About Humidity

We breathe in and out 20,000 times each day. We breathe 12,000 litres of air per day but spend most of our lives inside buildings where the air quality is often poor - dry, smoky, dusty and stale.

It is important to our health that the air we breathe is free of dust, toxins, tobacco smoke, allergens such as pollen and spores, and other harmful airborne particles. There are up to 20 million particles in a cubic metre of room air. This level is twenty times greater than that found in the air at a busy road junction. And up to two hundred thousand times greater than at the seaside. To make matters even worse, when we heat our domestic and working areas in winter, the air becomes far too dry. The consequences for our health of dry or impure air can be severe.

Maintaining the correct humidity in our environment will also prevent problems such as electrostatic shocks, sore eyes and throats, and respiratory and skin ailments associated with dry air, or mould and mildew associated with damp conditions. The right environmental conditions also protect valuable furnishings and works of art in museums or galleries, and electronic equipment in offices or laboratories.

...and enjoy the benefits
• Better health
• Freedom from air pollution
• Preservation of your furniture and valuables

 Air purification and humidification have to play a key role in our efforts to obtain the optimum room climate for the protection of our health.

  The consequences of dry air

Discomfort, tiredness, sickness.
Breathing in dry air makes the uptake of oxygen and its subsequent transfer to the blood system more difficult. Fatigue, tiredness and reduced concentration levels are symptoms of a reduced oxygen supply.

Dry skin.
Low relative humidity results in greater loss of moisture from the skin's outer layers. It becomes dry, rough and flaky, and has a tendency to become inflamed.

Damage to wooden objects.
Furniture and other wooden objects have a dull surface in dry room air. They dry out and eventually cracks will appear.

Increased levels of dust.
Humidity binds dust. Dry room air causes dust to rise. This is made worse by the thermal currents created by the radiators.

Out of tune musical instruments.
Low moisture content in room air will cause musical instruments to go out of tune.