Benefits of Humidifier

Using a homemade humidifier you can prevent many problems. Humidifiers can help to prevent the loss of skin moisture, and thus prevent drying of the skin. Home humidification is especially beneficial for people suffering from sinus problems. The humidifiers help to increase the moisture inside the nose, and allow in mucus secretions. Humidifiers also help to maintain indoor house plants, as plants need a good moisture level for their growth. Humidifiers can also be used as a preventive measure against throat and nasal problems. Home humidification can also prevent the spread of germs and flu. These were the benefits of a humidifier, now let us look at the steps for making the homemade humidifiers.

How to Make a Homemade Humidifier

Given below are three homemade humidifier solutions, which are easy to make and can be used to prevent a dry air environment inside the house.

Making a Sponge Humidifier
This is one of the easiest way to make the homemade room humidifier. This solution works great for smaller places like a closet or a small bedroom. Take a large freezer plastic bag, and make holes in it using a hole puncher; around 20 holes should suffice. Then take a big sponge, wet it with tap water, and squeeze the excess water to just maintain it damp. Place the sponge inside the plastic bag, and keep it in the room where you wish to increase the moisture level. You can place one or more sponge bags to increase or decrease the level of humidity.

Increasing Humidity with Shower
With this method you can increase the humidity of the room which is adjacent to the bathroom pretty quickly. To increase the humidity level using a shower, turn on the hot shower, and then close the bathroom door, then close the adjacent room door. After 5 minutes, open the bathroom door to let the hot steam enter inside the room.

Boiling Water to Increase Moisture
This is another quick and effective way to increase the moisture level in the house. Boil water in a large pot, and close the lid while heating the water. Then take the pot to the room where you wish to increase the moisture level, be careful while handling the pot to avoid any burns or spilling of the water. Place the pot on a wooden table, and take off the lid. If you wish to go for a humidification system for the whole house then take a look at whole house humidifier reviews.

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Put water in a slow cooker, crock pot. Leave cover off. Turn slow cooker on low.

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Good idea jfh, I have a small crock pot for soups or fondue that I never use. It came matched to the big one, might give that a try.

I think the crock pot idea makes more sense & would be safer & easier to do.

my mom use to take pots of water and set them on top of the heating vents. fish tanks are real good for putting moisture back into the rooms... our fish tank needs to have water added to it on a constant basis..... I use the crock pot trick, and I have one of those old fashioned vaporizer. I have started adding a couple drops of eucalyptus essential oil to the water... Eucalyptus is like a disinfectant... Seems to kill alot of crud...we use it alot. have even started using it in my laundry soap.... Speaking of laundry, if you use a dryer, having the dryer vent into the house will also add moisture, and heat to your house.... just take an old nylon stocking and put it over the end of the vent loosely to catch all the lint. use caution though, you do need to make sure you clean it ofter. The only problem I found with this idea, is when my other son came over to do laundry, he used the commericial really smelly good detergent. made me sick, the smell was so strong, I kept smelling it for a few days after he left... now if you like that smelly stuff, you would love this, but those smell good detergents make me ill. I dont handle alot of smelly good stuff well.

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I use eucalyptus oil in my furnace humidifier during the winter months. It kills bacteria and viruses in the ductwork, and also makes the house smell good. Sometimes I add come colloidal silver as well.

thats a good idea pbd!
another cheap easy way to put moisture back into the air, is to hang dry your laundry inside your house... my heating vents are in my ceiling, I hang clothes on hangers under the vents... I dont know how much moisture it puts in, but it does work, also saves you money not using the dryer.

Just bought a tiny cheap humidifier from Walgreens drug store for $10 on sale, normally $24.99. Perfect for my small bedroom, and the price was right, may not be using it every night. It's considered a personal 'travel' humidifier, and uses a 20-23 oz. bottle of purified water, currently using a bottle of Arrowhead. The bottle can be refilled with filtered water from my tap, pretty quiet too. Acts as a small nightlight, which may be a pro or con.

Another idea for a small room himidifier that's more pleasing to the eye, is a small water fountain, the kind where the water peacefully drips over the rocks.

We have a homemade humidifer... its a pot of water on the wood stove.

I just need to invent a robot to keep it filled for me.

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