Low Humidity Could be Ruining These Areas of Your Home

Too much humidity can be a bad thing, especially for hairdos, make-up, and even trying to breathe. But too little humidity in your home can actually damage some details of your home’s interior. Learn about these 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 go up and down it causes wood to bloat and shrink, which might cause cracks and instability in wood furniture. The bloating and shrinking also contributes to warping or crevices in wood flooring. 

Books

That’s right – books necessitate moisture to keep the pages from turning dry and delicate. The dryness can also cause the ink to flake and the covers to warp. On the contrary, too much moisture could result in the book pages sticking together permanently, discoloration, and possibly 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 collecting paintings or stamps and photos, make sure your home has well-balanced humidity all year long. Increasing and decreasing of humidity can cause postage stamps to become delicate and discolored and can even curl the corners on your pictures. Low humidity can also make the paint used to produce wall art brittle or cause it to crack. 

Hobbies

Are you a wine collector? Or a piano player? Humidity is important to you, too. To little humidity can cause the cork in a good bottle of wine to crack 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. 

Curious if your home has the right balance of humidity? Call Winnipeg Supply Service Experts today or schedule online for a no-charge in-home comfort analysis to make sure your air isn’t hurting your valuable home.