Re: Does using humidifers in the winter spread mold, bacteria?

[Guest guest]

Wow! I thought 35% was pretty low and always thought RH should be 50 or

below. Right now ours seems to be running between 35 to 38 %. Older people

(like

my mother) always said to run a humidifier in the winter so the furniture

doesn't dry out but what did they do years ago without them?! Did the house and

furniture dry out and fall apart?

Sue

If you do choose to use one, make sure you pick the right kind, and

buy an instrument called a hygrometer (they cost as little as $10)

that measures humidity in the air. Ideally, humidity should not go

above about 35 percent, said C. May, a chemist-turned-

building investigator who is also the author of " The Mold Survival

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