The heating months are here again, and so is the dry indoor air. If you would like greater home comfort, healthier air to breathe, and saving money on utility bills, consider a whole house humidification system for your family.
Indoor Comfort
Cold outdoor air will expand as it’s heated for your home. This makes the relative humidity fall, making the air feel dryer. A whole house humidifier installed with your heating and cooling system automatically maintains your optimal indoor humidity level for exceptional home comfort.
Healthier Air
Whole house humidifiers are a great feature to add to anyone’s home-comfort system, especially for occupants with respiratory problems and allergy issues. Maintaining optimal humidity levels in your home inhibits the growth of many viruses, black mold, bacteria and dust mites. Correct humidity levels also reduce or alleviate health symptoms related to dry air such as dry skin and nasal passages, itchy eyes and dry sore throat.
Energy Savings
Properly humidified indoor air feels warmer than does dry air, which allows you to save money on utilities by lowering the thermostat a few degrees. In fact, lowering the thermostat one degree saves up to 4 percent on heating costs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Properly humidified air also protects against the damage that dry does to porous materials such as woodwork, wood furnishings, and paint and wallpaper.
Optimal Settings
Recommendations for indoor humidity is generally 30 to 60 percent. Optimal settings for your whole house humidifier are considered to be between 45 to 55 percent, according to industry stats and the DOE. All you do is adjust to the optimal setting (or your favorite setting), and the whole house humidifier will automatically work its magic.
Low Maintenance
Another important feature of your whole-house humidifier that shouldn’t be overlooked is its relatively easy maintenance. It doesn’t need water refilling and it only needs to be cleaned once per year.
For more information on your whole house humidification needs, call Ace Hardware Home Services, Inc.to speak with a heating and cooling professional. We have proudly served the greater Dayton area since 1978.
Our goal is to help educate our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about humidification systems and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.
Ace Hardware Home Services services the Ohio’s Miami Valley. Visit our website to see our special offers and get started today!
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