KEEP YOUR HOME’S AIR CLEAN ON THE CHEAP With a DIY Box Fan Filter!
BUILD YOUR BOX FAN FILTER You’ve probably guessed how this project will come together! First, lay your fan intake side up and cover the front grate with the HEPA filter. Then, use your canvas straps, clamps, or duct tape to attach the filter to the fan! If you have a screwdriver handy, unscrew the front grating before adding the filter, then replace it with the HEPA filter and strap the two together. For a super- sturdy method, screw the filter in place with or without removing the grid. There you have it! You’ve created a filter that will remove dust, smoke, lint, pet dander, and pollen from your home. TIPS AND TRICKS If you’re a visual learner, YouTube is a great resource for this hack! Just search “DIY Air Filter,” and you’ll get dozens of results. One video, “DIY Air Filter | Box Fan Modification | Cleaner Air for Your Home!” even reveals how to use J-channel to make it easy to change out the HEPA filter over time.
As we write this, fire season is in full swing across the United States. Smoke from those wildfires drifts through thousands of cities and millions of homes each summer, aggravating asthma and causing coughing fits. If your house is in an affected area — or you’d just like to ensure that your family is breathing the cleanest, healthiest air possible — this cheap, easy, DIY air filter has your back. WHAT YOU NEED Making a DIY air filter is incredibly simple. All you need is a box fan, a HEPA filter (cheap pleated filters from Winix or FilterBuy work perfectly), and something to attach the filter to the fan, like duct tape, canvas straps, sturdy ribbon, zip ties, or clamps. Use whatever attachment material you have on hand! A screwdriver and four screws are optional. You should be able to find all of the necessary materials at your local hardware store for $25–$50.
This DIY box fan filter isn’t as sturdy or effective as a fancy purifier, but it’s a great option if you’re on a budget.
Client Success Story ERICA PETROFF
“Keep calm and stop pressing the call button!”
where they must stay overnight and fly out again the next morning. The airline designates, books, and pays for their lodging. Crew members don’t choose where they stay and must move together as a unit. At any time, an individual crew member can be reassigned to another “pairing” if a need arises elsewhere in the country. Erica was awakened during one of her overnights by the bright light of a bedside alarm clock. She fell when she tried adjusting it, cracked her head on the nightstand, and got knocked out. The airline didn’t dispute she suffered a concussion and other injuries (likely a herniated disc, too) but didn’t think they should have to cover her claim. In Ohio, if someone is designated a “traveling employee,” they are covered by workers’ compensation for the entire time they are pursuing the employer’s business, unless they are on a “personal errand” (such as heading out to a bar across town). The airline argued Erica should be treated like a truck driver. Because truckers have to take a rest period mandated by the Department of Transportation, their employers can’t pull them from their layovers to work. Courts distinguish a trucker’s “slip and fall” during such times from injuries to traveling employees such as salespeople and, well, Erica! We’ve won her hearings administratively and gotten her claim allowed, but, as many of you know, the process has delayed her treatment and testing. And she just wants to get back to work. As Erica says, “I am always asked what I love most about my job. Most think it’s people or the travel benefits. Actually, I love the unpredictability! Nothing is ever the same! Weather delays, maintenance, crew changes, reassignment, etc. I love that my job is never the same, day to day. I love that I can be independent and use my charismatic personality to engage the public. I love that in 90 seconds, I can evacuate a whole plane to safety.
Our client, Erica Petroff, is a flight attendant for a regional airline based in the Port Columbus airport. She is a bundle of energy, chipper and irrepressible. It’s obvious she’s in a job she loves and it’s a great fit for her!
She needed help with her claim, as her employer has been fighting it tooth and nail. It’s not that they dispute she got hurt but … well, let me explain. I learned a lot about airlines working with Erica on her case. For example, flight crews operate by report times and release times. A “report” time is the time the company tells them to be at the airport to report for duty on airport property. This is the start of their trip, or “pairing.” The trip or “release” time ends upon the arrival to the originating base airport. Columbus is Erica’s home base airport. Between report and release time, she and the crew are considered “on the clock.” Crew members are paid during flight time but also receive a per diem of $2 per hour continually from report time to release time of a trip. This includes trips
“I miss my job and I cannot wait to return to what I love. When the skies are calling, you can never stay grounded!”
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