Dammit. I can’t edit the title: whole house, not while house.
We need to replace our HVAC and we are considering adding a humidifier to the system. If you have one of these, please let me know whether maintenance and/or cleaning is a pain, whether it works as intended, or any other issues or problems I should know about. Thanks!
We have a whole-house humidifier. Not sure if you're looking to humidify or dehumidify.
We added it just after moving in, because the house was new construction, with woods behind us, and H was convinced that all the new wood was sucking the moisture out of the air.
We have two HVAC units, so each got a little add-on. They've been pretty much maintenance free. One started dripping/leaking after about 8 years. That's when we learned they had filters that should be changed. We bought new filters (that weren't overly expensive) and the issue resolved itself. I honestly don't remember how frequently they're supposed to be changed.
Basically it's been a set it and forget it thing. H monitored the humidity of the house with an (amazon) agrometer for a while, and might go to the basement and tinker with the dials occasionally. It makes him happy, and I don't feel like my skin is particularly dry ever, so. Yay.
We do! We replaced our furnace about a year ago and added it in. Maintenence is easy. It works really well as intended. Previously, I hated constantly filling humidifiers around the house for 5 months of the year. It really makes the house comfortable, and I haven't had that itchy, dry skin feeling. We are acquaintances with our HVAC guy and he recommended it and has one himself.
I do find that when someone is sick, I still put an extra small humidifier in the room to try to help.
We have one and maintenance is so much easier than the little room humidifiers. Ours has a cartridge that needs to be changed once a year and it just takes like 10 minutes maybe. It’s made a huge difference in our house and was so worth it.