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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your house is dry in the winter it's because your house is leaky. Tight, modern houses don't have dryness problems. Sometimes they even need to be ventilated to shed humidity in the winter.

The long term fix is to find out where your house is leaking and plug the leaks. [/quote]

Or, you don't have humidification in your heating system. [/quote]

You don't need humidification in your heating system if your house isn't leaky.

Heating doesn't remove humidity from the air.  What removes humidity is replacing the indoor air with outdoor air with lower moisture content. [/quote]

Well that's total bs LMAO.

The crap people spew on here.

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Did you take middle school science? Please, tell us how the house get dry in the winter. [/quote]

DP. Air in the winter has very little moisture on it. When it replaces your existing indoor air through leaks or just entering/leaving your house, that cold air gets heated and drier.

You really can't avoid having air exchanges with the outdoor air. [/quote]

But you can limit them. Each resident of the house contributes about 2.5 quarts of moisture into the house each day, through activities like bathing, cooking, breathing and sweating. In a well-sealed house that's enough moisture to make up for the moisture lost to air infiltration. [/quote]

Depends on the number of people and the size of the house. The age of the houses around here also makes it unlikely that they are that "well sealed." [/quote]

But the point is if your house is dry in the winter, think about sealing it better before you think about installing a humidifier. Your house will be quieter, cleaner, more comfortable and cost less to heat. If you've done everything you can to tighten up the house and it's still dry, sure, go ahead and humidify. [/quote]

I have sealed the joints in my HVAC ductwork with mastic, double-paned windows, and new steel doors. Still need makeup humidification when it gets below 30F.

I manage to get by on the heat pump until about 20F, then I need some aux heat. So, yeah, I think I am pretty good.[/quote]

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