Need a litlte help

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Beverly

Also, I ask the same question to anyone else on the Prairies who knows how humid their house is.

I track my humidity zealously during the winter. I alsorun a dehumidifier to keep the humidity down a bit. If I don't, I get serious weepage of my windows.

I found that air movement makes a huge difference. Unfortunately windows coverings can make a huge difference too. If you have coverings that actually add to the R factor (or whatever the term is), trapping air underneath them, then humidity buildup can get pretty bad.

Anyhow, my house runs around 50%, give or take. On a cold snap I'll try to get it down to about 35% or so. I can't get it any lower than that.

On an aside, I found these digital hygrometers to be hugely variable. I have two that can read up to 15% apart. And the hygrometer on my digital house thermostat is equally out there. And you get funny looks if you ask the folks at Radio Shack / Home Depot / Canadian Tire / Rona / etc. (all the places that sell these sorts of things) questions about how well they're calibrated, or accuracy or precision. Nothing like spending $70 on a new digital thermostat and have it read different than your $30 hygrometer. Which one is correct? Which one do you take back? And what excuse do you use for returning it? "Um, well it's not really broken, but I don't believe the number it gives me." So you buy another one, throw another $30 at the problem, and gee, it gives you yet-another-wildly-out-there number.

So basically all I can conclusively tell you is that my house is between 20% and 70%. I think.