Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home
A lot of humidity can be a negative thing, especially for curly hair, make-up, and even breathing. But a lack of humidity in your home can actually be harmful to some aspects of your home’s interior. Take a look at a few things you may have in your home that a lack of humidity can ruin over time.
Wood Floors and Wood Furniture
When humidity levels rise and fall it causes wood to bloat and shrink, which may cause cracks and fragility in wood furniture. The expanding and shrinking also exacerbates warping or openings in wood flooring.
Books
Yes – books necessitate moisture to keep the pages from ending up dry and fragile. The lack of moisture can also result in the ink flaking and the covers warping. On the other hand, extreme moisture could end up with the book pages sticking together permanently, discoloration, and potentially mold.
Electronics
The absence of humidity generates static electricity which can cause problems with the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your plasma television, laptop, or even your beloved gaming console.
Collections
Whether you are collecting wall art or stamps and photographs, make sure your home has a good balance of humidity all year. Increasing and decreasing of humidity can cause postage stamps to turn fragile and discolored and can even curl the corners on your photographs. Low humidity can also make the paint used to create artwork brittle or cause it to fracture.
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 fracture or shrink, potentially ruining your vino. Insufficient humidity may also cause pianos, guitars, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or result in cracks in the wood.
Want to know if your home has the right 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 hurting your valuable home.