Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Jeff, Would a heat pump be forced hot air heat? I have allergies really bad...could the heat be making my head hurt? I never had a heat pump before. I sure hope my heat pump is not causing these problems in me....if so, I don't think I can tell anyone. My husband went out on a limb to get me in a brand new home and I can't say now, " the heat pump is making me sick! " lol! Jackie --- Jeff May <jeff@...> wrote: <SNIP> > But if you have allergies, try to avoid homes forced > hot air heat!!! > > > C. May, M.A., CIAQP > > > >8a. Humidifiers > >Posted by: " barb1283 " barb1283@... barb1283 > >Date: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:38 pm ((PST)) > >Hi. I wasn't going to use a humidifier but humidity > in my house is at 20% >and my skin and lips are > bothering me. Does anyone have any tips of > >humidifying the air? I know we are all usually > trying to do the >opposite. I probably will only > need to for a couple of months. > > >I have an Aprilaire on the furnace but I have to > get a repair person to >look at it since it doesn't > seem to be working properly. > > >I used to have a portable that had a 'wick' type of > filter but I needed to >constantly change the > wicking filter as it would start to turn moldy very > >quickly. > > >Thanks > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Jeff, can you supply the model # of your humidfier? I looked them up but there are so many I don't know which one you are talking about. Thank you very much, Sue: Barb, The only safe type of portable humidifier boils the water. For the season, I never even have to clean my Honeywell QuietSteam. It has a timer, humidistat and digital RH readout. A drawback for folks who like quiet is that the unit makes some gurgling noise when boiling. For furnaces (central humidification)For furnaces (central humidification)<WB down a metal mesh pad and then drains the excess water away. NEVER use a rotating drum type. Check any humidification unit weekly during the heating season and be sure to shut it down during the cooling season. But if you have allergies, try to avoid homes forced hot air heat!!! C. May, M.A., CIAQP **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Thank you! Sorry Barb, It's QuickSteam, not QuietSteam. I use the model Honeywell HWM-450 QuickSteam Warm Mist Humidifier, for example: _http://www.iallergyhttp://www.iallehttp://www.iahttp_ (http://www.iallergy.com/product375/product_info.html) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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