Their products install into your new or existing heating and cooling system and work invisibly, silently and automatically to treat your indoor air 24/7/365 days a year. The Performance Bypass Humidifier uses less power by letting your furnace blower drive moisture vapor into your ducts. This house humidifier lets you set and keep moisture levels comfortable with smart control options.
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Humidifiers
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Home Owner Help
Saturday, August 7th, 2010When looking for help on your home projects there are a lot of sites out their and a lot of information to sift through to find the jems you need. If you own your own home and are looking for tips and suggestions on how you can better maintain your house. This is the place to go. (more…)
Air Quality Control
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Aprilaire products can control the humidity in your home to help prevent uncomfortable conditions. Too little humidity can cause static shock, dry skin and sinus irritation. Woodwork can crack and you feel colder with low humidity. Too much humidity on the other hand can make you feel sticky, increase allergens and causes wood warping and wallpaper to peel.
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Humidifier
Monday, May 31st, 2010How to Choose a Humidifier
Thursday, May 20th, 2010When you consider buying a humidifier, be sure to check on these key points:
Capacity – The unit should be able to maintain the correct humidity for you home and construction.
Control – Newer controls are completely automatic and do not require frequent adjustments.
Sturdy Construction – The unit should be constructed out of rust and corrosion proof materials to ensure it will serve a long life.
Maintenance – An installed central humidifier requires no manual filling. They normally only require draining once or twice a year.
Safety – Be sure to select a humidifier with a wet pad design that introduces humidity as a vapor to eliminate dust or bacteria that would be emitted into the air stream.
The Proper Indoor Humidity
Monday, May 17th, 2010During the heating season the average American home (unhumidified) may have a relative humidity (RH) as low as 13%. Amazingly, that is about one-half of the average RH in the Sahara Desert. The amount of humidity required in a home is dependent to a certain extent on the way it is constructed. A well insulated house with vapor barriers in walls, ceilings and slabs and properly fitting storm doors and windows may need only three gallons of additional moisture per day to maintain the proper relative humidity. A house of similar size but loosely constructed might require five times as much moisture in the same period.
Benefits of Proper Humidity
Saturday, May 15th, 2010Dry, thirsty air evaporates moisture from your skin, a cooling process that makey you feel chilly. But, with the humidity raised to recommended levels, you can dial your thermostat down to 68F and still feel comfortable. Heated air dries out wood framing around doors and windows, too. Shrinkage of the wood occurs, leaving spaces that permit cold, outside air to infiltrate the home, lowering the inside temperature and requiring more heating. Proper humidity reduces annoying wintertime static electricity shocks, too.
Effects of Too-Dry Air
Thursday, May 13th, 2010The evidence of air that is too-dry is easy to identify. In addition to making one feel uncomfortable, the dry air “steals” moisture from plaster, wood, glue and fabrics. Over a period of time this can result in cracks in ceilings and walls, loose furniture joints and flooring, shrinking mouldings and loosened wallpaper. Excessive static electricity is still another problem.
Humidity, Temperature, Comfort
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Hot summer air usually has high humidity, and a person’s ability to throw off heat by evaporation decreases or stops altogether. Cooling is needed then to provide comfort by extracting excessive moisture from the air. During the winter, the condition is reversed. Cold outside air, heated to room temperature, has great ability to hold extra moisture. For example, air at 70F can hold about 20 times as much as air at 0F. Heated wintertime air takes moisture from whatever sources are available, including the human body. If the air in your home does not contain enough moisture, you may feel cold and uncomfortable – even at 75F.
Relative Humidity
Sunday, May 9th, 2010Relative Humidity is the percentage of water vapor the air is holding, in relation to the amount it is capable of holding at a given temperature. The relative humidity (RH) figure you hear on radio and TV is the outdoor RH. During the heating season the indoor RH is very low in comparison to the outdoor percentage.
