Gallon Humidifier

Sara C asked:


We are getting a new heating system this week - going from oil heat to gas. Our house is very dry, so we’d like to install a whole house humidifier. Which of the following options would you recommend for a couple with moderate home repair skills (and a skilled dad!): 1. Have our contractor doing the new system find the unit for us and install it? 2. Buy a unit and give it to our contractor to install? 3. Buy a unit and install it ourselves? We’re spending a lot of money and will, of course, ask our contractor for costs, but I’m wondering if anyone has any advice based on experience with ease of installation and cost. Thanks!!
Sorry - we are replacing our oil heat (forced air) burner/boiler with gas heat. We already have a gas run water heater.

KAZI

grandmasterlau asked:


The builder advised me to run a de-humidifier in the basement to get some of the moisture out. However, the air in the house is very cold and dry and I am thinking about getting a humidifier installed. Would that be counter-productive to the de-humidifier?

ZALMAN

lillimac asked:


We use a humidifier in my 8 month-old son’s room and it smells stale. I’ve changed the filter and we change the water every night, but it still smells sour. And it’s definitely the humidifier - not the diaper pail, as I used that humidifier in a different, diaperless room before and got the same smell. Any suggestions?

LAINA

newmom328 asked:


My house is so dry (and I live in Florida… can’t figure it out). Everyday I have a stuffy nose and sometimes nose bleeds, and also very dry skin. I’ve dealt with it until now. Now I have a 3 week old and he is stuffed up constantly and seems to have a hard time breathing sometimes b/c of it. It makes me very nervous. I bought a cool mist humidifier for the bedroom, but I haven’t noticed any difference for either myself or him. Should I have bought a warm mist or does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks.

ZENIA

Window asked:


The air is really dry in my house any suggestions on how humidify it without a humidifier?

KASSEL

Mandy S asked:


I have a really bad sinus infection, I had my humidifier on, is it really doing ?

LORA

ParamoreMoreMORE asked:


I just bought an electric/acoustic guitar and I was wondering if a humidifier was necessary to maintain it.
2nd answer - Um, are you mental? If you don’t buy a humidifier for your acoustic it could very well ruin the neck of your guitar. Buying a humidifier could save your “axe” when the air is dry.

STEFON

tazmo1 asked:


I recently purchased a humidifier that says it can humidify enough sq. ft. to cover my whole house. I know that heat rises, so my downstairs central heater unit does more work than my upstairs unit. What I don’t know, though, is the best place to put the humidifier. Will the moisture from the humidifier rise with the warm air or will it sink, given the greater weight of the moisture cause it to sink?

It is an open floor plan, so the air circulates really well between the floors.

OLESIA

Questions asked:


I have a large oil painting of Freddie Mercury in my bedroom and cant move the painting. My parents dont want to see it anywhere else in the house. I had it laying flatt and covered as to not get damaged from the humidity but my neice started piling stuff on it and nearly destroyed it!!!! I have to use a humidifier or my allergies will kill me. What should i do?

SCHUYLER

luv2freecycle2 asked:


The air is just so dry that I need to get a humidifier for my home. I would like to get a good one, but I also don’t want to spend tons of money.

ROSALIA