{"id":1070,"date":"2018-01-15T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2018-01-09T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:43:28","slug":"humidifier-improve-hvac-effectiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/indoor-air-quality-service\/humidifier-improve-hvac-effectiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Humidifier Improve Your HVAC Effectiveness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Can-a-Humidifier-Improve-Your-HVAC-Effectiveness-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Relaxed young woman lying on couch\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Can-a-Humidifier-Improve-Your-HVAC-Effectiveness-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Can-a-Humidifier-Improve-Your-HVAC-Effectiveness-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Can-a-Humidifier-Improve-Your-HVAC-Effectiveness.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Given the time of year, it makes sense that you\u2019d be concerned with the temperature in your home. A lack of heat can lead to a number of problems in your household, especially for anyone prone to illness. Naturally, you want your <a href=\"\/service-areas\/round-rock-tx-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Round Rock, TX HVAC<\/a>\u00a0system to run efficiently and effectively all winter long.<\/p>\n<p>But a high-quality furnace or heat pump is only part of the equation when it comes to your indoor comfort in the winter!<\/p>\n<p>Dry air can be a terrible inconvenience in the colder months, and heaters don&#8217;t do anything to improve matters. It would do you well to consider the installation of a whole house humidifier to combat this problem and avoid living through a miserable winter. Are humidifiers really all they\u2019re cracked up to be though?<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>A Look at the Problem of Low Humidity<\/h2>\n<p>When temperatures drop, the ambient moisture in the air shifts from gaseous to liquid form and leaves the atmosphere. In the spring and summer, this is present in dew on the ground that forms in the cool early morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>In the winter, however, this process makes your air too dry to bear. Humans are most comfortable when the relative humidity levels\u2014the measures of the\u00a0amount of moisture in the air\u2014stays between 30\u201350%. When that level falls, we start to feel it. You may be affected by it more than you even realize, thinking the following symptoms are caused by other factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dry air causes your skin to dry out, leading to uncomfortable itching, rashes, and chapped lips. It can even lead to cracked and chapped skin.<\/li>\n<li>Dry air also dries out the mucous membranes in your sinuses, depleting one of your bodies\u2019 primary means of fighting colds and illnesses. This is one of the reasons why colds are more common in the winter. (No, cold air itself does not cause illness!)<\/li>\n<li>Dry air causes static electricity. This one you probably knew already. In fact, you might have had a little fun with it at times\u2014sliding your socked feet across the carpet to be able to \u201cshock\u201d a sibling, or making your hair stand up by rubbing it on the couch. As amusing as this part of static electricity is, it can also cause your outlets to spark, leading to fire hazards.<\/li>\n<li>Dry air can damage home furnishings and wallpaper, especially when it lasts for days without any relief.<\/li>\n<li>Last\u00a0and not least, dry air forces your heater to work harder than it\u00a0needs to. This is because it often feels colder in the house when the air is too dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Benefits of a Humidifier<\/h2>\n<p>A humidifier fights against all the above symptoms, but that last one is particularly important. When you have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/indoor-air-quality\/humidifier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whole-house humidifier<\/a> installed in your home, you help out the heating system. It won\u2019t have to struggle to do its job, which means it will work more efficiently and effectively, ultimately lowering your energy costs. This is reason enough to ask our pros about how you would benefit\u00a0a humidifier installation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For superior HVAC and indoor air quality services, <a href=\"\/contact\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact Roznovak\u2019s Services<\/a> today! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dry air can be a terrible inconvenience in the colder months, and heaters don&#8217;t do anything to improve matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[201,208,207,48,94],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1076,"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roznovaksservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}