Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home

A lot of humidity can be a terrible thing, especially for hairstyles, make-up, and even trying to breathe. But not enough humidity in your home can actually be harmful to some features of your home’s interior. Take a look at a few products you may have in your home that a lack of humidity can damage over time.  

Wood Floors and Wood Furniture

When humidity levels go up and down it causes wood to swell and shrink, which may cause cracks and instability in wood furniture. The expanding and shrinking also exacerbates warping or crevices in wood flooring. 

Books

That’s right – books necessitate moisture to avoid the pages from turning dry and fragile. The lack of moisture can also make the ink flake and the cover warp. Conversely, too much moisture could result in the book pages sticking together permanently, discoloration, and potentially mold. 

Electronics

Low humidity generates static electricity which can cause problems with the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your LED television, desktop computer, or even your beloved Xbox. 

Collections

Whether you are a collector of portraits or stamps and photos, make sure your home has well-balanced humidity all year long. Rising and falling of humidity may cause postage stamps to become fragile and discolored and can even coil the corners on your photographs. Dry air can also make the paint used to produce portraits brittle or cause it to crack. 

Hobbies

Do you collect win? Or play the piano? Humidity matters to you, too. Insufficient humidity can cause the cork in a nice bottle of wine to crack or shrink, potentially ruining your vino. Low humidity may also cause pianos, cellos, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or result in cracks in the wood. 

Curious if your home has the right balance of humidity? Call Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning today or schedule online for a free in-home comfort analysis to be sure your air isn’t harming your valuable home.