Humidifiers
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Prompt Response Time | Competitive Pricing | Since 1967
Prompt Response TimeCompetitive PricingSince 1967
Control the Humidity of Your Indoor Spaces
Humidity control is just as important as temperature control at home. A well-built humidifier can add moisture to the air in the winter, and in the summer it can remove the moisture. Count on the professionals at D & R Plumbing and Air Conditioning Inc to install a solid humidifier at your home or office.
Moisture levels in any atmosphere can be measured as relative humidity. Relative humidity is the amount of moisture in the air as compared to the maximum amount that the air could contain at the same temperature, expressed as a percentage. A hygrometer is used to measure relative humidity. Call us today at (765) 362-1390.
Turn to Us for the Humidification of Your Home in Winter
- Moisture needs to be added to the air of a home in the winter
- Normal air infiltration around the doors and windows during winter, completely replaces the inside air, once every two hours
- Heating this outside air to room temperature (70°) will reduce its relative humidity
- Relative humidity during winter, inside an average home hovers around 15% as opposed to 25% average humidity in the Sahara Desert
- Low humidity levels can cause dry skin, chapped lips, clogged sinuses, shrinking or cracking woodwork, peeling of wallpaper, static electricity and colder temperatures
- We can add moisture using a humidifier
- Humidifiers can be self-contained units (free-standing console, through-wall mounted or under floor mounted) or connected to a heating and cooling system (powered unit or bypass unit). The humidifier should be controlled by a Humidistat, which is set to a specific percentage of relative humidity level
- Sometimes, the humidity levels during winter are too high. Such high humidity can cause condensation on windows, condensation in or on the exterior walls, mold and fungus growth and swelling of woodwork
- The lower the outside temperature, the lower the indoor humidity needs to be to prevent condensation
- Single-pane windows will have a much bigger problem with condensation than double-pane windows
- Condensation from windows or walls can cause damage and promote mold
- Sources of high wintertime humidity can be un-vented gas appliances, un-vented dryer, pool, hot tub, shower, overuse of existing humidifier, wet basement and or crawlspace and air tight rooms
- It is advisable to add your humidifier directly to your forced-air heating system
- If you don't have a forced-air system, you can get a self-contained humidifier installed, either through a wall or under the floor
We Can De-Humidify Your Property During Summer
- During summer, moisture needs to be removed from the air of a home
- You can use an air conditioner or a de-humidifier to achieve this
- Moisture is removed by drawing air across a cold evaporator coil and the air is cooled to its dew point. The water then condenses on the coil and runs down a drain
- An air conditioner can remove several gallons of water a day while de-humidifiers are rated in pints per day
- Recommended humidity levels for summer are between 50% and 60%
- High summertime humidity promotes mold and fungus growth, swelling of woodwork, excessive rusting of appliances, physical discomfort and hotter air temperatures
- Sources of this humidity can be outside air infiltration, un-vented gas appliances, un-vented dryer, pool, hot tub, shower, wet basement and or crawlspace, malfunctioning air conditioner or an over-sized air-conditioner
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