Attic Hvac Filter

If you have an attic vent in your ceiling like the one pictured further above the arrow should point up toward the hvac unit.

Attic hvac filter.

Btw in east texas all furnaces coils blowers go in the attic. Find the right filter size. So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. We don t have basements due to flooding.

Well mainly it s a way to save space. On horizontal hvac units with the return duct attached to the side of the air handler the filter often fits in a slot on the return air intake side of the unit. An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan. Went with a furnace with a pull out filter.

Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts. Return vent with grate in place on the left and open return vent without the grate where you can see the filter and ductwork on the right. Attic hvac systems save space. This is a grille located on the ceiling or wall where air enters your hvac system.

Air filters come in all different sizes and range from about an inch thick to a few inches thick. Up until this weekend we always had our filters in the intake vents in a hallway ceiling. Your ac s air filter is usually found in these 2 places. On vertical air handlers with the return air duct entering on the top of the air handler the filter often slides into a slot above the hvac unit.