Does my thermostat require batteries?

Yes, If the display on your thermostat is fading or difficult to read, the first thing we recommend is to change the batteries in your thermostat. Most thermostats have a battery indicator on the display panel that shows when the batteries are running low.

What humidity setting should be set on the humidifier?

In Fall and Winter, when the outside temperature drops, the indoor humidity level needs to be adjusted. McQuade Heating and Cooling recommends 35% to 40% as the desired humidification setting. Our service technicians can adjust the humidifier to help keep the interior of your home comfortable during dry winter months.

What should the humidifier be set to – in Winter, in Summer?

Your humidifier should be on when using your furnace in the fall and winter. When the outside temperature drops, you need to adjust your indoor humidity level up to the max setting. Our experienced service technicians can help you set your humidifier to the recommended settings to you have comfortable humidity level indoors during the dry winter months. Your humidifier should be off when using your AC in the summer.

How often do I need to change my media air filter?

McQuade Heating and Cooling recommends replacing the media air filter in your air cleaner twice a year. Media filters are usually four inches wide, or five inches wide. If there are pets or smokers in the home, filters need to be changed more frequently.

How often do I need to change my furnace filter?

McQuade Heating and Cooling recommends that you check your furnace filter on a monthly basis and change it as soon as the filter looks dirty or can no longer see through it. Furnace filters are usually one or two inches wide. Furnace filters should be changed once a month. If there are pets or smokers in the home, filters must be changed more frequently.

When do I need to change the humidifier pad?

McQuade Heating and Cooling, Plumbing and Refrigeration recommends that you change your humidifier pad once a year, at the beginning of your heating season.

Indoor Air Quality

A garage with a heater hanging from the ceiling and a life preserver on the wall.

Indoor air quality is becoming an increasing concern for families throughout the Sterling Heights, MI & surrounding areas . And with good reason—the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that indoor pollutant levels can be as much as 100 times higher than outdoor air!

McQuade Heating & Cooling Plumbing & Refrigeration offers a variety of systems, from humidifiers to UV light systems to air cleaners, to improve your indoor air quality at home. Contact us for all your HVAC needs in Sterling Heights MI & Surrounding Areas, and we’ll address all your air quality concerns!

Types of IAQ Systems

Humidifiers

Humidity can play a big part in determining the air quality in your home. Excessive humidity during Michigan’s sticky summers can cause mold to grow, while lack of humidity during winter can lead to a range of other problems—such as dry throat, dry skin, and irritated sinuses or asthma and allergy symptoms.

Air humidifiers can provide a number of great benefits for homes in the Macomb & Oakland County, MI area, including:

Relieving coughs, colds, the flu, and hay fever
Reducing allergy and asthma symptoms
Decreasing static electricity
Improving the atmosphere and air quality of your home
Moisturizing the respiratory system, allowing asthma sufferers to breathe easier
Reducing dust particles and killing bacteria
Protecting wooden objects such as floors and furniture from cracking or warping
Providing support to your heating and cooling systems for increased comfort

Air Purifiers

If you want to improve your indoor air quality, but you don’t think a humidifier is right for you, consider an air purifier. Air purifiers improve air quality by pulling microbes, odors, gasses, chemical fumes, and particulates out of the air. This type of IAQ system can provide wonderful health benefits to people with asthma, allergies, COPD, or other respiratory problems.

There are many different models of air purifiers on the market, and all of them target different pollutants in your air, so be sure to take your own needs into account when you are investing in an air purifier. If your primary concern is allergens (pollen, pet dander, etc.), for instance, you will want to go with a HEPA filter air purifier. If odors are a problem in your home, an ozone or carbon filter air purifier will benefit you more. And if you are concerned about bacteria or viruses in your air, an ultraviolet light air purifier will sterilize them, meaning microorganisms will no longer be able to reproduce and grow.

UV Light Systems

We also offer UV air purifier products. UV light is used to eliminate germs and odors from the air you breathe. We also offer several options of indoor air cleaners for removal of dust, pollen, pet dander, and other contaminates. Contact Us to Install IAQ Systems in Sterling Heights, MI & Surrounding Areas

We spend so much time indoors, especially in the colder months; it just makes sense to do all we can to keep the air as clean as possible! Whether you need a humidifier, air cleaner, air purifier, or other IAQ system in the Macomb & Oakland County MI area, call McQuade Heating & Cooling Plumbing & Refrigeration. We have various systems available to improve your indoor air quality.

Call us today to learn what system is best for your home in Sterling Heights, MI & surrounding areas.

“We have been extremely satisfied with McQuade Heating and Cooling Plumbing and Refrigeration. They installed a new furnace, air conditioning, steam humidification and air purification system in 2020. They have provided an annual service agreement which includes a system inspection and preventive maintenance in the fall for the heating season and in the spring for the cooling system. HVAC technician Patrick did the preventive maintenance the last two visits and did an awesome job.”

– Joe K.

Does my thermostat require batteries?
Yes, If the display on your thermostat is fading or difficult to read, the first thing we recommend is to change the batteries in your thermostat. Most thermostats have a battery indicator on the display panel that shows when the batteries are running low.
What humidity setting should be set on the humidifier?
In Fall and Winter, when the outside temperature drops, the indoor humidity level needs to be adjusted. McQuade Heating and Cooling recommends 35% to 40% as the desired humidification setting. Our service technicians can adjust the humidifier to help keep the interior of your home comfortable during dry winter months.
What should the humidifier be set to – in Winter, in Summer?
Your humidifier should be on when using your furnace in the fall and winter. When the outside temperature drops, you need to adjust your indoor humidity level up to the max setting. Our experienced service technicians can help you set your humidifier to the recommended settings to you have comfortable humidity level indoors during the dry winter months. Your humidifier should be off when using your AC in the summer.
How often do I need to change my media air filter?
McQuade Heating and Cooling recommends replacing the media air filter in your air cleaner twice a year. Media filters are usually four inches wide, or five inches wide. If there are pets or smokers in the home, filters need to be changed more frequently.
How often do I need to change my furnace filter?
McQuade Heating and Cooling recommends that you check your furnace filter on a monthly basis and change it as soon as the filter looks dirty or can no longer see through it. Furnace filters are usually one or two inches wide. Furnace filters should be changed once a month. If there are pets or smokers in the home, filters must be changed more frequently.
When do I need to change the humidifier pad?
McQuade Heating and Cooling, Plumbing and Refrigeration recommends that you change your humidifier pad once a year, at the beginning of your heating season.