Why Having a Furnace Humidifier is a Great Idea

When winter comes, the first thing we think about is warming out home up. Often this is something that happens as naturally as drinking water when we're thirsty but a few things tend to creep up when you turn your heater on, especially for the first time. For some, the heater changes the temperature so quickly that their body doesn't quickly catch up to the change. This can cause dry nose which tends to make you uncomfortable, makes the inside of your nose crack and bleed and for many there are also breathing problems as well due to the dryness of the air, the dust released that has been accumulating all winter and more. Luckily, there are things that can help with these things and bring more comfort. One such device is the furnace humidifier.

Since the problem is generally dryness, dust, and dry lungs, the answer is obviously to introduce water into the air in a way that will work hand in hand with the furnace. The furnace humidifier is an ingenious device that uses the same heat causing these problems to heat up and distribute water mist into the air which counters the dryness but won't cause problems in the furnace itself. The furnace is designed to deal with this, but the heat emanating from the unit in the first place would evaporate the water anyway if the mist were to land on it.

The older units didn't come with these but many of the new units over the years have this as an option. They aren't automatically on there with all models, but some have them and the ones that do have what's called a humidity meter. You want to set your humidity meter to around 50% so you're not making your home too humid, (nobody likes to sweat in their own home every time they get warm air!).

You can do your homework online and discover what models carry this feature as well as what kind of controls they include. Depending on how much wear and tear your current unit has you may not want to get a whole new furnace just to get the humidifier feature as there are humidifier units on the market that people use in their homes that should do the trick as well. If you're selling your home then switching out your older furnace for one with a humidifier would be a good selling point and raise the property value. Often you can change more than you paid for the unit more for your property so it will in effect pay for itself (and bring you a profit as well!)

Simon Harris writes about furnaces at: http://www.furnacetalk.com

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