One year ago, I moved much further south.
I was anxious to get away from the sub zero temperatures as well as snow accumulation of the north.
I’d had more than enough of bundling up in our wool coat, lacing up heavy boots as well as spending endless hours shoveling as well as scraping off ice. I loathed being trapped inside the apartment for more than half the year, reliant on the oil furnace. My heat bills were always enormous. With the oil furnace blasting at maximum capacity for nearly eight months straight, the indoor environment would become overly dry. The insufficient humidity led to problems with thin, chapped lips, frizzy hair, headaches as well as difficulty sleeping. Because dry air feels much cooler than officially moisturized air, it’s always tempting to turn up the control unit. This makes the problem far worse as well as increases the cost of daily energy bills. After putting up with long, extreme Winters for four decades, I was ready for a change. I looked forward to sun as well as warm weather. I wasn’t prepared for the challenges of higher humidity. It wasn’t long before I realized that moving south easy created the opposite troubles. I was now feeling trapped in the apartment because of brutal heat. Despite the HVAC running at maximum cool, there was condensation running down the windows as well as the air felt sticky… Overly high humidity levels create the perfect breeding ground for mold, mildew, harmful bacteria as well as dust mites. It causes fatigue as well as health troubles as well as encourages using lower control unit settings. I finally called a local Heating as well as A/C corporation as well as discussed the peculiar styles of whole-apartment dehumidifiers. I needed to be comfortable in our new home, be proactive about air quality as well as avoid needless expenses.