NEW! MERV 11 High-Efficiency Air Cleaners Create Healthier Home Environments

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Why should you pay attention to MERV?

Skuttle's superior depth-loading filter design captures more in-home contaminants. MERV 11 filters capture pollutants as small as 1.0 microns.

Because MERV helps you, the homeowner, choose the best filtration option for your home.

Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) is an international industry standard. It places a numeric value on filter media efficiency based on its ability to capture and hold dirt and dust particles of specific sizes.

Skuttle offers high-efficienty air cleaners in four popular sizes with two filtration options for each size:

  • MERV 8 High-Efficiency Media
  • MERV 11 High-Efficiency Media

Most homeowners will find MERV 8 filtration to be highly effective, but MERV 11 media will stop contaminants as fine as milled flour and are only slightly higher in price than MERV 8 media.

Under standardized testing, Skuttle’s MERV 8 high-efficiency filter media will capture and hold 84.9% of airborne contaminants and pollutants ranging between 3.0 and 10.0 microns in size.

For homeowners the best possible dust control, Skuttle’s MERV 11 high-efficiency filter media stops particles in the 1.0 to 3.0 micron range, making it an excellent choice for very high indoor air quality.

For comparison, a single human hair is huge, ranging from 20.0 to 40.0 microns in size.

Depending on fan running time, size of the house, condition of HVAC unit, local air quality, family size and lifestyle, Skuttle filter media will perform reliably for up to a year.

Compare Skuttle High-Efficiency Air Cleaners to one-inch disposable panel filters that are MERV-rated between 1 and 4, if rated at all. One-inch filters capture and hold less than 20% of airborne contaminants and pollutants ranging between 3.0 and 10.0 microns in size, and most of these filters must be replaced every month or two.

Breathe Easier With A Fall Checkup

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Your family will soon experience the damaging effects of dry indoor air—stuffy noses; sore throats; dry, itchy skin; static electricity; cracked and warped furniture and woodwork; wilted plants; and a host of other problems and discomforts.

Fall is the time to do a humidification, filtration and ventilation check of your heating system and your Skuttle indoor air quality products. Replace elements in humidifiers and filter media in air cleaners, if needed.

If you do not have a humidifier, now is the time to ask your contractor about installing one. When properly installed and functioning as designed, Skuttle Humidifiers:

  • contribute to comfort and a healthy environment
  • reduce dangerous bacteria and viruses
  • diminish harmful ozone levels
  • help protect millwork, antiques, artwork and musical instruments
  • reduce heating costs

To combat stale indoor air filled with household contaminants, replace filter cartridges in Skuttle high-efficiency air cleaners. Skuttle’s five-inch, deep-pleated filters trap substantially more particles than the standard one-inch, flat filters found in most American homes and protect furnaces by keeping coils, heat exchangers and fan packages cleaner.

Skuttle recommends contacting a qualified HVAC professional to evaluate all components of your humidifier and air cleaner. In fact, have the technician inspect your entire heating system: fans, heat exchanger, air flow, amperage on motors and compressors, voltage levels, electrical connections, controls, ductwork, condenser coils, refrigerant, pumps, drains, ventilation and other components you might have.

Ask for recommendations on winter settings and set up a date for follow-up or the next seasonal checkup.

The nominal cost of a service call before extreme weather hits will save you money and your family will breathe a little easier.

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Hi-Tech / Low-Tech — The Choice is Yours

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I admit it. I get excited when new technology is introduced. It does not matter if the

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technology is HVAC-related or a new app that adds bells and whistles to my home computer.

Our engineering team is currently developing new product technologies that will take us into the future. At the same time, they apply proven technology to our tried and true products.

I love being a part of it!

As cool as it is to be involved with technology, our standard drum units are among the most effective, most energy-efficient, most reliable, and most affordable whole-house humidifiers on the market right out of the box. Adding an electronic flushing timer enhances performance and minimizes homeowner maintenance.

Low-tech or hi-tech — we deliver high performance. My grandfather would be proud.

You can't beat Skuttle drums for efficiency and effectiveness. Add a Skuttle Flushing Timer to enhance performance and minimize maintenance.

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More Homes Can Now Have Cleaner Air

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The American Lung Association estimates that indoor air can contain two to five times more

Skuttle High-Efficiency Air Cleaners are available in four popular sizes and offer two filtration options: MERV 8 & MERV 11.

contaminants than outdoor air, so we believe our air cleaners are very important to homeowners. We expanded our high-efficiency air cleaner line to four popular sizes: 20x16x5, 20x20x5, 25x16x5, and 25x20x5 inches, to accommodate more households.

Filtration of household air helps remove dust, pollen, plant and mold spores, lint, smoke, pet dander and other indoor pollutants that can cause irritation and discomfort. Microscopic contaminants can also increase the risk of asthma, allergies, chronic bronchitis, lung disease, and other serious respiratory conditions.

Skuttle air cleaners capture most in-home contaminants in a longer lasting, deep-pleated filter, resulting in cleaner indoor air, a cleaner HVAC system, longer furnace life, significant cost savings over time, and a healthier living environment.

Ask a qualified HVAC professional to assess your home environment and recommend the perfect air cleaner and humidifier for your family

Family-owned for three generations, Skuttle designs and manufactures a full line of residential, whole-house, indoor air quality products including humidifiers, air cleaners, make-up air controls, and accessories.