How To Know If You Need a Humidifier In Your Home?
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- Posted on: July 15th 2009
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How to know if you need a humidifier in your home?
Depending on whether you feel it’s dry or humid in your home.
Most homes today have humidifiers because it is one additional technology that brings you closer to the ideal combination of temperature, clean air that has a certain moisture content.
Homes with water radiant heating (in floor or radiators) seem to be the homes with the least demand for humidity control. Electrically heated homes would appear to be the homes that require more additional moisture.
Is there a lot of static in your home during the heating season?
Do you get that spark when you touch another person while shuffling your feet around the house?
Do your wood floor seams open in the winter?
Buy yourself a $30-$50 humidity indicating desk top meter at your local hardware store or ask your heating contractor and if the reading after a few days is less than 35% humidity it would be a good time to consult with your heating contractor for advice on whether or not you have a need for a humidifier.