Whole House Humidifier

[Jet Fast Printing]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the market for a whole house humidifier, my son has terrible asthma so we MUST keep the humidity level in the house at about 30% and to be honest, I'm getting tired of filling humidifiers in every room.

Any brands I should look for, any I should avoid?

Thanks!

 

[Marlene]

is there a website or forum for parents of children with asthma? if so, that might be a good resource for info as you can get some feed back from other parents on what brands are good. you might also want to contact some of the bigger companies like Honeywell to see what they have to say. are you looking for one that is installed into your furnace or one of those big floor models that can do a whole house?

 

[Jet Fast Printing]

Good idea's Marlene, thanks.

I'm looking for one that mounts to the furnace, I am SICK of filling humidifiers! ;-)

 

[OldPaint]

what is your heat/air source? if you have a central HVAC either electric, gas, oil they make a duct work humidifier that you have put in the outgoing air duct that has a setup on it similar to your toilet bowl water control.
heres one example.
http://www.allergybuyersclubshopping.com/desert-spring-furnace-humidifiers.html

 

[Jet Fast Printing]

what is your heat/air source? if you have a central HAVC either electric, gas, oil they make a duct work humidifier that you have put in the outgoing air duct that has a setup on it similar to your toilet bowl water control.
heres one example.
http://www.allergybuyersclubshopping.com/desert-spring-furnace-humidifiers.html

it's central forced air, That's the kind I'm looking for. Any suggestions on what one to get? About 2000 square foot home.

Thanks everyone!

 

[OldPaint]

unless your gona install it i would contact a reputable HVAC company in your area and get them to figure out the best one for you.

 

[Jet Fast Printing]

I'll install, I've done it quite a few times (used to do installs for a living) just don't know what one to buy.

 

[LittleSnakey]

I have an Aprilaire on my forced air system. It works great there is a humidity setting knob at the furnace. The only problem I had with mine is the installer used one of those clamp-on water valves that pokes a hole in the copper pipe. After one year the valve failed and I replaced with a tee and a real shut-off valve.

 

[Bradster941]

http://www.aprilairehumidifierparts.com/?gclid=CPSb46Xa2KYCFcpQ2godIgwiJg

http://www.aprilaire.com/index.php?category=humid&znfAction=ProductsCat


Quality product from a old company.


Brad.

 

[Jet Fast Printing]

Hi-jack away! We just use some portable humidifiers here. Although my son is not allowed in the printing area with his asthma.

 

[signage]

Aprilaire is the way to go! I have several friends that do HVAC and this is what they told me!

 

[Mosh]

Our house is sealed so tight and we have a high e-furnace. Our humidity is 60% in the winter. We had to install a air intake to get it down to 40%.

 

[OldPaint]

i got the opposite problem in my shop..........i have DE-HUMIDIFIER running in there, need to puta hose on it, so i dont have to empty that sucker EVERYDAY))))))))))))))))))

 

[Mike Paul]

I have the Skuttle 2001 model installed in my home. http://www.skuttle.com/flowthru.html?vm=r

Doesn't humidify as much as I would like.

 

[LittleSnakey]

I didn't think of this till last night, but cleaning the duct work will probably help your kids asthma. My house is over 60 years old and when they cleaned the ducts out there was almost 2 kitchen sized bags of dirt. After that my allergy symptoms went away.

 

[Jet Fast Printing]

I didn't think of this till last night, but cleaning the duct work will probably help your kids asthma. My house is over 60 years old and when they cleaned the ducts out there was almost 2 kitchen sized bags of dirt. After that my allergy symptoms went away.

Thanks for the suggestion, we get that done every year.