Do You Know the Health Benefits of a Humidifier?

Having a humidifier in your home has health benefits to you and your family. When your furnace is heating your home in the winter it is keeping you warm but also sucking a lot of the humidity out of the air leaving your home feeling dry. Humidity is the level of moisture in the air and is recommended to be between 25-40% in the winter. Here are the health benefits for you and your family. Having higher humidity helps keep your throat and nasal passages moist so they are not dry and scratchy. This also helps with easing cold symptoms helping you feel better sooner. Keeping your humidity up can also help stop the cold or flu from forming in the first place because they thrive in cold dry places. Some allergens are also kept at bay when you have proper humidity levels. You will have healthier skin by having the proper humidity level in your home. Moisture not only gets pulled out of the air, it also gets pulled out of your skin so keeping that moisture level up will result in less cracked and dry skin. On top of these health benefits, more humidity also has benefits for your wallet and home itself. Humid air feels warmer so you wont have to turn the furnace up as high saving you money on your energy bills. Your home benefits from more humidity because it will have less issues with dry and cracking wood. Your wallpaper wont crack and peel off. Not having the repair or replace these things saves you money in the end. Bartlett Heating and Air conditioning has a special on humidifiers right now so call us today!!