ᐅ Low Indoor Humidity Level (25%)

Hello dear community,

A few months ago, we moved into a newly built wooden house (prefabricated house) from 2017, equipped with a comfort climate heating system.
After developing dry skin, my husband bought a humidity meter.
It consistently shows an average humidity level of around 25%.

We have already tried several things: humidifiers, airing out the rooms, drying laundry indoors, leaving doors open while showering/bathing, placing plants...

Unfortunately, none of these measures have been very effective. I don’t want to keep drying laundry in the living areas all the time, and I’m not completely satisfied with the humidifiers.

Is this normal in wooden houses?
Does anyone have experience with this?

I appreciate every reply!

Thank you and best regards,
Minuk

The "Comfort Climate Heating" was named that way just to make it sellable. My condolences, but it has nothing to do with a timber house. Setting up several humidifiers should help somewhat, though.

You don’t have a wooden house; you have a timber frame structure built using prefabricated construction methods – by the way, with a 5-year warranty according to the Building Code.

Comfort climate heating: is this a Schwörer house?

The air outside is currently extremely dry. When ventilating (manually or with a system), this dry air naturally enters the house. This is completely normal. With a controlled ventilation system, the effect is even more pronounced because you have a continuous exchange of air.

We had the same problem during winter. Cold air from outside turns into warm, extremely dry air indoors. I can recommend the Venta air washer. It’s not cheap, but it has helped a lot. And (allegedly) there are no hygiene concerns with this device.

Minuk1234567 schrieb:

with a comfort climate heating system.

Hehe, I can only agree with Lumpi on that. The name here is just marketing and nothing more. Humidifiers, air washers, laundry – all of that helps.