What is a good humidity level for your home?
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Humidity is a strange beast: allow humidity to get too high, and all manner of issues crop up, but let it drop too low, and unique new problems rear their ugly heads. For this reason, homes should be designed with a specific range of humidity in mind. Engineers, architects, and other home designers must be careful to prevent humidity from dropping too low or from going too high, all while keeping in mind regional variations that may make high humidity a problem in one area and low humidity a problem elsewhere. Luckily, the best indoors humidity range is fairly wide. Engineers also have several tools in their kits to manage humidity rates, making humidity a fairly simple problem to solve.
The ideal humidity range is one that takes into account all of a home’s inhabitants, both living and inanimate. Humans, books, and electronics all have their own particular ideal humidity range; fortunately, these ranges overlap. The best humidity range is the area where all three overlap.
Take a look at the article below for some great insight into your home’s humidity levels.