Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home
Excessive humidity can be a bad thing, especially for hairdos, make-up, and even trying to breathe. But too little humidity in your home might actually damage some aspects of your home’s interior. Check out these few things you may have around your home that a lack of humidity can ruin over time.
Wooden Floors and Furniture
When humidity levels rise and fall it causes wood to expand and shrink, which may cause cracks and fragility in wood furniture. The swelling and shrinking also adds to warping or crevices in wood flooring.
Books
That’s right – books necessitate moisture to avoid the pages from ending up dry and brittle. The absence of moisture can also cause the ink to flake and the covers to warp. On the other hand, too much moisture could cause book pages to stick together permanently, discoloration, and even mold.
Electronics
The absence of humidity creates static electricity which can wreak havoc on the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your LCD TV, desktop computer, or even your beloved PlayStation.
Collections
Whether you are keeping a collection of paintings or stamps and pictures, make sure your home has well-balanced humidity all year long. Increasing and decreasing of humidity could cause postage stamps to end up brittle and discolored and can even curl the corners on your photographs. A lack of moisture in the air can also make the paint used to create artwork brittle or cause it to split.
Hobbies
Are you a collector of wine? Or a player of the piano? Humidity matters to you, too. Insufficient humidity can cause the cork in a good bottle of wine to crack or shrink, potentially damaging your vino. Too little humidity may also cause pianos, cellos, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or end up with cracks in the wood.
Want to know if your home has the correct amount of humidity? Call Stevenson Service Experts today or schedule online for a complimentary in-home comfort analysis to make sure your air isn’t damaging your valuable home.