ChrisB Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Do any of you have a whole house humidifier that is attached to your furnace? Do you like it? What kinds of benefits are you seeing, if any? What is the brand? I'd love to hear from those of you who have one in your house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 We have one, though it only sees use about two weeks a year. Our climate is humid year-round except for brief, concentrated periods of dry cold, during which time we chap terribly. I prefer it to room humidifiers because it is quiet and, if set to automatic, is smart enough to not to fog up the windows. And it doesn't need to be filled. :D It was an option when we purchased the furnace, so I think the brand is Carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm currently preparing to have one installed on our current house. We had one at the old house and I loved having it. It was only 2 yrs old so we brought it with us and I'm trying to get it installed here (another story). The new house is VERY dry since we have natural gas heat for the main/lower floor. We were SO miserable last year without the humidifier, but I just didn't take the time to have it installed. We have forced air for the upstairs but the unit is in the attic. Having a humidifier on the unit would not work since you have to turn it on and off and adjust the humidity to your needs. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 We have one. We find turning it to about 30% in the winter helps a lot with static hair, dry skin, etc. We have a dehumidifier, too. I'm sorry, I don't know the brand, but it's built in to the furnace (or automatic, or whatever it's called) and we don't have to add water or anything like that. We have not noticed any increase in mold. We also have automatic fans in the bathrooms to cut down on moisture there, fwiw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrn Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm so glad we finally put a whole house humidifier in our house. No more filling up and carrying heavy gallons of water to each room in the house, no more worrying about mold because of that one room that gets too moist, no more annoying noise that drives me crazy when I have a headache. I don't recall the brand, but we bought it at Menards and easily installed it ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlgirl Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I do it's called a clothesline :) Sorry couldn't resist. Seriously helps the dryness in our house. We have a wood furnace. Before I had the clothesline I hung clothes over doors, on a drying rack and on hangers on doorknobs or in the shower. It really helped and saved on the electricity. Our dryer was in an unheated entryway and cost quite a bit to run. Ok sorry done hjacking you thread now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm so glad we finally put a whole house humidifier in our house. No more filling up and carrying heavy gallons of water to each room in the house, no more worrying about mold because of that one room that gets too moist, no more annoying noise that drives me crazy when I have a headache. I don't recall the brand, but we bought it at Menards and easily installed it ourselves. Did you install it onto your furnace or is it separate? I do it's called a clothesline :) Sorry couldn't resist. Seriously helps the dryness in our house. We have a wood furnace. Before I had the clothesline I hung clothes over doors, on a drying rack and on hangers on doorknobs or in the shower. It really helped and saved on the electricity. Our dryer was in an unheated entryway and cost quite a bit to run. Ok sorry done hjacking you thread now. :tongue_smilie: We live in SD so we have a longer winter (although today it's almost 50 out--crazy) and it gets really dry. So it sounds like for those who have these humidifiers there have only been positive results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrn Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Did you install it onto your furnace or is it separate? It is a unit installed onto the side of the furnace connected to the water line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 We had a whole house humidifier at a previous house. It was attached to our heat pump and connected to the water line. It worked well for humidifying the house, but we did have issues with the filter. It would quickly get covered in mold and was expensive to replace. That was 10 or 15 years ago, so things may be improved now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 It is a unit installed onto the side of the furnace connected to the water line. Good to know. We had a whole house humidifier at a previous house. It was attached to our heat pump and connected to the water line. It worked well for humidifying the house, but we did have issues with the filter. It would quickly get covered in mold and was expensive to replace. That was 10 or 15 years ago, so things may be improved now. Can anyone else speak of your experience with the filters? Mold, expense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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