One of the conditions for creating a microclimate comfortable for a person in a home is to maintain a normal level of humidity.
Such an indicator is rarely paid attention to, but because of this, various failures can occur in the body of residents, which can manifest itself in the form of allergies, coughs, peeling of the skin, and the like.
Most often, air humidity drops in the cold season, when one or another heating device is turned on. Is it possible to solve such a problem?
Humidification Options
Before taking certain measures to increase the level of humidity in the house, you should definitely make sure that this indicator is low. For this, special devices are called hygrometers. The optimum humidity for a person to live is 40-60%, if the hygrometer shows a lack of moisture, you need to raise the humidity.
The most effective way to do this is to purchase an air humidifier, which can be found in any store selling household appliances. But it is far from always possible to use a purchased device or made by yourself at home. For such cases, you will need to look for some other solutions. Consider the main options how you can make the air in the apartment moist without using a humidifier.
Aquarium installation
Having bought and installed an aquarium in his apartment, it will contribute to good air humidification. All such tanks are equipped with a water filter system. Passing through the filter and falling back into the aquarium, a certain part of the liquid will evaporate. In addition, water will also evaporate from the surface of the water in the tank.
It is clear that the larger the volume of the tank, the greater the amount of water will go into a gaseous state and mix with the air in the apartment. But the use of such a device in the room implies one drawback - the aquarium requires quite complicated maintenance.
Make a tropical garden in the house
Another way to increase the moisture content in the room air is to make a tropical garden in the house, providing it with the necessary care. This method is the best option to increase the humidity in the house for a person who likes to grow indoor plants.
In such a garden, you can grow the following plants:
- vitonium;
- hypoesthes;
- different varieties of orchids;
- Saintpaulia, as well as some others.
All of the above plants, which contribute to the increase in the amount of moisture that is in the air of the apartment, I prefer a moist and warm microclimate. Therefore, pots with them should be placed on pallets with expanded clay, where periodically pour water.
The disadvantage of a tropical garden made in your home is the need to provide plants with suitable care - to water, spray and rinse the leaves on time, for which a regular spray bottle is suitable. It is also important to regularly add water to trays with plants. Only in this case, domestic flowers will ensure the maintenance of humidity comfortable for humans.
By ensuring timely watering, plants will absorb moisture through the soil, evaporating it from their leaves.
In addition, a significant part of the plants in the house can also serve as a barometer, indicating low humidity in the room - in which case the tips of their leaves will dry out.
Small fountain
Another inexpensive decorative and very simple method to increase air humidity is to make a small room fountain in the room or buy a ready-made model.
The principle of operation of this type of device is quite simple - the liquid circulates in a closed cycle. Caring for such a fountain is extremely simple - you just need to periodically add water to the tank. The modern market offers a fairly wide selection of such devices that will correspond to the specific size of the room.
On sale today you can find a design of different types and sizes, ranging from miniature laconic fountains to stylish floor-standing models. Such fountains for the house not only increase the liquid content in the air of the apartment, but also are a wonderful decoration for housing.
Wet cleaning
The next, probably the easiest way to improve the microclimate inside the apartment is to often carry out wet cleaning or drying laundry inside the house. Evaporating from the surface of the laundry, the water will combine with air, which will lead to an increase in air humidity. When carrying out wet cleaning, moisture evaporates from all surfaces in the apartment, which will lead to a positive result.
Arrange water tanks in the apartment
Another way is to place different containers of water on the windowsills. Evaporating water from them will guarantee a comfortable moist air. You just need to remember to add water to such containers on time.
It is worth noting that this method is quite effective, but at the same time not very hygienic. Over time, various bacteria and microorganisms will begin to multiply in vessels with water, so it is important to wash them as often as possible.
Another similar way that you can use in the winter is to put an ordinary wet towel on the battery of the heating system. Receiving heat from the battery, water from the towel will quickly enter the air in the room, ensuring its effective hydration. The disadvantage of this method is the need to often moisten the towel, as it will dry quickly.
To improve this method of increasing the content of water particles in the room, you can put a container of water under the battery, lower one edge of the towel into the water. Rising along the fabric, the water from the towel will again quickly evaporate due to the heat from the battery. In this case, instead of a towel, you can use any other fabric or even a regular bandage.
Regular airing
Another simple way to ensure the comfort of the microclimate in the house, which is highly effective in the winter and almost completely useless in the summer, is to make frequent airing, several minutes three times a day.
Winter air is well filled with moisture, which will enter the room through open windows. But in the summer, airing will not help, since hot air is practically devoid of moisture.
Drying clothes
If several people live in a house or apartment, when washing is a daily activity, then you can benefit from this quite well. Having bought a dryer, installing it directly in the room and hanging clothes on it, you can achieve a noticeable increase in humidity, since the evaporation of water from the fabric will increase its content in the air. If there is no dryer, linen can be hung on radiators or other items in the house.
An important advantage of this method, in addition to quickly raising the level of water in the air, you can achieve aromatization of the air by washing clothes with powder or using an air conditioner with a pleasant aroma. However, this method is not the most optimal in the case of small-sized apartments, where drying will take up a lot of free space.
Using a spray gun
And finally, the easiest and most inexpensive way to raise humidity at home is to purchase a simple spray gun and regularly spray tulles and curtains from it in the apartment. Drying and evaporating water, they increase the level of humidity in the house.
The disadvantage of this option is that water, getting on a light cloth, sometimes leave smudges and traces.
Thus, there are many ways how you can make the air in your home moist and comfortable for living, without even using household humidifiers.
Having made the air in your apartment humid, you will very soon notice an improvement in the condition of your skin, the likelihood of getting a cold and SARS will decrease significantly, and it will become much easier to breathe in the house. This will not even require any tangible material costs, because many of the methods discussed involve the use of conventional improvised means.
