What You Need to Know About Whole-House Humidifiers and Mold

Cold, dry air in your home causes more problems than just icy hands and feet in the colder months. An absence of humidity can bother your lungs, dry out your skin and lead to bloody noses. Like you, your home requires humidity to keep it in top condition. Woodwork in your rooms—including hardwood floors—can lose moisture to the dry air and become damaged. Whole-home humidifiers can return that moisture to your home’s air. You’ll be more comfortable and healthier as a result. Winters Heating and Cooling in Franklin & South Indy carries two elementary configurations:

• Bypass humidifiers draw warm air from heat ducts and push it through a water panel. Water vapor is absorbed into the air, humidity is returned to the air and is dispersed throughout your home.
• Fan-powered humidifiers work in a similar style, but they hold a fan that blows air across the water panel for increased water evaporation.

A properly maintained humidifier can keep you happy, healthy and comfortable in your home no matter the time of the year.
Simple Maintenance Ensures Efficiency and Inhibits Mold Growth. Whole-home humidifiers have easy to follow maintenance. If your humidifier has a water panel, like a Lennox Healthy Climate Whole-Home Humidifier, the water pad inside only must be changed once or twice each year. This may change depending on the level of debris that moves through your home’s ventilation system. If you have animals or have done considerable home improvement projects inside your home, you may need to change it more regularly. Whole-home humidifiers may not work at peak efficiency if the water panel is overlooked.
Lennox models have humidifier pads especially for uniform, high evaporation and scale traps to trap mineral deposits that would otherwise harm your humidifier. Trapped water, excess minerals and other solid residue not trapped by the replaceable humidifier pad are swept down the drain. This is the most effective, cost-efficient way of disposing of minerals.
Learn More About Whole-House Humidifiers. Equipped with the knowledge that whole-house humidifiers are painless to maintain, you’re ready to focus on the benefits of having your own. Find out which system is best for your home from your team of experts at Winters Heating and Cooling in Franklin & South Indy. Then get ready to experience the comfort it will provide! Give us a call at 317-406-5382 or schedule an appointment online.