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Originally Posted by Beverly
Josh,
In new construction, houses are sealed much better than in older homes, including around the windows. I would expect higher humidity in a new home than in an older home.
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I am going to disagree here Bev, new homes are designed to deal with humidity better than old homes by far. my older home out here even had a 87% humidity and when I put in new windows, sealed up the house better and added a air exchange unit my humidity went down to 55%.
my new house is even better at 52% and I am evaporating 5 gal a day into the main part of the house. that is how good the newer technology is at removing humidity.
as building codes evolve one of the main goals is controlling humidity to proper levels (between 40 and 60) as excessive humidity can cause sick house syndrome.
I would spend the 20 bucks and take some readings in different areas of the house myself if they said 20% originally and now saying much higher sounds fishy.
Steve
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