No heat in winter, no cool in a heat wave, busted lines. We answer the phone day or night, weekends included.
AmeriHeat is not a franchise. We are a Rochester NY based, truck-based, owner operated HVAC company. Justin or Colby answers the phone. No call centers, no rotating techs, no salesmen booking your service call.
We install iWave, Aprilaire, and Honeywell whole-home air filtration products across Monroe, Wayne, and Ontario Counties. Same day service when available for HVAC work tied to filtration installs. Free estimate to assess your existing HVAC system and tell you honestly what a filtration upgrade would and would not do.
No upselling products that will not make a real difference. If your existing HVAC filter is doing the job, we will tell you that. If a whole-home upgrade would genuinely help, we will show you the options and let you decide. You get the price before any work begins
Justin VanCassele and Colby Baker run AmeriHeat together. Colby is a veteran. Both owners are on jobs every week across Rochester and Monroe, Wayne and Ontario Counties.
Give them a call. They actually pick up.
We install whole-home air filtration systems across the Rochester area and surrounding counties. If you have an existing forced-air HVAC system, you are a candidate for an iWave, Aprilaire, or high-efficiency media filter upgrade.
Pittsford, Penfield, Fairport, Webster, Brighton, Greece, Irondequoit, Gates, Chili, East Rochester
Macedon, Marion, Palmyra, Walworth, Williamson, Ontario, Newark, Lyons
Victor, Farmington, Canandaigua, Manchester, Bloomfield, Clifton Springs
Rochester air filtration services cover the HVAC-integrated products that actually treat your indoor air as it moves through your forced-air system. This is different from a portable room purifier you plug into an outlet. A whole-home air filtration upgrade from AmeriHeat installs directly into your existing ductwork or air handler, and treats every room in your home every time the system runs. If you have been searching for air filtration services Rochester or professional air filter solutions, here is what we actually install and how it works
Rochester has a real indoor air quality problem that gets worse at specific times of year. Spring and early summer bring high pollen counts from grass, trees, and ragweed across Monroe, Wayne, and Ontario Counties. Late summer and fall bring mold spore counts that spike with the humidity off Lake Ontario. Winter means sealed homes, forced-air heating running constantly, and whatever dust, pet dander, and particulate matter is circulating through the ductwork for five months straight.
Standard 1-inch fiberglass filters capture large debris but do little for fine particulate, allergens, or biological contaminants. If someone in your household has asthma, allergies, or a respiratory condition, or if you notice dust building up faster than it should, or if your home has a pet, the standard filter that came with your system is not doing enough. Air filtration services in Rochester that go beyond the basic filter upgrade make a real difference in homes with these conditions. Rochester is also a market where older housing stock is common. Many Fairport, Pittsford, Penfield, and Webster homes run ductwork installed in the 1970s and 1980s that has never had a proper filtration upgrade. The duct system itself accumulates particulate over decades, and a media filter or iWave upgrade is the most practical way to improve what the system delivers without replacing the ductwork or the HVAC equipment itself
We install three types of whole-home air filtration products, each working differently and suited to different needs:
iWave air purifiers. The iWave is a needle-point bi-polar ionization device that mounts inside your existing air handler or ductwork. It generates positive and negative ions that attach to airborne particles (including viruses, bacteria, mold spores, allergens, and odor-causing compounds), causing them to cluster together and fall out of the airstream or get captured by the filter. No consumables, no ozone produced, no maintenance beyond an annual cleaning. One iWave treats the entire home through the existing duct system. It works whether or not you upgrade the filter at the same time.
Aprilaire whole-home media filters. Aprilaire high-efficiency media filters replace your existing filter slot with a larger, deeper filter housing that holds a MERV 11 or MERV 13 media filter. These filters have significantly more surface area than a standard 1-inch filter, which means they capture more without restricting airflow the way a standard high-MERV filter can. One Aprilaire media filter lasts 6 to 12 months before needing replacement, versus monthly for a standard filter. Aprilaire also makes whole-home air purifier models that combine a media filter with an electronic air cleaner.
Honeywell whole-home filtration. Similar in principle to the Aprilaire media filter approach, Honeywell's whole-home filtration systems integrate with your existing forced-air system and treat air at the handler level rather than room by room. We install Honeywell products where they are the right fit for the existing HVAC configuration.
Free written estimate. We check your existing HVAC setup and tell you honestly what will actually make a difference.
To install a whole-home filtration upgrade, your home needs a forced-air HVAC system with ductwork. That means a gas furnace with central AC, a heat pump with air handler, or any ducted system where air is moving through a filter and a blower. Homes with hot water boilers and no forced air do not have the ductwork needed for this type of upgrade (for those homes, room air purifiers are the alternative, though we do not sell those).
The iWave installs in about an hour. An Aprilaire or Honeywell media filter housing installation typically takes two to three hours depending on the existing filter slot configuration. Both upgrades are non-invasive and do not require modifying the ductwork itself. Free estimate includes an assessment of whether your existing HVAC system and filter slot configuration is compatible with each product option. We work with all major HVAC brands including Carrier, Trane, Goodman, York, American Standard, Bryant, and Rheem. If it moves air through a duct system, we can assess it
Air filtration is one part of a broader indoor air quality picture. AmeriHeat also installs whole-home humidifiers (Aprilaire and Honeywell) that control humidity levels through the same forced-air system, which is a separate problem from filtration but often addressed at the same time. We also install UV air purifiers in some configurations. See our indoor air quality solutions page for the full picture of what we offer beyond filtration specifically
Whole-home air filtration is part of a broader set of HVAC-integrated indoor air quality products we install.
iWave, Aprilaire, and Honeywell whole-home filtration installed with your existing forced-air HVAC system.
Full IAQ picture: humidifiers, dehumidifiers, air purifiers, and filtration. Aprilaire and Honeywell whole-home systems.
Furnace, boiler, heat pump. The forced-air systems that air filtration integrates with.
Annual HVAC tune-up plus filter check. iWave cleaning included when applicable.
Five steps. No pressure. No surprises.
Call 585 454 8422 or fill out the form. Justin or Colby answers the phone.
Same day service when available. Next day at the latest. 24/7 for true emergencies.
No surprises. You approve the cost in writing before any work begins.
Done right the first time with quality parts and clean workmanship.
If something does not feel right after, call us. We stand behind every job.
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Justin or Colby answers the phone. Free estimate to assess your HVAC setup and recommend the right filtration upgrade.
Direct answers to what Rochester homeowners ask before scheduling an air filtration assessment.
Tell us what is going on with your system. We will tell you what it takes to fix it. No sales pressure. No call center. Justin or Colby answers the phone.