with it being so cold outside i have to constantly keep my radiators going to keep me and my children warm inside but it is drying out the air in my apartment horribly to the point every body in the house needs to lubricate their noses every night or suffer a nose bleed. ive tried a humidifier and boiling water over the stove during the day to moisten the air but its not doing the trick.this seems to be a problem throughout the year. what other options do i have?
2007-02-10 11:50:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
The addition of a humidifier sounds like a good idea.
In my home I keep 5 fish tanks/aquaria and that helps fight the dryness of the air.
I have two tanks in my bedroom and 3 in the living room.
Keeping fish would also be an entertaining hobby for the kids to watch.
2007-02-10 12:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have your humidifier going and get a very small fan or fans and have it going at a very low blowing and have sitting behide it a small bowl of water..but make sure that the kids are not near it or your animals..this will help add some moister in the room..but if you got your heat up very high to keep warm..that is part of the problem it's taking everything out and keep the place very dry..I hope this helps cause thats what i did..maybe turn your heat down just a wee bit but not making it cold..
2007-02-10 12:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Spice M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy another humidifier, or two or three. Make sure you get the warm mist ones, the cool mist ones do didley-squat and dealing with the filters is a pain.
Run the humidifiers day and night (at least while you are home), on their highest settings.
We had the same problem at our house until we threw away our cool mist humidifiers and replaced them with warm mist ones.
2007-02-10 11:59:48 · answer #3 · answered by kris 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have the old style radiator than put a tub/pot of water on it and let the radiator accelerate the evaporation with its heat.
Otherwise a humidifier is the only other practical alternative.
2007-02-10 11:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by John 16 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
depending on how big your apartment is, 1 humidifier probably isnt enough.,.... i would get one for every room {if you have small children make sure there up away from where the kids can get to it} also, as nasty as it feels, a couple squirts of plain saline nasal spray helps with keeping the nose from bleeding {i live in the carribean and am in AC all day-- i have issues with being to dry, and use saline every day}
have you talked with your apt manager? they might have some ideas for you also....
2007-02-10 11:55:57 · answer #5 · answered by asailorsstar 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are many options available for humidifiers these days.
Check out just some of what is available at this page.
http://www.freeadstb.com/humidifier/
2007-02-10 15:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by arley_vest 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place pots of water on radiators
2007-02-10 11:56:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
buy a humidifier, they are about $70-$120, or put the sprinkler in your house
2007-02-10 11:53:49 · answer #8 · answered by I am Jennifer Lopez (official) 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a indoor fountain works great for adding moister to the air and great for house plants .
2007-02-10 11:56:36 · answer #9 · answered by ken m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
humdifiers are great cus they heat the water so its warm and humid its also great to have with small children around
2007-02-10 11:58:38 · answer #10 · answered by double trouble!! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋