Humidifying help

[carmenere]

We recently moved into a house with a very old HVAC and the heat from the furnace is so dry. I can feel it on my skin, lips, eyes and sinuses, and my house plants are starting to brown at the edges.

We bought a big humidifier that says it’s good for up to 3600 square feet. It helps in single rooms, but no matter how long I run it in our semi-open first floor (~1000 sq ft) it never gets above 35% humidity. We will probably have to replace the HVAC next year and we’ll look into getting a built-in humidifier, but in the meantime adding one isn’t an option.

Is there anything else I can do to help increase the humidity, besides just buying more humidifiers? I have a feeling we’re going to have a cold January and February so I’ll try anything.

[kath16]

Jan 21, 2020 20:16:30 GMT -5 carmenere said:

We recently moved into a house with a very old HVAC and the heat from the furnace is so dry. I can feel it on my skin, lips, eyes and sinuses, and my house plants are starting to brown at the edges.

We bought a big humidifier that says it’s good for up to 3600 square feet. It helps in single rooms, but no matter how long I run it in our semi-open first floor (~1000 sq ft) it never gets above 35% humidity. We will probably have to replace the HVAC next year and we’ll look into getting a built-in humidifier, but in the meantime adding one isn’t an option.

Is there anything else I can do to help increase the humidity, besides just buying more humidifiers? I have a feeling we’re going to have a cold January and February so I’ll try anything.

we're in a very similar situation and we just run humidifiers in each bedroom until we re-do the HVAC and are planning to put in a built in

[mrsukyankee]

Do you have radiators? We used to place water in containers on them and that helped.

[carmenere]

Jan 23, 2020 8:36:59 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Do you have radiators? We used to place water in containers on them and that helped.

No, we have a forced air furnace. I guess buying more humidifiers is our only option