Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home
Extreme humidity can be a bad thing, especially for hairdos, make-up, and even inhaling. But a deficiency of humidity in your home could actually damage some aspects of your home’s interior. Learn about these few things you may have in your home that insufficient humidity can wreck over time.
Wood Floors and Wood Furniture
When humidity increases and decreases it causes wood to expand and shrink, which might cause cracks and instability in wood furniture. The swelling and shrinking also contributes to warping or crevices in wood flooring.
Books
Yes – books necessitate moisture to keep the pages from turning dry and brittle. The lack of moisture can also make the ink flake and the cover warp. On the contrary, too much moisture could end up with the book pages sticking together permanently, discoloration, and possibly mold.
Electronics
Low humidity produces static electricity which can wreak havoc on the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your LED television, PC, or even your beloved PlayStation.
Collections
Whether you are a collector of portraits or stamps and photographs, make sure your home’s humidity is well-balanced year-round. Rising and falling of humidity can cause postage stamps to end up delicate and discolored and can even spiral the corners on your photographs. A lack of moisture in the air can also make the paint used to create artwork brittle or cause it to crack.
Hobbies
Are you a collector of wine? Or a player of the piano? Humidity a major concern for you, too. To little humidity can cause the cork in a good bottle of wine to fracture or shrink, potentially ruining your vino. Insufficient humidity may also cause pianos, guitars, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or end up with cracks in the wood.
Curious if your home has the correct amount of humidity? Call Bryant Heating & Cooling Service Experts today or schedule online for a no-charge in-home comfort analysis and be sure your air isn’t damaging your valuable home.