Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home

Excessive humidity can be a bad thing, especially for hairstyles, make-up, and even breathing. But too little 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 insufficient humidity can wreck over time.  

Wooden Floors and Furniture

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

Books

Yes – books need moisture to avoid the pages from becoming dry and fragile. The absence of moisture can also cause the ink to flake and the covers to warp. On the other hand, excessive moisture could result in the book pages sticking together permanently, discoloration, and possibly mold. 

Electronics

Too little humidity produces static electricity which can wreak havoc on the internal components of electronic equipment, such as your plasma television, PC, or even your beloved gaming console. 

Collections

Whether you are collecting portraits or stamps and photographs, make sure your home’s humidity is well-balanced year-round. Rising and falling of humidity can cause postage stamps to end up fragile and discolored and can even coil the corners on your pictures. Dry air can also make the paint used to produce wall art brittle or cause it to split. 

Hobbies

Are you a collector of wine? Or a player of the piano? Humidity a major concern for you, too. To little humidity can cause the cork in a nice bottle of wine to split or shrink, potentially ruining your vino. Insufficient humidity may also cause pianos, violins, and other fine instruments to be out-of-tune or result in cracks in the wood. 

Not sure if your home has the correct amount of humidity? Call Stevenson Service Experts today or schedule online for a free in-home comfort analysis to make sure your air isn’t damaging your valuable home.