How Whole-House Humidifiers Pull Excess Moisture From Your Home and Control Air Quality
Several factors affect the indoor air quality of your home. The air may be polluted with volatile organic compounds from household products, cigarette smoke, mildew, pollen, dust, and other debris that floats through the air. Indoor air quality services can help you choose the right equipment to clean your air, such as advanced filters or UV lights.
If excess humidity is a problem, the professional might recommend a whole-house dehumidifier. Here's how a dehumidifier helps improve indoor air quality and how it's installed.
How a Dehumidifier Improves Air Quality
A dehumidifier dries the air in your home by pulling moisture from it. Your air conditioner does this also every time it kicks on in the summer, but on days when you don't need the AC, the humidity in your house may soar. An air conditioner and dehumidifier both work with refrigerant that pulls heat from the air and creates condensation. However, a dehumidifier isn't strong enough to cool the air too, it only pulls moisture from it.
You can buy portable dehumidifiers that work the same way, but these only pull moisture from a single room and they need to be emptied manually, which can be an inconvenience. When you want your entire home to be in the proper range for humidity levels, a whole-house system is a good investment. Then, your home will be dehumidified all the time when you need it to be as long as your HVAC fan is blowing to move the air around.
The dehumidifier also has a filter in it similar to the filter on your HVAC, and it works to clean your air and protect the dehumidifier while the dehumidifier is in operation. When the appliance controls humidity, your home may have less mildew that is harmful to your flooring, furniture, and belongings, and your air will be cleaner and more comfortable too.
How a Whole-House Dehumidifier Is Installed
A whole-house dehumidifier is installed in your HVAC system by connecting ducts from the dehumidifier to the HVAC. There is also a drain system installed so the moisture pulled from the air can drain outside of your home. The dehumidifier is controlled by a humidistat that's installed near your thermostat. The humidistat monitors the humidity level in your house and allows you to set the percentage of humidity you want. The setting controls when the dehumidifier turns on and off.
You may notice your home is much more comfortable with drier air inside, and you might notice musty odors are eliminated since damp areas are dried out by the dehumidifier even if the HVAC isn't in cool mode.
Share