It’s surprising but true – home comfort and humidity controls go hand in hand.  For the residents of Southern California and Clark County, blazing, hot summers and unpredictable chilly winters can wreak havoc on the humidity level within your home, resulting in home humidification problems.

For your home, comfortable humidity levels hover around 30-45 percent. If your home falls below or above these levels you may be the victim of two types of moisture problems – insufficient moisture or excessive moisture.

Insufficient moisture is a result of low humidity levels and can lead to a variety of problems.

When the air inside your home is too dry, cracking can occur in moldings, hard wood floors, and drywall. Even your furniture can suffer due to the cracking and shrinking of wood joints.

But the most uncomfortable component of low humidification happens to you and your family. Dry skin and dry nasal passages, sinus infections and colds may be the result of low humidity levels in your home.

The opposite side of the coin is high humidity levels that leave your home moist, resulting in an unhealthy indoor air environment.

If your indoor air carries too much moisture, you and your family may feel cold and clammy, even during the warm summer months.

Inside your home, your windows may frost over, contributing to the high humidification problems. Your wallpaper and paint may begin to peel. Mold and mildew spores may grow from the damp spots on your walls, ceilings, and window sills. All of these contribute to an unhealthy, uncomfortable home environment.

The first step to a comfortable home is contacting an AC Pro licensed contractor, who will evaluate your home and provide you with a professional recommendation based on your concerns and the proper humidity ratings for your home.

At AC Pro, you’ll find HVAC professionals committed to making your home humidification problems disappear.

Our goal is to help inform our customers about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems).  For more information about home comfort, humidity controls and other HVAC topics, click here to download our free Home Comfort Resource guide.

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