Humidifiers
Blog | Plumbing Heating AC Repair | Fairfax Woodbridge Manassas VA

Understanding How Humidifiers and Dehumidifiers Can Benefit a Home

10.09.2011 04:24 PM
234085.PNG
Air conditioning improves the air quality in your home during the summer months by cooling the air and filtering impurities, but do you ever get the feeling that your home is too stuffy or too dry? Humidifiers can help people who suffer from dry skin, itchy throat, cracked lips, or more severe problems like alleviating asthma symptoms. Dehumidifiers can help alleviate allergies and asthma caused by mold, mildew, and dust mites.

Properly maintaining humidifiers or dehumidifiers is necessary to achieve the best results. By learning how humidifiers work, you can better understand how to maintain them and ensure the highest air quality in your home.

Humidifiers
Humidifiers release steam, mist, or water vapor into the air to control humidity levels in your house. Not only can humidifiers alleviate asthma and allergy symptoms, they can also reduce static electricity in the air of your home and prevent wallpaper peeling and cracks in paint and furniture in your home.

Dehumidifiers
Dehumidifiers, on the other hand, remove moisture from the air by condensing air. When air is condensed against a cold surface, the amount of water which it can contain is decreased. Since the cooled air can no longer accommodate its previous moisture content, the water condenses from a vapor to a liquid and is deposited in the dehumidifier. The container which collects condensed water has to be emptied regularly or mold and mildew can grow in the container.

If you're looking to order or install a humidifier or dehumidifier, visit us at  F.H. Furr Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning. We perform air conditioning, furnace, and plumbing repair and installation in the Fairfax area. Call (703) 496-5016 for more ideas on how to improve your in-home air quality.

©2011 F.H. Furr Plumbing, Heating And Air Conditioning
Absolutely The Best