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Why Humidity Matters in Summer? 10 Tips + Video on How to Minimize Moisture for Your House in the Summer.
This is no Do-It-Yourself project. Sure you can check whether your house is being encroached by mold and moist, you need to hire a group of pros to fully examine the condition of your house, and to determine whether you need to install extra additions to protect your house and your health. Heirloom Design Build has a team of pro specialized in inspecting, renovating, and maintaining residences. Please contact us if you need a house make-over, or humidity-control installation.
If the relative humidity in your home is too high or too low, you could be suffering with allergies or sinus problems, especially if you live in Atlanta where the thunderstorm-heavy summers can be extremely moist and humid. Air conditioning prevents air circulation; other places, such as the attic and basement, might be full of dust mites and mold spores because of the moist. This is an important concern because we always keep our air-conditioned living area nice and dry, while the rest of the house might be soaking wet in the swampy weather. Read on to discover a strategy for keeping dust mite and mold allergen under control this summer.
Here is an episode of House Detective showing you what kind of damage summer moisture and mold will do to your house, and your health.
To minimize unwanted summer humidity, the primary step is to eliminate source of humidity in the house:
1. Fix drainage problems around the house. If your house is located on a lower ground, moisture will flow toward the foundation after a rainstorm. The moist will damp the wall and seep through the foundation walls into your house. Make sure the drainage system works properly to get rid of the extra moisture.
2.Install gutters. Capturing rainwater that falls on the roof using gutters, and then directing that water into downspouts and pipes to move it away from the house, rather than letting that water drip off the roof edge, is a great way to minimize moisture entry through the foundation. To avoid the need for gutters, some people secure a layer of polyethylene to the foundation wall below ground level and slope it away from the foundation–in effect moving the gutter to the bottom of the wall.
3. Fix leaks. If rainwater is making its way into your house through leaks, get a contractor in to identify and fix those leaks and prevent decay problems.
4. Insulate water pipes. Insulation around cold-water pipes prevent condensation, which can dampen surfaces in the house and contribute to high humidity levels.
5. Always use a bathroom fan while showering. If you have one, use it. If you don’t, install one–a high-quality, quiet fan that you and your family are likely to actually use. If you have a bath fan but tend not to use it because it’s too noisy, replace it with a quiet model or discipline yourself to use it anyway, given the benefits.
6. Wipe down the shower after use. Using a squeegee to remove water droplets from the shower after use will direct that water down the drain. Otherwise, that water will evaporate and contribute to the home’s indoor humidity.
7. Use a kitchen range hood fan. It should be ducted directly to the outdoors; avoid range hood fans that simply filter and recirculate cooking odors, because those fans don’t remove moisture.
8. Put houseplants outside in the summer so that they won’t be introducing moisture into your house.
9. Don’t dry laundry indoors. If you hang laundry to dry, hang it outside during the summer months. If you use a clothes dryer, make sure that the exhaust hose is property installed and that leaks are not introducing moisture into the house. Periodically clean exhaust hoses to prevent clogging.
10. Never dry firewood indoors. Avoid this practice, as the wood dries it will release huge quantities of moisture into the house–just when you don’t want that moisture.
