Transcript

🥵 Is Humidity Ruining Your Home? The 45-50% Rule Explained... · Shafer Heating and Cooling Service Repair Podcast

0:00
I think one important fact to remember is that for every 5% in relative humidity
0:05
feels like one degree in temperature change for us, right?
0:08
And so ideally in the summertime, we want to keep that humidity in the home,
0:11
you know, between that 45 to 50% range.
0:14
That's the healthiest, right? It eliminates all the organisms and bacteria and,
0:19
you know, mold and spiders, like all these different things from growing, right?
0:23
Or, you know, living and having inside the home, which we don't want.
0:26
But also too, even if you think of things like your hardwood flooring,
0:30
your piano, different things, if you look at the warranties on those,
0:33
the conditions are supposed to be in anything over 50%, those warranties are voided.
0:37
So for other things in your home, your custom cabinets, your woodwork,
0:40
your doors, etc., all of those things are affected by humidity.
0:45
So great question. We definitely want to control the humidity,
0:47
not only for our comfort and our health, but as well as everything else in the home.