My roommate and my room is very dry year round. We have to keep the window open and the fan on (even in the Winter!) because it gets very hot, however, the room is also incredibly dry. Are there any inexpensive and efficient ways to add moisture to the room without buying a humidifier (which just isn't on our purchase list at the moment)?
2006-10-08 13:50:43 · 9 answers · asked by somedays_lovely_dreamer 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Get a BIG soup pot or other similar receptacle and take some newspaper and roll it up and secure with a rubber band or string and stand it (use can use several bundles of newspaper) up in the pot. The newspaper will draw up the water and the evaporation will help to humidify the area. BTW: you can find room humidifiers for under $30.....a good winter investment; just make sure it's a COOL mist system......so much healthier for you! If you have radiator heat, you can put the pot on top or get a really BIG bath sheet towel and soak it in water and wring it out really well....fold it up and put on top of the radiator; do this every night. Also...don't forget your nose & skin...use a saline solution spray for your nose, drink lots of water and use a good moisturizer all over.
2006-10-08 14:00:55 · answer #1 · answered by Di 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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My roommate and my room is very dry year round. We have to keep the window open and the fan on (even in the Winter!) because it gets very hot, however, the room is also incredibly dry. Are there any inexpensive and efficient ways to add moisture to the room without buying a humidifier (which just...
2015-08-19 05:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've got radiator type heat, set a pan of water on top... As it evaporates, it'll humidify the room.
2006-10-08 13:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by eric_aixelsyd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HAVE 2 PORTABLE ELECTRIC BURNERS I PUT ON A CUTTING BOARD COVERED WITH FOIL. I USE 2 LARGE, OLD POTS FOR BOILING WATER AND I PLACE THEM AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF MY LIVING ROOM ON THE FLOOR WHERE THEY WILL BE OUT OF THE WAY AND CLOSE TO AN OUTLET. EVERY FEW TIMES I HAVE TO REFILL THEM I MAKE SURE TO CLEAN THEM AS THE LIME, ETC, BUILDS UP. I DON'T HEAT THE WATER WHEN I'M GONE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO GET ALL THE HUMIDITY YOU NEED. YOU COULD DO THAT ON THE KITCHEN STOVE IF IT WILL CIRCULATE INTO OTHER ROOMS BUT THIS GETS HUMIDITY ANYWHERE YOU PLACE THEM AND IT TAKES ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO GET GOING. THE THING I LIKE MOST IS IT'S EASY TO STORE THEM, YOU CAN USE THEM FOR COOKING IF YOU'RE SHORT A STOVE BURNER AND THEY ARE CHEAPER THAN A HUMIDIFIER. IF YOU HAVE A PORTABLE CLOTHES HANGER, LIKE THE KIND YOU DRY CLOTHING ON, THAT WILL HELP WHEN YOU DO LAUNDRY.
2006-10-08 15:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by X 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
put a couple small pots of water at each end of your room, should take care of the problem, clean the pots and water once a week...this may take week or two to start working.
2006-10-08 13:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by sidekick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" Back in the days..." My Great-grandma used to keep a teapot on the stove and would boil it every so often, We had tea nearly every day anyway. The steam would add some moisture to the room.
2006-10-08 14:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by PleiadesMom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place a pot of water in from of the fan. Dry air should evaporate the water.
2006-10-08 13:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boiling water or if you have a steam iron you could use that.(at your own risk).
2006-10-08 13:59:30 · answer #9 · answered by brzrxor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
install some live greenery, house plants,big ones,
2006-10-08 14:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by Martinibeanie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋