Yesterday I went on a filter-cleaning spree in preparation for the pollen season.
The whole-house "washable" filter was disintegrating, so I searched pretty hard to find new and better replaceable filters... it's a weird size so Home Depot doesn't have them, and 2 years ago I couldn't find any online, but Amazon has some now. The room air filter (a HEPA, yay!) that we use for the baby's white noise was looking good, but the pre-filter was super clogged with dust. The vacuum's filters got a good cleaning as well. Then I began to dust the house from the top down, but stopped halfway due to baby (seriously, he hates when I start any project!).
Today my goal was to figure out if our fridge has a filter for the water dispenser (it doesn't), so I found the manual and started reading. Did you know that you're supposed to open the bottom grill and clean out the dust that settles in there? The manual says the fridge will run more efficiently. Fantastic! I popped open the grill... and witnessed the horror of all horrors. The thing was seriously half-full of dust and cat hair. SO MUCH CAT HAIR. It was like the first time we looked at the whole-house air filter with the home inspector before we bought the house... the guy said that it looked like the previous owners had never cleaned the filter. I don't doubt that this was the first time the bottom inside of the fridge guts had ever been cleaned. It filled a plastic grocery bag.
Oh yeah, and I can't purchase the water filter part because it can't be sold in California due to Prop 65. Maybe it's time for a new fridge. (EDITED: Sears customer service got back to me very quickly with a replacement part that will work with our fridge. Yay!)
I am so allergic to cat hair. What other appliances do I need to watch out for?! I thought we had completely purged the house.
The whole-house "washable" filter was disintegrating, so I searched pretty hard to find new and better replaceable filters... it's a weird size so Home Depot doesn't have them, and 2 years ago I couldn't find any online, but Amazon has some now. The room air filter (a HEPA, yay!) that we use for the baby's white noise was looking good, but the pre-filter was super clogged with dust. The vacuum's filters got a good cleaning as well. Then I began to dust the house from the top down, but stopped halfway due to baby (seriously, he hates when I start any project!).
Today my goal was to figure out if our fridge has a filter for the water dispenser (it doesn't), so I found the manual and started reading. Did you know that you're supposed to open the bottom grill and clean out the dust that settles in there? The manual says the fridge will run more efficiently. Fantastic! I popped open the grill... and witnessed the horror of all horrors. The thing was seriously half-full of dust and cat hair. SO MUCH CAT HAIR. It was like the first time we looked at the whole-house air filter with the home inspector before we bought the house... the guy said that it looked like the previous owners had never cleaned the filter. I don't doubt that this was the first time the bottom inside of the fridge guts had ever been cleaned. It filled a plastic grocery bag.
Oh yeah, and I can't purchase the water filter part because it can't be sold in California due to Prop 65. Maybe it's time for a new fridge. (EDITED: Sears customer service got back to me very quickly with a replacement part that will work with our fridge. Yay!)
I am so allergic to cat hair. What other appliances do I need to watch out for?! I thought we had completely purged the house.
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