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The thermostat says 74° and does not have a humidity reading. The meter says 76° and 63% humidity. That's why the house feels sticky no matter where you set it.
We test your home and your AC system with real instruments, not guesses, so we know how high the humidity is, where it’s worst and what’s keeping your AC from removing it.
It’s the system, the airflow, the ductwork, the house itself, or more than one. The readings show which, and why.
About 75° and 50–55% humidity in your home, guaranteed in writing.
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If you’ve ever asked yourself why is my house so humid when the AC is running all day, you’re not alone. These are the signs we see most:
Any one of these means there’s high humidity in your house, and your AC isn’t removing it the way it should.
If you’ve called more than one company about the humidity in your house, there’s a good chance you’ve heard it: “This is Florida. It’s humid. That’s just the way it is.”
You’re not wrong for thinking something’s off. You’re right.
Think about it. We can fly a 400-ton airplane across the ocean. We can float a ship the size of a city. And your air conditioner is literally designed to take moisture out of the air. So why would lowering the humidity in your home be impossible?
It isn’t. Most technicians are trained to fix what breaks, not to design how a system should perform in your house. When the system wasn’t selected, sized and installed for how your home is built and how your family lives, it can’t control humidity, no matter how cold you set it.
That’s the work we do. We perform humidity and HVAC performance testing to find why your house stays humid, correct it, and guarantee in writing about 75° and 50–55% humidity, even in the peak of summer.
A home we corrected: 77° and 48% humidity, even better than our target. We aim for about 75° and 50–55%, and we either hit that goal or beat it. We install thermostats that show the humidity, so you can see it anytime.
Most people think Florida’s biggest problem is heat. It isn’t. It’s moisture. An AC can bring the temperature down and still leave the air damp, and damp air is what makes a home feel sticky, muggy and uncomfortable.
That’s why home humidity levels matter as much as the number on the thermostat. A home at 75° with 50% humidity feels cooler and more comfortable than a home at 72° with 60% humidity, because drier air lets your body cool itself naturally.
The right target: about 75° and 50–55% humidity, in every room.
Your AC removes moisture while it runs. If something keeps it from running the right way, the moisture stays in your home. The most common reasons:
Bigger is not better. The wrong size is one of the biggest causes of humidity problems in Florida.
Real humidity control starts with understanding the house, not just the AC. Before we recommend anything, we look at:
Your AC doesn’t just fight Florida weather. It also has to remove the moisture your household creates every day, and two homes the same size can create very different amounts:
That’s why we design around your household, not just your square footage.
There are about 54 manufacturers in this country building more than 17,000 different combinations of outdoor units, indoor units and features. And they don’t just build for Florida. They build for every climate in the country and around the world.
A home in Idaho or Colorado has the opposite problem from yours. The air is so dry they need to add moisture to the house. A Florida home has to remove it, all day, most of the year. The same equipment can behave very differently depending on how it’s matched and set up.
The manufacturer has no idea where its equipment will end up. That’s why choosing the right unit, the right indoor and outdoor match and the right features for your home, where it sits and how your family lives in it decides how well your indoor humidity is controlled. They are not all designed the same, and they don’t all perform the same.
The outdoor unit, indoor unit, coil and controls all have to be matched to each other, and to your home. That’s where the performance comes from.
You can’t pick a system off the shelf. You have to know what your home requires. When it’s done right, the comfort is dramatic, and we guarantee it in writing.
Spray foam keeps heat out, and that’s a good thing. But it changes what your home needs from its AC. With so little heat getting in, the system has to spend much more of its effort removing moisture and much less on cooling.
Most standard AC systems are built the other way around. In a spray foam home they cool the house quickly and shut off before the moisture is removed, leaving it cool but damp, musty and at risk for mold. The usual workarounds, like adding a dehumidifier or undersizing the unit, are band-aids that are hard to get right.
There are specific systems designed for exactly this condition. They’re rare, unique units, and matching a spray foam home is their purpose. When the right one is selected and installed correctly, it controls the humidity on its own.
We’ve solved humidity in spray foam homes across Florida, and we guarantee the results in writing: about 75° and 50–55% humidity.
A lot of companies answer a humidity problem by selling a separate dehumidifier. In most homes, needing one means the AC system wasn’t designed or installed correctly in the first place. Adding another machine covers up the problem. It doesn’t fix it.
We fix the cause, so your AC handles the dehumidification itself, the way it should. Often that means duct modifications and setting up your existing system correctly, not buying a new one. When a system truly can’t get there, we’ll show you why and what your home requires.
Your AC should dry your home on its own. When it’s designed right, it does.
A whole-home dehumidifier is not a fix for an AC that isn’t removing humidity. When a house stays humid, the cause is almost always poor system design or the wrong equipment. Adding a dehumidifier on top of that is a band-aid. We correct the AC so it removes humidity the way it should.
Once the AC is designed and installed correctly, some homes still have spaces that make far more moisture than normal living does. Those specific spaces get a dedicated dehumidifier. Units of this type are classified as whole-home dehumidifiers, even when they serve only part of the house. Examples:
• A room with a large fish tank or aquarium
• A room with an indoor hot tub, spa or pool
• A room full of plants, such as a sunroom or greenhouse room
• A spray foam attic. Foam seals the attic, which cuts the heat but traps humidity inside it. A dehumidifier is what keeps that sealed space dry.
We size and place the dehumidifier for that space, so the rest of the house is handled by an AC that’s doing its job.
We follow Building Performance Institute (BPI) principles, and we measure instead of guess.
We’ve solved humidity and comfort problems in dozens and dozens of homes across Florida. Hear it from the homeowners.
Watch Steve’s Story
The problem: Steve called us to replace his AC. His 5-ton unit was too big for the house. He was too cold, his wife was too hot, and a bedroom that got morning sun was always hot.
What we did: Our load calculation showed the home needed 3 tons, not 5. We installed a correctly sized variable-speed system with humidity control.
The result: Every room is now the same temperature and humidity, including the sunny room, and they’re both comfortable.
Watch Louisa’s Story
The problem: An older home with a 3-ton split system, plus a 1-ton through-the-wall unit trying to cool an enclosed lanai with no ductwork. The lanai never matched the rest of the house.
What we did: The way the house was built, there was no way to run ductwork into the lanai. So we engineered around it. We modified her existing ductwork, selected and sized one 2-ton variable-speed system with humidity control, and set it up to carry comfort into the lanai without a single new duct. The wall unit came out.
The result: The lanai now has the same temperature and humidity as the rest of the house, with less equipment than before.
Before you call anyone, here’s how to reduce humidity in your house with a few simple checks:
If your meter still reads above 55% after these checks, the problem is in your system or your house. That’s what we fix, and we guarantee the results.
When moisture stays in your home, it doesn’t just feel uncomfortable. It gives mold what it needs to grow, often inside the AC itself, where it spreads through the ductwork to every room.
A system that controls humidity correctly doesn’t grow mold. If yours already has it, the humidity problem and the mold have to be fixed together.
We’ve done this in dozens and dozens of homes across Florida. We know how to get there, so we put it on paper.
We don’t just say your home will be comfortable. We guarantee it.
In a Florida home, about 50–55% humidity at around 75° is the target, even in the peak of summer. When indoor humidity stays above 60%, the home feels sticky and mold can start to grow.
Because your AC is cooling but not removing enough moisture. The usual causes are a system that’s oversized and shuts off before it dries the air, air not moving through the ducts correctly, humid air leaking in, or a system that isn’t set up for humidity. How your household lives adds moisture too. Testing shows which one it is in your home.
A service call usually confirms the AC runs, and a new AC often inherits the same ductwork, airflow and setup problems as the old one. Running isn’t the same as removing humidity. We perform humidity and HVAC performance testing to find what’s keeping your home damp, correct it and guarantee the result in writing.
No. Florida air is humid, but the inside of your home doesn’t have to be. Your air conditioner is designed to remove moisture. When the system is selected, sized and installed correctly for your home and how your family lives, it holds the humidity where it should be. We guarantee about 75° and 50–55% humidity in writing, even in the peak of summer.
Start with the simple checks: fan on AUTO, exhaust fans that vent outside, a connected dryer vent and doors and windows closed. If you still want to know how to lower humidity in your house for good, the cause is usually in the AC system or the house itself, and that’s what we find and fix.
In most homes, no. Needing a separate dehumidifier usually means the AC system wasn’t designed or installed correctly. We fix the cause so your AC controls the humidity on its own.
Not always. Many humidity problems can be fixed with duct modifications and setting up the existing system correctly. If your system truly can’t get there, we’ll show you why and what your home requires.
Learn more about ductwork modification and redesign.
Spray foam keeps heat out so well that a standard AC cools the house quickly and shuts off before removing the moisture. Spray foam homes need a system selected specifically for that condition.
Yes. Moisture that stays in your home gives mold what it needs to grow, often inside the AC system, where it can spread through the ductwork.
Yes. We guarantee about 75° and 50–55% humidity in your home, even in the peak of summer, in writing.
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