Kliemann Brothers installs whole-home air scrubbers across Tacoma that clean the air every time your furnace or heat pump runs. Although the Tacoma Aroma has faded since the paper mill closed, wood smoke from neighbors' stoves and wildfire haze can still get indoors and affect your home’s air quality. Scrubbers treat the air everywhere your vents reach, so you can breathe easier in every room.
We’ve been fitting Washington homes with heating, cooling, and indoor air quality equipment since 1998, and our team of Trane Comfort Specialists and licensed electricians handles the full installation in-house. Call us today to book an indoor air consultation, and we’ll find the right purification system for your home.
HVAC air scrubbers are indoor air purification systems mounted in your ductwork, usually near the furnace or air handler. They treat the air moving through your ducts, delivering clean air to every room connected to the system at once.
Most residential scrubbers feature a filtration stage and an active cleaning stage, such as UV light or ionization. The filter traps dust, pollen, and pet hair, while the active stage targets odors and volatile organic compounds.
Air scrubbers run whenever your HVAC fan moves air. Air pulled in through the return vents passes through the scrubber, gets filtered and treated, then continues through the furnace or heat pump and back into your rooms. Inside the unit, the filter catches particles, and the UV light or ionizer then works to eliminate the odors and VOCs the filter can’t capture.
Installing a residential air scrubber reduces the amount of airborne dust, pollen, pet dander, and smoke particles circulating in your home. Homeowners often notice less dust settling on shelves and fewer odors wafting around. If anyone in your home has asthma, allergies, or another respiratory condition, they’ll also have fewer airborne particles moving through the house to trigger symptoms.
The difference you notice depends on your unit, filter, and home. Tacoma homeowners tend to see the most whole-home air purification benefits when dealing with:
Air scrubbers vs. air purifiers differ in their coverage and how they clean. A whole-house air scrubber treats the air in every room your ducts reach, while traditional portable air purifiers clean only the room they’re in. Scrubbers also go a step further by pairing filtration with UV light or ionization, while portable units only filter particles out of the air.
Portable purifiers rely on a small fan and filter, so you’d need a unit in nearly every room to cover your whole home. Scrubbers install directly into your HVAC system, so nothing takes up floor space or hums in the corner of your room. You’ll also get one maintenance schedule instead of replacing separate filters for every unit in the house.
Most air scrubber systems can be added to an existing forced-air system, including gas furnaces, electric furnaces, and ducted heat pumps. Installation typically takes our team a few hours and doesn’t require replacing any existing equipment.
Before recommending an air scrubber for your home, we’ll check your duct size, air handler clearance, blower capacity, and electrical access. If your home uses baseboards or ductless mini-splits for heating, we’ll recommend alternative HVAC air purification options that don’t require ductwork. If your furnace or heat pump is nearing the end of its lifespan, we can also talk through adding the scrubber now or bundling it with a new system.
The right indoor air quality solution depends on what affects your household. Air scrubbers work best when particles or odors move through the whole house. We’ll listen to your concerns and review your system to recommend the right equipment.
Our team also installs:
Many Tacoma homeowners pair an air scrubber with humidity control to handle airborne particles and the damp, musty air that comes with the rainy season. We can install both on the same visit and set them up to run with your existing HVAC system.
Our air scrubber installations cover everything from the initial consultation to final testing. We’ll check your furnace or heat pump, ductwork, filter setup, and airflow to recommend the right unit for your home’s size and setup. Our technicians will then mount the unit, connect power, test airflow, and walk you through how it works.
Most units need regular filter changes and a replacement UV lamp every year or two. We handle those replacements during air scrubber maintenance visits so you don’t have to keep track. ProComfort Maintenance Plan members also get seasonal visits that include our 34-point inspection, where we check your scrubber along with the rest of your HVAC system.
As a family-owned and operated business, we treat every home we work on like one of our own. Our team has worked out of our shop on 116th Street East since 1998, bringing honest, ethical service to homeowners across Tacoma and the South Puget Sound.
Call us today to schedule an indoor air quality consultation in Tacoma. A technician will look at your HVAC setup, listen to your air quality concerns, and recommend whether an air scrubber installation is right for your Tacoma home.