Maintaining good air quality and moisture content is crucial in avoiding allergens and mold issues later on. Better to pay a bit now than a lot later.
Good post. I've been writing a blog complaining about how furnace filters aren't designed to keep the air clean, despite what furnace filter manufacturers imply. Personally, I'm not a fan of whole house humidifiers; I just find way too many problems with houses that have them. How 'bout you?
Charles - Thanks for the kind words.
Reuben - I agree. In most instances I have found more of an issue associated with humidifiers, generally allocated to the fact that home owners just fail to adjust them according to the current climate/season. I do however think they can be beneficial in the right instance, wood floors, person or persons in the household suffering from dry or bloody noses etc. Hope you had a good holiday, one of these days I will manage to get up your way to an ASHI meeting and we will have to finally meet in person and chat. Hope you and the Structure Tech team have a safe and prosperous new year!
Randy, good post---we could all do a lot to improve the air quality of our homes by installing whole-house air exchange/filtration systems---should be required in all homes. The mold "industry" wouldn't like it much though :)