Top Reasons To Add A Humidifier To Your Home

Adding a humidifier to your home – especially during the dry winter months – offers a host of benefits. When you live in a dry climate or have a cold, dry winter, you and the things in your home can suffer various ill effects from the dry air. Indoor air, especially in winter, can have humidity levels at around 10 percent, but the ideal humidity level for you home is 30-40 percent. Here are the top reasons to add a humidifier to your home:

• Prevent illness – Humidity allows tiny hairs in the nose to move and do their job of filtering out bacteria and viruses to prevent colds and flu. Added humidity can also help prevent bloody noses.
• Protect furnishings – Wood furniture and flooring responds negatively to too much or too little moisture in the air. Too little moisture can cause wood to split and crack. Adding a humidifier to any room with wood furniture can help preserve the integrity of the wood.
• Preserve your voice – Vocal cords need to be supple and well lubricated in order to vibrate and produce the best sounds. Dehydration, viruses and sometimes eating the wrong things can cause you to lose your voice. Keeping the air moist, especially while you sleep, can help you get it back.
• Moisturize your skin – The heat blasting through your home during the winter months can leave skin tight, dry and itchy. A humidifier can help keep your skin moist.
• Create warmth – A humidifier will not only fight dry skin, it will also make your home feel warmer. The more moisture in the air, the warmer it will feel. Air temperature of 70 with 10 percent humidity feels like 67, but with 50 percent humidity feels like 69.
• Control static electricity – added static electricity in your home is annoying and a little comical, but it is very dangerous to electronic equipment.

As you can see from these top reasons to add a humidifier to your home, you can have many positive impacts. However, remember it is a balancing act and too much moisture is not good either!