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Indoor Air Quality
UniColorado provides indoor air quality solutions to ensure clean, healthy air in your home. Our services include electronic air cleaners and humidifiers, which are designed to remove pollutants and maintain optimal humidity levels. Please note that our IAQ services are offered exclusively as part of our professional system installation services and are not available as standalone options.
Add-on service only. This service is available exclusively with HVAC system installation.Get a free estimate for your HVAC project.
Available with HVAC Installation
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- Cleaner air
- Remove allergens
- Humidity control
- HVAC integration
Indoor Air Quality Services
Indoor Air Quality
Whole-home air quality solutions installed with your HVAC system. Not available as standalone service.
Add-on only. Available exclusively with HVAC system installation.
Add air cleaner or humidifier to your HVAC installation.
How It Works
Electronic Air Cleaners
Denver sits in a bowl between the Front Range and the plains, which traps particulate matter, ozone, and wildfire smoke during summer inversions. Colorado's wildfire season (typically June through October) pushes PM2.5 levels well above EPA safe thresholds, and that smoke finds its way indoors through every gap in your building envelope. At 5,280 feet, the thinner atmosphere also means stronger UV degradation of outdoor materials, which creates fine dust that infiltrates homes year-round.
Whole-home electronic air cleaners solve this at the source. Unlike portable units that treat one room, these systems mount directly into your HVAC ductwork and filter every cubic foot of air that passes through your system. The American Standard AccuClean, for example, captures 99.98% of airborne particles down to 0.1 microns, which is smaller than most bacteria and all pollen, dust mites, and pet dander. That level of filtration makes a real difference for Denver homeowners dealing with seasonal allergies, asthma, or sensitivity to wildfire smoke.
Electronic air cleaners use washable collection cells instead of disposable filters, so ongoing costs are minimal. Most homeowners rinse the cells every 3-6 months. We install these as part of heat pump and furnace replacements, ensuring the unit is properly sized for your ductwork and blower capacity.
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Colorado's dry air and wildfire smoke create air quality problems most homeowners don't notice until symptoms show up. We install whole-home electronic air cleaners and humidifiers as part of HVAC projects: equipment that treats every cubic foot of air in your house, not just one room.
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Whole-Home Humidifiers
Colorado is one of the driest states in the country. Denver's average winter humidity drops below 20% indoors, and at altitude, moisture evaporates faster from skin, wood, and mucous membranes. That persistent dryness causes cracked skin, nosebleeds, static electricity that damages electronics, and warping or splitting in hardwood floors, doors, and furniture. It also makes respiratory infections more likely because dry nasal passages can't filter pathogens as effectively.
Whole-home humidifiers tie directly into your HVAC system's supply plenum and water line, adding moisture to the heated air before it reaches your vents. The AprilAire Model 700 delivers up to 18 gallons of moisture per day, enough for homes up to 4,200 square feet. A built-in humidistat or integration with your thermostat keeps levels in the 30-50% range automatically, so you don't have to think about it.
Unlike portable humidifiers that serve one room and need daily refilling, a whole-home unit covers every room connected to your ductwork. There are no standing water reservoirs to grow mold or bacteria. Maintenance is simple: replace the evaporator pad once per heating season (about $25 for the pad). We install humidifiers during furnace or heat pump installations to ensure proper airflow integration and avoid any condensation issues in your ductwork.
Air Cleaner vs. Air Purifier: What Denver Homeowners Should Know
The terms "air cleaner" and "air purifier" get used interchangeably, but in the HVAC world they refer to different things. Portable air purifiers use HEPA filters and sit in a single room, typically covering 200-400 square feet. Whole-home electronic air cleaners mount inside your ductwork and treat every room connected to your HVAC system in one pass.
For Denver homes, the math favors whole-home systems. A 2,000 sq ft house would need 5-10 portable HEPA purifiers running 24/7 to match the coverage of one duct-mounted unit. Portable units also can't address wildfire smoke infiltration as effectively because they only clean air that happens to pass through them, while a whole-home system filters all circulating air every time the blower runs.
The AccuClean's 99.98% capture rate at 0.1 microns actually exceeds standard HEPA filtration (99.97% at 0.3 microns). And because it uses washable cells rather than replacement HEPA filters ($30-80 each, every 6-12 months per unit), operating costs are significantly lower over time.
What IAQ Equipment Costs in Denver
Electronic air cleaners add $800 to $2,000 to the cost of an HVAC system installation, depending on the model and ductwork configuration. Whole-house humidifiers add $600 to $1,500. Both are installed at the same time as your new heating or cooling equipment, so there's no separate service call.
Ongoing costs are low. Electronic air cleaners have washable cells (no replacement filters to buy). Humidifiers need one evaporator pad per heating season, roughly $25. Some homeowners add both an air cleaner and a humidifier during the same installation for $1,400 to $3,500 combined, which covers both air purity and humidity control in a single project.
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