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Humidity

George Berkeley
George Berkeley Member Posts: 40
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Humidity

Recently I read on the Wall a comment that one should not allow steam to vent into a house on purpose. It made sense.

However, today we took a real cold dip, and my steam heated house is working the boiler hard to keep up with the need for heat. In fact I have never seen it shut the boiler down on pressure before. I’m glad that I keep the system tuned up!!!!

I noted on my Honeywell PC8900 that the humidity has dropped to 15%. Humidity is not normally a problem for us, and such we do not have equipment to raise the level.

So, I was thinking why not just pull a vent and let a little steam into the house, just a bit each hour until I see some improvement.

What harm could that do?

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  • Mark Hunt
    Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,908
    Don't do it


    The list of potential problems this could cause is quite long so let's just stick to the two biggies.

    First, you will not be able to control the amount of moisture you are putting back into your home. Mold would be the issue with that.

    Second, this would cause the boiler to require more fresh make up water and that would bring more mineral deposits into the boiler. Lowers heat transfer ability.

    If you need to moisten things up a bit, place some pots of water on top of your radiators. The heat from the radiator will evaporate it and the humidity level will go up.

    My aunt would put orange peels in the pots, sort of a steam powered potpurri!!

    Hope this helps!

    Mark H

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