This is entirely nice to know.
With Covid-19 going around I sure worry about the health and safety of my family, and I have looked online for ways to keep them safe, masks, hand washings and avoiding sizable crowds all make sense. However, what is less clear is how our heating and cooling should be inspected, however some sources say that frigid air is better to keep the virus load down! Other sources say that hot, humid air is better at killing the virus. Still others say it doesn’t matter so long as the air is dry. It is all entirely contradictory! Ultimately, I just decided to keep our house set at a comfortable temperature year round and to also invest in strong air filters. I got a strong air filter for our HVAC idea and I also got strong HEPA filters to place around the house, and that is the best that I can do for now. I did discover something interesting during all of my internet searches though. I discovered that overheated water boiler systems were, essentially, invented because of a virus outbreak about 100 years ago. Heat from boiler systems is a lot safer than forced air oil furnaces. This is because boiler systems don’t spread germs from one room into all of the rooms in the house. This is entirely nice to know. I kind of wish that our home had a boiler idea now, we wouldn’t need those old-fashioned radiators. I would be plenty cheerful with underfloor heating. I believe someone who uses a boiler idea for exactly that purpose and her floors are so warm and comfortable, now, if only they would figure out a way to cool our houses safely we would be all set.