The winter season is often accompanied by dry air, which may cause skin irritation, sore throats, and damage to wooden furniture. Fortunately, when a furnace works directly with a humidifier, cold, dry air is completely expelled from your indoor space, improving indoor air quality. By introducing moisture into your indoor air, a humidifier ensures consistent and balanced humidity levels throughout your home, enhancing the overall comfort of your living space.
How Furnaces and Humidifiers Function
When the furnace is turned on, it circulates warm air through the ductwork and distributes it throughout your home. However, this can sometimes lead to decreased humidity levels, resulting in dry indoor air. To address this issue, we recommend you install a humidifier inside your furnace.
For the best results, the humidifier is connected to your home’s water supply and equipped with a humidistat to monitor indoor humidity levels. When the humidistat detects that the indoor humidity levels are below the desired set point, it triggers the humidifier to turn on. The humidifier then acquires moisture from the connected water supply and adds it to your indoor air before distributing it throughout your house. Combining the moisture-rich air from the humidifier with the warm air from the furnace gives you a more comfortable and healthier indoor environment.
Benefits of Having a Furnace That Is Connected to a Humidifier
In contrast to portable humidifiers that target specific areas, a furnace-integrated humidifier ensures uniform humidity levels throughout your home. Additionally, you eliminate the need for separate, bulky portable humidifiers, thereby reducing clutter. Moreover, a furnace-integrated humidifier directly taps into your home’s water supply, eliminating the hassle of manually filling reservoir tanks. This helps ensure a continuous humidification process.
Furthermore, maintenance requirements are significantly reduced with a furnace-integrated humidifier, typically necessitating only annual upkeep instead of monthly upkeep. Notably, a furnace-integrated humidifier also helps you save on energy costs by enabling you to achieve maximum comfort at lower temperature settings.
Gervais Mechanical Services LLC’s Specialties
At Gervais Mechanical Service LLC, we can address all your furnace needs, whether gas-fired or oil-fired. We also offer 24-hour emergency services, seven days a week, to ensure all your heating needs are promptly resolved. As a fully licensed, local, and family-run business, we take great pride in our heritage and commitment to quality. With a remarkable 100 years of combined experience, our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional furnace repair and installation services. Whether you’re a homeowner or a business owner, you can count on us to provide reliable heating solutions that are tailored to your specific requirements. Contact us today or visit our offices at 200 Southbridge Street, Auburn, MA, for all your heating needs.
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