The humidity level in your home can have a big impact on how comfortable it feels. Finding the right home humidity level is important for comfort and to lower the risk of health issues. Keep these tips in mind for determining the humidity level your Indianapolis home should maintain.
Energy Bills: Does Indoor Humidity Affect Them?
When the thermostat says one thing but your body thinks another, more than likely the indoor humidity level is responsible. Besides affecting health and comfort levels, humidity or the lack thereof raises energy costs when you compensate by raising or lowering the temperature.
Learn How to Manage Humidity Levels by Season
In the Dayton area, humidity levels are a year-round issue. When humidity levels are too high or too low, it’s very difficult to maintain a comfortable, efficient, and healthful home. Moreover, average humidity levels change during the day and from season to season. However, managing humidity levels in your home doesn’t have to be a […]
How to Combat Static Electricity in Your Home
Static electricity is an unpleasant and common occurrence in the winter months. You’ll notice it as static cling in laundry fresh from the clothes dryer, having your hair fly up as you comb it, or as a painful jolt when you touch a light switch, a metal object or even another person. Static shocks are […]
IAQ: How Low Humidity Affects Your Health
When winter weather arrives and you’re running the furnace continually, the humidity or the amount of moisture in your indoor air can fall to an unhealthy level. Low humidity is a common issue in winter since cold air can’t hold moisture well, and your heating system dries it out even more. Living in a low-humidity […]
Reduce Your Home’s Humidity Naturally
This time of year in southwest Ohio, the humidity cranks up to some truly uncomfortable levels. And if you’re living in a home that doesn’t do a good job of keeping that moist air outside, you’re likely experiencing some tough days and tougher nights. Plus, a humid environment isn’t necessarily the healthiest way to live, […]
How Indoor Humidity Affects Your Health
The hot, humid summer and early fall in the Dayton area doesn’t just make your hair frizzy, it has a negative impact on your health, too. Controlling your indoor humidity protects your health and helps you feel more comfortable at home.
Is Humidity a Problem in Your Home?
Keeping your home’s living spaces comfortable involves more than providing heating and cooling. It also requires maintaining a certain level of moisture in the air – humidity – that contributes to your comfort. Too much humidity, however, can cause significant problems, including damage to your home’s structure, your belongings and even your health. Here are some signs […]
Best Practices for Bathroom Ventilation in Your Home
No room needs adequate ventilation like your bathrooms. Unless you have an indoor swimming pool, they’re the wettest rooms in your home. Bathing, steamy hot water, toilet flushing and other methods of water usage produce the most humid indoor atmosphere in what is also usually the most enclosed room of the house.
Learn How to Reduce Humidity in Your Ohio Home
Humidity can be a major problem for Ohio homeowners. When excess levels of moisture are able to accumulate in your indoor air, you and your family will experience a great deal of discomfort, your indoor air quality will be compromised, your air conditioner may run less efficiently. It’s important to understand the signs of humidity […]
