Humidifiers

Humidifiers provide a variety of different benefits to an HVAC system ranging from energy savings to preventative health.  Below are some common benefits to having a home humidifier installed in your home:

1. Adding Moisture to Your Air can Reduce the Risk of Dry Skin-  Who would have thought dry air could produce dry skin?  It sounds like common sense.  But until you have experienced a winter living in a home with a humidifier, it is hard to understand the full scope.
2. High Humidity in Air can Help Decrease Snoring-  For all of those significant others of those who snore at night, this benefit might be worth having an air humidifier installed all on it’s own.  Snoring is often caused by breathing through your mouth when you sleep at night.  The dryer the air is, the more agitated someone’s throat gets when they breath through their mouth.  When you are continually breathing in air with proper levels of moisture, it helps prevent the tissue located in the back of someone’s mouth to become less agitated.
3. Reduction of Static Inside Your Home- Leave the static for your dryer.  While static is not a major nuisance, it can be annoying.  Anyone that has lived in a home with dry air throughout the winter will agree.
4. Alleviate Allergy Symptoms- While adding humidity to air will not treat allergies, they do help lessen the impact of the symptoms.  Softening the tissue in your nasal passage and throat will might help you get back to work within one to two days instead of three.  Humidifiers have also been known to help with the most dreaded condition to known to humans…..the “Man-Cold”.
5. Lower Your Energy Bills- If you constantly feel cold inside your home despite your thermostat set at seventy five degrees, there is a good chance you are overheating your home to compensate for your comfort.  Adding moisture allows you to remain comfortable without having your furnace cranked up.