Humidifier Installation & Repair Services in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

Humidifier Services

Dry air is a problem throughout Greater Cincinnati during the winter months. The cold air can’t hold as much moisture as hot summer air. Your heating system likely wipes out whatever meager humidity is left in the air, leaving your house bone dry from October to April.

This dry air can cause static electricity to build up, shocking you when you go to touch a doorknob or flip a switch. Dry air will also dry out your skin, irritating it and causing it to be itchy. Adding a humidifier will significantly improve indoor air quality during winter.

Humidifier Repair & Installation

Installing a new humidifier in your home can lead to a much more comfortable environment. While you don’t want too much moisture in your home, dry air isn’t ideal either. Ready to invest in a more comfortable home? Schedule a home evaluation for a new humidifier.

Already have a humidifier, but it’s not working well? We repair all brands and models, helping keep your humidifier in good condition year-round. Our technicians are ready to bring comfort back to your household.

Benefits of a Whole Home Humidifier

Winters in Cincinnati can get pretty cold, and your heating system is continuously operating. While it does make your house warmer, it also dries out the air.

A whole-house humidifier is integrated into your existing HVAC system and introduces water vapor into the air before it’s distributed through the house. A whole-home system is more efficient than a standalone humidifier, which can only affect one room at a time. The whole-home humidifier attaches directly to your water supply, so you aren’t constantly hauling buckets of water to refill it.

Health Benefits

Low humidity can dry out your lips, skin, nasal passages, sinuses, and throat. For many people, a humidifier reduces the severity of allergies and asthma, allowing them to breathe and sleep easier. A little humidity can ease congestion and reduce inflammation. Chapped lips or cracked skin can be painful, and chapstick and lotion can only do so much. Humidity can even reduce snoring.

Research shows that the flu virus thrives during the winter. It lives longer outside our bodies in the cold, dry air. That’s why the flu always goes around in the winter. In dry air, the viral droplets get smaller and float longer, giving them more time to infect other people. Setting your home’s humidity to between 30 and 50 percent reduces the chances of spreading viruses.

Energy Benefits

Adding more water to the air will help it hold heat more efficiently. Moist air feels warmer. While a humidifier takes some electricity to run, you can offset some electricity by turning the heat down a few notches with the warmer feeling air.

Household Benefits

Just as excessively humid air can harm your belongings, dry air can damage them, too. Dry air can shrink, warp, or crack wooden floors, molding, furniture, or inlays. It can damage valuable items made with natural materials such as wood, including wooden knife handles, guitars, and violins.

Additionally, indoor plants will struggle, as many are tropical plants conditioned to pull water out of the air.

Finally, static electricity can build up and zap you or, even worse, fry the circuitry of valuable electronics.

Schedule a consultation for a technician to come and assess your house to determine what humidifier best fits your needs.