What Should Normal Indoor Humidity Be?

Colder weather is notorious for creating dry air in your home. Because humidity levels in the U.S. are typically decreased in the fall and winter, drier air may result in burning skin, inflamed eyes and a raspy throat. 

When you’re using your furnace, it’s critical to keep indoor humidity under control for the best comfort. Let’s go over what the normal indoor humidity should be in the U.S. and how you can get it. 

The Mayo Clinic recommends setting your residence’s humidity. During this appointment, our Experts will gauge humidity levels, visually check your present heating and cooling equipment and give recommendations. 

These recommendations can incorporate a whole-home humidifier. This humidifier works with your furnace to deliver level humidity all around your residence. It’s a step above a portable humidifier, which is limited to humidifying one space at a time. And these humidifiers can result in a mess, spilling water as you transfer them from room to room. 

4 Signs That Your Home’s Indoor Humidity Isn’t Balance 

When the humidity in your house is wrong, it can lead to a few issues. Here are a couple of flags that your home’s humidity is too dry. 

  1. You aren’t sleeping deeply. The National Sleep Foundation says extremely dry air can make you more likely to get sick, as your nasal passages get dry. And being ill means you typically won’t sleep very well. The dry air can also make your throat feel scratchy and make it harder for you to count sheep. It could also worsen snoring. 
  1. You’re continuously getting shocked. Dry air contributes to more static electricity. You can keep the static under control by keeping your home’s humidity level. 
  1. Your wood cabinets, flooring or furniture is splintering or seems damaged. Air that’s too dry can blemish wooden things, because it pulls out moisture. Installing a whole-home humidifier can keep your belongings and residence looking fantastic. 
  1. Your skin feels dry and itchy. If you’re using a lot of moisturizer but your skin still feels irritated when you’re inside, humidity levels may be to blame. Insubstantial humidity can also make your lips peel and contribute to coughing. 

How to Get Relief from Your Home’s Dry Air 

As we talked about earlier, installing a humidifier at 866-397-3787 to request your free home comfort assessment today. 

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