Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home

Extreme humidity can be a bad thing, especially for curly hair, make-up, and even breathing. But too little humidity in your home may actually harm some aspects of your home’s interior. Take a look at a few items you may have within your home that insufficient humidity can wreck over time.  

Wooden Floors and Furniture

When humidity levels go up and down it causes wood to bloat and shrink, which could cause cracks and weakness in wood furniture. The expanding and shrinking also exacerbates warping or openings in wood flooring. 

Books

Absolutely – books need moisture to prevent the pages from becoming dry and delicate. The lack of moisture can also make the ink flake and the cover warp. Conversely, excessive moisture could cause book pages to stick together permanently, discoloration, and possibly mold. 

Electronics

Too little humidity produces static electricity which can disturb the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your plasma television, laptop, or even your beloved gaming console. 

Collections

Whether you are collecting paintings or stamps and photos, make sure your home’s humidity is well-balanced year-round. Rising and falling of humidity may 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 split. 

Hobbies

Are you a collector of wine? Or a player of the piano? Humidity is important to you, too. To little humidity can cause the cork in a nice bottle of wine to split or shrink, potentially damaging your vino. Too little humidity may also cause pianos, cellos, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or result in cracks in the wood. 

Not sure if your home has the right amount of humidity? Call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning today or schedule online for a no-charge in-home comfort analysis and be sure your air isn’t hurting your valuable home.