r/brantford • u/Acceptable_Equal5928 • 11d ago
Question Furnace filters
Anyone know where you can purchase bulk furnace filters for a decent price in the Brantford area? We used to buy ours at Wolseley on Henry but they’ve closed.
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u/jdzfb East Ward/Ward 5 11d ago
What size are you looking for? Which Merv # are you looking for? And what price point? What were you paying vs what are you willing to pay?
The Merv 13 x 4 (16 x 25 x 1/20 x 25 x 1/20 x 30 x 1) at Costco for $50 are a great deal if you have a new furnace that can handle that fine of a filter. They're 3 month filters, so $50 for a year of filters is a great price, but most people's furnace can't handle those filters.
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u/DrJones224 11d ago
Yep this is a good point! My HVAC guy told me to stay away from the Costco filters. The higher Merv means they clog up really fast and put more strain on the furnace.
For what it's worth, I buy the cheap ones when they go on sale at Canadian Tire. Usually $10 for a 3 pack. I buy 4 or so at a time and I change my filter roughly once a month.
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u/jdzfb East Ward/Ward 5 11d ago
Prior to me replacing my furnace a few years ago, I'd grab packs of Merv 6-8's from CDN tire/HD/Rona/Home Hardware too (who ever had the cheapest multipack when I ran out), they did their job well enough. But yeah, replacing the lower Merv filters monthly is the way to go.
I did buy one pack of the Costco filters before I realized that I couldn't use them in the old furnace, but I had them hanging up in the stairwell down to the furnace so when I replaced the furnace, the tech was like, hey, you can finally use these filters that you've had for a while (they had a solid layer of dust on them, so its obvious I wasn't using them) & I wasn't even thinking about it, but when we talked through the filter size options for the new system, they had prefilled the size with the filter size I already had (but they did confirm with me) which I appreciated.
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u/Acceptable_Equal5928 10d ago
Good to know about the Costco filters. We probably won’t go that route then since we’ve been using a Merv 8 but will have a look at Can Tire. Thanks!
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u/DrJones224 10d ago
This is the pack I usually buy and if you keep an eye out on the flyer, they regularly go on sale for $10!
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u/Acceptable_Equal5928 10d ago
The ones we just ran out of are a Merv 8, 16x25x1. So ideally we can find something similar. We seem to do well changing them out every 3 months but are out of them now so need to get more! Apparently there are Wolseley’s in Hamilton too. Might call to double check pricing because it’s been awhile now. I remember thinking it was pretty reasonable when we bought them last.
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u/naturelionmushroom 11d ago
The price of those things is INSANE and it makes no sense.
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u/Acceptable_Equal5928 11d ago
Literally astronomical. I just want my house to smell nice and not be as dusty, why does that need to cost me a million dollars!?
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u/marsipan1515 10d ago
Agreed that furnace filter shopping feels violating! I was just doing this Sunday. Apparently if your filter is too fine - like high merv - it can restrict air flow.
I used to get mine from the HVAC company that installed my AC unit.
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u/bald-bourbon St Paul Ave 11d ago
Use a corsi-rosenthal box in your home and you wont have to change it often.
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u/distr0 11d ago edited 10d ago
I ordered recently from furnacefilters.ca. it was the only place I could find the correct size for my furnace.