bradfordwhite
Well-known member
#54 Bob
"the heat was dry, uncomfrtable."
I've heard other people describe it as so. You're right, it depends on what one is used to.
The house I grew up in was a 1960 built tract ranch house with oil forced air. It has a certain smell when running as there must be particles of oil mist that get into the air and the inside of the pipes. When the furnace was changed to gas around 1976 it smelled different but still that smell....has a quaint memory with it even though I would never live with oil or gas heat again.
I've gone in other houses where the smell was present and it brought back memories.
Depending on which side of the dry-line you live on in TX perhaps you are more used to a humid environment.
In a cold climate like the upper midwest or the north east you have to add humidification to stay healthy because no matter what type heat you have, it gets dangerously dry. That is the suffocation feeling you are most likely referring to. If you were staying temporarily in a hotel, its' doubtful they had humidification in the rooms.
If you run a furnace to 75 degrees there and never add a humidifier, don't have any house plants, add little water vapor from any other source like an aquarium, taking showers, a lot of cooking, and having several people in the home, it would get very dry. We're talking single digits percentage. It would cause the wood trim around the windows to shrink and crack. Other furniture would get damaged as well. And yes it would be difficult to breath, you'd be more susceptible to infections and dry skin.
Where I live now, it's always humid, some time too humid, but I'd rather deal with that.
"the heat was dry, uncomfrtable."
I've heard other people describe it as so. You're right, it depends on what one is used to.
The house I grew up in was a 1960 built tract ranch house with oil forced air. It has a certain smell when running as there must be particles of oil mist that get into the air and the inside of the pipes. When the furnace was changed to gas around 1976 it smelled different but still that smell....has a quaint memory with it even though I would never live with oil or gas heat again.
I've gone in other houses where the smell was present and it brought back memories.
Depending on which side of the dry-line you live on in TX perhaps you are more used to a humid environment.
In a cold climate like the upper midwest or the north east you have to add humidification to stay healthy because no matter what type heat you have, it gets dangerously dry. That is the suffocation feeling you are most likely referring to. If you were staying temporarily in a hotel, its' doubtful they had humidification in the rooms.
If you run a furnace to 75 degrees there and never add a humidifier, don't have any house plants, add little water vapor from any other source like an aquarium, taking showers, a lot of cooking, and having several people in the home, it would get very dry. We're talking single digits percentage. It would cause the wood trim around the windows to shrink and crack. Other furniture would get damaged as well. And yes it would be difficult to breath, you'd be more susceptible to infections and dry skin.
Where I live now, it's always humid, some time too humid, but I'd rather deal with that.