Guest guest Posted November 29, 2000 Report Share Posted November 29, 2000 Hehehe...yep, we put ours (and the dehumidifier in the summertime) up on tables. Be careful to not have it too close to the ceiling (especially one of those vaporizers) or it will make a water mark (we learned the hard way). Between those nifty water holders and collectors and the cool knobs, we couldn't keep ours or any of the daycare kids' hands off of them either. How do you get 20 mo. old triplets to stay away from the humidifier? I guess we'll put ours up on a dresser. It's medium size and can lift off the water holder. Kay ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2000 Report Share Posted November 30, 2000 I keep a humidifier in boys room but it is up high on top of a tall cabinet. Once they got taller, the dresser was too easy a target also. Good luck!! Judi --- " Tiernan, Kay " <kay.tiernan@...> wrote: > How do you get 20 mo. old triplets to stay away from > the humidifier? I guess > we'll put ours up on a dresser. It's medium size and > can lift off > the water holder. > > Kay > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 you can get at your pharmacy a moisture solution to put just on the inside of your nostrils It works great. Its called Ayr saline nasal sulotion. barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote: Hi. I wasn't going to use a humidifier but humidity in my house is at 20% and my skin and lips are bothering me. Does anyone have any tips of humidifying the air? I know we are all usually trying to do the opposite. I probably will only need to for a couple of months. I have an Aprilaire on the furnace but I have to get a repair person to look at it since it doesn't seem to be working properly. I used to have a portable that had a 'wick' type of filter but I needed to constantly change the wicking filter as it would start to turn moldy very quickly. Thanks --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hi Barb, I am having the same problem as well. This house is so dry and I am not use to such dry air. It has really bothered my sinuses. I am using salt sprays but I need more. I am terrified of adding humidity since I had mold for so long in my other houses. There are a couple of things I did when I got bad, once I bought a pot of water to boil, cut it off and just let the steam flow on my face. This was when my head hurt so bad...not something I would do daily. Being we have floor vents, I took a big stainless steal pot of hot water from the faucet and set it close to the air flow during the night. I don't think doing this is harmful because you can empty the water, wash the pot and change the water daily..it is not like sending a mist through the whole room either. Right now our heat is not running as much because it is warmer so I am not placing the pan of water out. Not having to run the heat has reallyed helped me most. I hope you can get some relief, dry air can be bad too. We need a balance. Finding a safe balance is hard for us who have been exposed to mold. Jackie > > Hi. I wasn't going to use a humidifier but humidity in my house is at > 20% and my skin and lips are bothering me. Does anyone have any tips > of humidifying the air? I know we are all usually trying to do the > opposite. I probably will only need to for a couple of months. > > I have an Aprilaire on the furnace but I have to get a repair person to > look at it since it doesn't seem to be working properly. > > I used to have a portable that had a 'wick' type of filter but I needed > to constantly change the wicking filter as it would start to turn moldy > very quickly. > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Barb, The only safe type of portable humidifier boils the water. For the season, I never even have to clean my Honeywell QuietSteam. It has a timer, humidistat and digital RH readout. A drawback for folks who like quiet is that the unit makes some gurgling noise when boiling. For furnaces (central humidification), use only the type that trickles water down a metal mesh pad and then drains the excess water away. NEVER use a rotating drum type. Check any humidification unit weekly during the heating season and be sure to shut it down during the cooling season. But if you have allergies, try to avoid homes forced hot air heat!!! C. May, M.A., CIAQP >8a. Humidifiers >Posted by: " barb1283 " barb1283@... barb1283 >Date: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:38 pm ((PST)) >Hi. I wasn't going to use a humidifier but humidity in my house is at 20% >and my skin and lips are bothering me. Does anyone have any tips of >humidifying the air? I know we are all usually trying to do the >opposite. I probably will only need to for a couple of months. >I have an Aprilaire on the furnace but I have to get a repair person to >look at it since it doesn't seem to be working properly. >I used to have a portable that had a 'wick' type of filter but I needed to >constantly change the wicking filter as it would start to turn moldy very >quickly. >Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 I used to have furnace on 'constant fan' so my fresh air intake works but I noticed from testing that it does stir up and put more 'stuff' in the air, so I now put it on 'auto' and also use free standing oil radiators in places I need to be warm and that keeps furance from running so much. > > But if you have allergies, try to avoid homes forced hot air heat!!! > C. May, M.A., CIAQP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 > > Sorry Barb, It's QuickSteam, not QuietSteam. I use the model Honeywell HWM-450 QuickSteam Warm Mist Humidifier, for example: http://www.iallergy.com/product375/product_info.html (I know nothing about this seller) May www.mayindoorair.com > Jeff, can you supply the model # of your humidfier? I looked them up but > there are so many I don't know which one you are talking about. > Thank you very much, > Sue: > > Barb, > > The only safe type of portable humidifier boils the water. > > For the season, I never even have to clean my Honeywell QuietSteam. It has a > > timer, humidistat and digital RH readout. A drawback for folks who like > quiet is that the unit makes some gurgling noise when boiling. > > For furnaces (central humidification)For furnaces (central > humidification)<WB > down a metal mesh pad and then drains the excess water away. NEVER use a > rotating drum type. Check any humidification unit weekly during the heating > season and be sure to shut it down during the cooling season. > > But if you have allergies, try to avoid homes forced hot air heat!!! > > C. May, M.A., CIAQP > > > > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise? NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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