Indoor Air Quality
Wildfire smoke, foothills pollen, and bone-dry winters — filtration, humidification, and ventilation matched to Treasure Valley air.
Between August wildfire smoke, spring pollen rolling off the foothills, and winters dry enough to crack woodwork, Treasure Valley air asks a lot of a house. Indoor air quality isn't one product — it's matching the right combination to the problems you actually have. We start with a conversation and a simple assessment, then build from there: deep-pleat media filter cabinets your blower can actually push air through (not just a restrictive high-MERV filter jammed into a thin slot), whole-home humidifiers that end static shocks and sinus-dry winters, energy-recovery ventilators for tight newer homes that trap stale air, and UV lamps that keep the indoor coil free of biological growth. Every recommendation begins with a static-pressure measurement, because bolting a dense filter onto a system that can't breathe trades one problem for another. Most IAQ upgrades install in half a day, and each one leaves with your filter sizes, change intervals, and maintenance schedule written down.
What’s included
- Media filter cabinets sized to your blower — static pressure measured first, always
- Whole-home humidifiers for Idaho's dry winters
- Energy-recovery ventilators (ERVs) for tight, newer construction
- UV coil lamps to stop biological growth at the source
- Written filter sizes and change schedule with every install
Common questions
What actually helps with wildfire smoke?
Three things, in order: keep windows shut and run the system fan so air keeps passing through filtration; upgrade to a deep-pleat media filter rated for fine particles, sized so your blower can still breathe; and seal leaky return ducts, which otherwise pull smoky attic or crawl-space air straight into the system. We check all three in one visit before smoke season.
Can I just buy a MERV 13 filter and call it done?
Sometimes — but a 1-inch MERV 13 filter is dense, and on many systems it chokes airflow, which hurts capacity and can freeze the AC coil. A 4- or 5-inch media cabinet gets you the same filtration with far more surface area and months between changes. We measure your system's static pressure and tell you which your blower can actually handle.
Is a whole-home humidifier worth it here?
In our climate, usually yes — Boise winters routinely drop indoor humidity below 20%, which means static shocks, cracked trim, bloody noses, and a house that feels colder than the thermostat says. A furnace-mounted humidifier holds 35–45% automatically. It's a half-day install, and unlike portable units there are no tanks to refill.