefilter on your HEPA? If it is really full of gunk, than it can't work efficiently. The 3M furnace filter cut down on a lot of dust and dirt in my house, so in the end it helped more air flow through the HEPA.