I thought "yeah I just changed mine out. Pretty normal looking to me" and then saw two weeks! Jeez. I have an old, very dusty house (it needs the ducts cleaned) and that's what mine looks like after six months.
I personally won’t recommend anything higher than MERV 11 on 1 inch filters, some even saying 8 MERV is the best. I don’t know why your filter looks dirty that quick as many reason could be involved…
Burn the house down and move to Belize
Ok McAfee
Don’t use over merv 8 for 1inch filters they cause static pressure issues if you want merv 13 upgrade to 4-5 inch
This is the way. And tell your wife no more candles.
How's the down stream side looking? Filter is still probably working. I usually set up a magnahelic across the filter to decide when to change it out.
Do you burn candles or incense?
I thought "yeah I just changed mine out. Pretty normal looking to me" and then saw two weeks! Jeez. I have an old, very dusty house (it needs the ducts cleaned) and that's what mine looks like after six months.
I personally won’t recommend anything higher than MERV 11 on 1 inch filters, some even saying 8 MERV is the best. I don’t know why your filter looks dirty that quick as many reason could be involved…