Homemade humidifiers

[blueyz72]

I am wondering if anyone has any good, easy and effective methods of making their own humidifiers at home. It is chilly in the NorthEast US and this means the heat is on more often at home(at school my classeoom is VERY dry ALL the time so need help there too). My apt is becoming very dry in some areas, it is starting to affect my health and items

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[marzipan_robots]

You would have to be extremely careful with this, and if you have pets or children you should avoid it all together, but the only thing I can think of is to maybe get a fondue pot (you can find these super cheap at Goodwill or similar stores), fill the pot with water, and then set it over the flame (you have to fill the little spongy burner with denatured alcohol. just enough for the sponge inside to absorb it all.) You would have to check on it often obviously. You need some kind of heat to produce any kind of vapor, so finding something you're comfortable with using I guess would be key here. I'm lucky enough to have a humidifier connected to the furnace, so I've never had to think about it.

Good luck!

[blueyz72]

None to worry about(pets all in tanks)and this would work while home.

[sleepykiwi]

My roommate puts water in a crockpot and turns it on. Seems to be working.

[blueyz72]

I have done this in the winter when I am home, I am looking for things I can leave when I'm not at home as well. Crockpots are good for many things :)

[av_chick]

That's what my mom does with her old one. It works really well.

[wait]

You don't need heat to add moisture to the air. Just having open containers of water will improve the humidity.

So long as you don't have kids or pets, you can leave an inch of water in the tub or sink.

[mattiescottage]

Just a small contribution to your humidity, but every bit might help:

Set up a drying rack in the rooms that need humidifying and hang your laundry there to dry.

Or, if you have and use a clothes dryer instead, you could disconnect the dryer hose to let the humidity pump back into the house rather than outside (assuming your code allows this).

[blueyz72]

I just bought a new drying rack, will start hanging more clothes. Thanks :)

[marzipan_robots]

Just note (for anyone else looking for suggestions) that if you have a GAS dryer, this is a really really bad idea because of fumes.

[mattiescottage]

Oh, wow. Thanks for pointing that out. I so rarely see gas dryers that I tend to forget that they exist--and I had no idea how they were vented. Yeah, never vent your gas appliances into your house. Bad idea.

I do know that for electric dryers, though, there used to be a little plastic device you could use purchase to run your dryer hose into if you couldn't get access to run to the outside of a building. The device basically was a little reservoir of water which apparently was designed to trap fine lint that escaped the regular lint screen.

[dom_ino]

I'll sometimes leave out a big pot of water with a sponge sticking out of it.