Anyone have a while-house humidifier?

[rosiebear]

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!

[cereal K]

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.

[rosiebear]

Omg, I must be tired. Looking to HUMIDIFY. Edited post. Thank you for the info!

[redhead610]

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.

[maudefindlay]

We do. It's 10 years old and we've never had any issues. DH changes the filter every so often and that is it.

[litasail]

We do! It works great. We really don't ever have to do anything to it that I'm aware of.

[aprilsails]

We do! Since we're in Canada and have pretty big swings in seasons DH tinkers with the settings more often. But it's so nice.

[felicity]

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.

[kath16]

We included one when we replaced the HVAC last year and have noticed a difference. Our house was very dry

[icedcoffee]

Love ours. Maintenance is change the filter once a year. I notice a huge difference. I haven't had skin issues since getting it.

[rosiebear]

Y’all have absolutely convinced me. Thank you for the information!