Keep the Winter from Drying out Your Home: Get a Humidifier

When winter hits it can cause you and your home to feel the wrath of dry air. This causes minor problems such as dry skin, chapped lips, and unexpected shocks when you touch doorknobs (or people). Dry air is also the cause of much more serious conditions such as sinus infections that leave you congested or dry nasal passages that can lead to nosebleeds. The frigid dry air can also increase allergy and asthma symptoms.

So, is there any cure to these dreaded annoyances and ailments. Of course there is, and you already know the answer if you read the title. A humidifier is the best appliance you can own during the winter if your suffering from dry air. They not only give your home that needed 30 to 50 percent air moisture, but they let your sinus cavities relax and quit attacking you.

Another great thing about owning a humidifier is about the warmth they add to your home. Dry air can make your home feel much colder – sometimes even colder than outside in some areas. When a humidifier gives you back that long missed moisture, it also heats up your home in the process.

To see if your home is in need of a humidifier, it is a good idea to purchase a humidity sensor. This is important because if your home has more than 50 percent humidity, it could actually cause your home to go in the opposite direction and cause mold, condensation, and bacteria. Sometimes your whole house might need a humidifier and sometimes just one room or floor will need one.

Types of Humidifiers

• Central Humidifiers - humidify whole house
• Console Humidifiers – built into cabinets
• Portable Humidifiers – can be moved from room to room
• Sub Categories
  • Steam Vaporizer Humidifiers – boils water and releases steam or moisture into the air
  • Evaporative Humidifiers – most common
  • Impellar Humidifiers – flings water at a diffuser, which releases droplets of water into air
  • Ultrasonic Humidifiers - ultrasonic frequency creates water droplets that silently exit the humidifier in the form of a cool fog

Sources: Winter might be less miserable with a humidifier

How Do I Use Humidifiers in Winter?

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Gehringer Mechanical has been a premiere service and construction company for 25 years. They provide electrical and plumbing services in the Burks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania. The provide 24 emergency service for all of their specialties including humidification and ventilation.