Whole house humidifier
 

Do any of you use a portable whole house humidifier. Ours has bit the dust and I am looking for recommendations. Help me out, It's dryer than a cob fart here when we turn the heat on:eek:

Well, to be most efficient for a 'whole house' treatment, you need to look into units that attach to your central furnace/AC system duct system. Then the moist air is pumped into ALL the rooms, unlike a small, portable unit.

Call your AC/Furnace contractor.

Mo, I want to avoid that. We only use our heat a few months out of the year.

Run 'blower only' mode;).

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Me, I just put a little room humidifier under the central HVAC inlet and call it a day... :)

I use them year round. I used to have a "whole house one (12 gallons), but it was loud and didn't do a good job except nearby. It was also a pain to fill. I replaced it with two smaller ones with their own tanks. They are much easier to fill, quieter, and I have one upstairs and one down. Putting them in the furnace creates too many problems with rust for me.
The best deal I could find were on hunter 3.5 gal units from iallergy.com

I'd like to know a bit more about the type you hook into your central heating system.

Drink lots of tea (tea kettle). :D

I have an indoor hot tub and an indoor atrium; lots of humidity :)

You can buy those ones that hook up to your furnace/central air.
They're a drum with a sponge like material that spins and sucks up the water off a tray,
Then the forced air is blown over the drum/sponge.
They're simple to install and most houses in Western Canada have them.

The trick is to treat the water in the tray and clean them often; otherwise they can be nasty.
Waterline is much like a fridge water line.
fyi,

You guys use heat in AZ? Thought all you did was use chilled air?

Generally they are plumbed into your ductwork and either inject steam or have a wet pad that the forced air blows through or past.
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Rob, The heat is for the, um, kids. Yeah that's it the kids. Oh, and the dog, God forbid he gets cold.:D

Last night I disconnected the dryer vent. Seemed to help some. After a few more loads we should have a good humidity in the house and it will smell fresh like Bounce :p