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Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows an efficient, low-maintenance way to humidify the air. (See steps below.)

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Richard visits Charlotte, NC to install a whole-house humidifier. A whole-house humidifier should be installed by a professional HVAC contractor.

Steps for How to Install a Whole-House Humidifier:
1. Disconnect the flexible supply ducts from the sides of the heat pump.
2. Remove the existing main trunk from the top of the heat pump.
3. Build a new sheet metal trunk.
4. Cut three 4-inch-diameter holes into the top of the new main trunk.
5. Over each hole fasten a take-off fitting with balancing damper.
6. Mount a louvered sheet metal elbow to the top of the heat pump, then attach the new main trunk to the elbow.
7. Attach one 12-inch-diameter take-off fitting onto the side of the main trunk. Fasten a second fitting to the bottom of the trunk.
8. Cut a 2 1/2-inch hole in the back of the trunk, then insert the humidifier wand. Secure the wand to the trunk with sheet metal screws.
9. Run a new copper cold-water supply line from the water heater to the humidifier.
10. Connect a drain line from the humidifier to the existing drainpipe on the heat pump.
11. Have a licensed electrician run a new 220-volt circuit to the humidifier.
12. Control the humidifier with a humidistat set to approximately 35 or 40 percent.

Richard installed a Nortec Humidifer [https://www.condair.com/], model number RH2.

Expert assistance with this project was provided by AirTight Mechanical [https://www.atftservices.com/].

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  2. I need something like this. I bought a cabinet kind that just blows a fan through a filter. Doesn’t seem to be helping at all. I like that this one looks like a warm mist one. I believe those work better than the pass through a filter kind.

  9. Pfft. Whole house electric steam humidifier.

    Should have installed a nice oil-fired steam boiler with a dedicated low pressure steam system just to inject steam into the ductwork

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