What Should Correct Indoor Humidity Be?

Colder weather is infamous for creating dry air in your residence. As humidity levels in the U.S. are usually decreased in the fall and winter, drier air could result in dry skin, irritated eyes and a coarse throat. 

When you’re operating your furnace, it’s critical to keep your home’s humidity in the right range for ideal comfort. Let’s go over what the normal indoor humidity should be in the U.S. and how you can get it. 

The Mayo Clinic advises having your home’s humidity. During this appointment, our Experts will check humidity levels, visually examine your current heating and cooling equipment and provide advice. 

These suggestions can incorporate a whole-home humidifier. This humidifier hooks up with your furnace to give level humidity across your whole house. It’s a step above a portable humidifier, which can only humidify an individual area at a time. And these humidifiers can make a mess, slopping water as you move them from room to room. 

4 Symptoms That Your House’s Indoor Humidity is Off 

When the humidity in your house is wrong, it can create a few issues. Here are several signs that your residence’s humidity is too dry. 

  1. You aren’t sleeping deeply. The National Sleep Foundation says overly dry air can make you more likely to get sick, since your nasal passages get dried out. And being ill means you often won’t sleep nicely. The dry air can also cause your throat to feel itchy and make it harder for you to count sheep. It may also worsen snoring. 
  1. You’re continuously getting zapped. Dry air causes more static electricity. You can keep the zaps managed by keeping your home’s humidity even. 
  1. Your wood cabinets, flooring or furniture is splintering or appears damaged. Air that’s too arid can deface wooden belongings, as it draws out moisture. Getting a whole-home humidifier can keep your possessions and house looking good. 
  1. Your skin feels dry and scratchy. If you’re requiring a lot of moisturizer but your skin still feels dry when you’re inside, humidity levels might be at fault. Insufficient humidity can also make your lips crack and lead to increased coughing. 

How to Ease Symptoms from Your Residence’s Dry Air 

As we talked about earlier, installing a humidifier at 866-397-3787 to request your free home comfort assessment right away. 

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