Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home
Too much humidity can be a negative thing, especially for curly hair, make-up, and even inhaling. But a lack of humidity in your home could actually be harmful to some details of your home’s interior. Learn about these few items you may have around your home that low humidity can ruin over time.
Wood Floors and Wood Furniture
When humidity levels go up and down it causes wood to bloat and shrink, which might cause cracks and instability in wood furniture. The expanding and shrinking also adds to warping or openings in wood flooring.
Books
Absolutely – books require moisture to prevent the pages from turning dry and delicate. The dryness can also make the ink flake and the cover warp. On the other hand, extreme moisture could end up with the book pages sticking together permanently, discoloration, and potentially mold.
Electronics
The absence of humidity produces static electricity which can affect the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your plasma television, laptop, or even your beloved gaming console.
Collections
Whether you are a collector of portraits or stamps and photographs, make sure your home has well-balanced humidity all year long. Increasing and decreasing of humidity could cause postage stamps to turn brittle and discolored and can even spiral the corners on your pictures. Low humidity can also make the paint used to create portraits brittle or cause it to fracture.
Hobbies
Are you a wine collector? Or a piano player? Humidity matters to you, too. A lack of humidity can cause the cork in a fine bottle of wine to fracture or shrink, potentially ruining your vino. Low humidity may also cause pianos, violins, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or result in cracks in the wood.
Curious if your home has the correct balance of humidity? Call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning today or schedule online for a complimentary in-home comfort analysis and make sure your air isn’t hurting your valuable home.
