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As we approach the winter season, you may want to consider investing in a whole-house humidifier ahead of the low temperatures. Boosting the humidity in your house can make it feel more comfortable, and can also benefit your family’s health by improving indoor air quality.
You can give our team a call for an in-home assessment for installing humidifiers in Jasper, IN. In the meantime, keep reading to learn more about the unique benefits of a whole-house humidifier, what makes them different from small portable models, and why now is a great time to invest in one.
Healthy Humidity
Ideally, you want the humidity in your home to fall within a just-right range of 30% to 50%. Anything lower means you have too little humidity while anything higher means there is too much humidity. Dry air can lead to health problems like a higher likelihood of getting sick or suffering from allergy symptoms. A lot of humidity in the air can make your home feel like it’s muggy. Plus, extra humidity can also lead to mold growth.
Benefits of a Whole-House Humidifier
There are small humidifiers that you can buy at a local hardware store, but they won’t benefit your entire home. Smaller units are designed for much smaller spaces like an apartment or an office. Also, when it’s plugged in and sitting on the floor, it can be in the way.
A whole-house model offers a simpler solution and eliminates the guesswork and manual labor required with a portable unit. Other benefits of a whole-house humidifier include:
- Set it and forget it – You can select a setting on the unit and then let your humidifier kick into action and elevate humidity levels to your desired settings. When humidity levels in your home reach your predetermined settings, the humidifier turns off again until it needs to add more humidity to the air.
- Precise settings – Choose a humidity setting that is anywhere from 30% to 50% based on your own comfort level. You may prefer for there to be more or less humidity in the air within that range. You can try one setting and then change it as much as you need to until you reach a level you’re comfortable with.
- Boost indoor air quality – When your humidity levels are too high, the extra moisture in the air can feed mold and mildew growth. You may add too much humidity with a manual humidifier, but a whole-house model will help you strike the perfect balance without compromising on indoor air quality.
- No water damage – You may be concerned about adding extra moisture to your home, but water damage doesn’t need to be a concern. Your whole-house humidifier works intermittently and has protection in place to prevent leaks. When our team visits your home annually for HVAC maintenance, we can also check your humidifier as part of the service.
- No need to refill – A smaller single-room humidifier needs to be manually refilled. With a whole-house humidifier, there is a water line directly connected so that it can bring in water for each humidifying cycle.
- Quiet operation – The humidifier will make some sounds, but nothing loud or distracting. Instead, the sounds will fade into the background like white noise.
- Increase your home’s value – If you plan to sell your home at some point in the future, the value will be higher thanks to your investment in a whole-house humidifier.
- Low maintenance – Your humidifier doesn’t need much ongoing maintenance aside from monitoring its operation. Once a year, our team needs to replace the evaporator panel filter and check everything over. Otherwise, it’s a self-sufficient system!
The health benefits of balanced humidity levels include:
- Reducing sinus irritation and allergy symptoms
- Keeping your skin moist so it doesn’t dry out in the winter
- Lowering the chances of getting sick due to viruses and bacteria in the air
Contact Benner Heating & Air for all your heating and cooling needs. We can help you decide if a whole-house humidifier is right for you. It’s Better with Benner.