Date: November 4, 2024
The next few months will involve a lot more time indoors, and Boston area residents all want the most comfortable, healthy and energy-efficient homes possible. One of the biggest factors in ensuring this is optimizing your indoor air quality (IAQ).
At Cubby Oil & Energy, we help our customers make the air in their homes cleaner and more pleasant with a range of top-tier IAQ products. One of our most popular products is a whole-house air humidifier.
A whole-house humidifier ensures proper humidity levels in your home. Your home’s air can become dried out in the winter, particularly if you have a forced air heating system (furnace). A whole-house humidifier typically connects to your furnace. Heated air is diverted to the humidifier, where it absorbs moisture before cycling into your living spaces.
Here are three significant ways a humidifier can help your quality of life.
Dry air is awful for people with sensitive skin, allergies or respiratory ailments. Installing a whole-house humidifier will help you feel better in your own home by reducing itchiness, dry eyes, nosebleeds, cracked lips and scratchy throats.
Humidifiers have also been found to ease symptoms associated with flu and colds.
Dry air feels colder. Evaporating water will absorb heat energy from surfaces, which makes the area cooler. This process is part of how an air conditioner cools us in the summer. As humidity increases, less water evaporates, and this slows down the cooling process.
If your thermostat is set to 68°F this winter, it will feel colder if there’s less moisture in the air. But adding moisture makes it harder for the air to cool us, so the room feels warmer. The result is that you can keep your home’s temperatures a little bit lower in the winter. That reduces your fuel consumption and saves you money over the heating season.
Keeping the air slightly humid will protect your home’s furnishings and finishes. Dry air can lead to cracking and warping in:
Running a whole-house humidifier to ensure stable humidity levels can extend the lifespan and support the appearance of your rooms. This is another way that these IAQ equipment will save you money in the long-term.
The dedicated IAQ specialists at Cubby Oil & Energy are here to help support your family’s wellness and comfort this winter and for many more to come. In addition to home humidifiers, we sell and install air cleaners, UV-light air purifiers and ventilation equipment.
The Cubby team is also at your service for IAQ system maintenance and repairs. We want to ensure that your equipment keeps your air clean and comfortable for a long time.
Worried about the quality of your home’s air? Reach out to Cubby for an assessment and commendations for IAQ solutions that will make a big difference.