I'm suffering from dry eyes at the moment and low humidity indoors doesn't help. Yesterday was much better because we were drying clothes indoors on a rack and the internal humidity went up to over 70%. Down to 56% today and I can tell the difference.
I've Googled for humidifiers and they are a lot of money. One alternative is one of those tacky indoor fountains, but they are tacky.
I don't think I want an open pot of water (spill hazard and not very evapourative) or a tray of water with a fan blowing across (too noisy, bulky, potentially risky).
So - has anyone solved this problem? Cheap, effective etc.
I have the opposite problem, too much humidity. Before you put the humidity up more long term you may want to consider some of the possible side effects: Increased occurrence of black mould, especially on wallpaper or places where the air doesn't flow very easily such as behind furniture. Leather goods such as handbags/shoes/coats etc getting a white mould. General musty smell. Wet cold surfaces such as floor tiles behind and under furniture.
I don't know about that, but I did forget to mention books, papers, magazines, pictures on the wall etc going limp or warping and the confounded salt pot keep clogging up due to it absorbing moisture out of the air - it might only have a little hole but it is surprising how much moisture it sucks in through it when the humidity is high!
I have to leave a dehumidifier running here most of the time or the humidity related problems just run riot.
I am now using eye drops 'artificial tears' regulalry because I have a tendency to dry eyes, which gives rise to blepharitis, and on to cysts and othe infections. It would be worth talking to your GP
Well you could just empty the wet bulb of your humidity station... ;-)
Depending on room and rad distribution, you could: Put a 'washing line' over the bath and hang a cotton sheet over it so that the end hangs in some water left in the bath for the purpose. This would work best if the bath was downstairs and you left the bathroom window open a tad to draw air in over the damp sheet, and into the rest of the house.
And why not continue drying clothes on your rack if it works so well: no need to wash them every time to get them wet?
Leave the lids off saucepans when cooking. Take lots of showers.
Similarly if you can find some long water containers to fit under rads, you could use the sheet trick there too. and I wonder if those horrible scent things people stick in their plug sockets could be filled with water instead. You could even spray the curtains with water, or keep a hand mist sprayer to hand.
Incidentally, when we had a dust problem in a printing plate coating room a fortune was spent on a 'state of the art' air ioniser/deioniser, without success, before the answer was found to be boiling a kettle in the room. You might find making your tea in your dry room is sufficient.
:-) At last some practical suggestions. However I am trying to avoid large areas of wet fabric unless absolutely necessary. I don't particularly want to boil a kettle in the room on a regular basis (apart from anything else boiling water is a potential hazard), but find something compact which provides a steady supply of moisture. Perhaps I am finding out why they can charge so much for humidifiers.
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