Metal Radiator Humidifier
Add humidity to your home
Those of you who heat your house via a steam or hot water radiator system know the advantages: no noise, even heat, lots of warmth even once the system turns off, and more. We’ve lived in a radiator boiler driven home for 30 years and radiators are a wonderful source of heat.
But one huge problem is how to add humidity to the air. One traditional way was to set pots on top of shelves that fit on the top of the radiator but many radiators did not have such fitted shelves. Another was just to have pots or containers of water (or lots of plants) around the house. All OK, but not ideal in terms of efficiency. And, there are all kinds of radiator humidifiers, most of which hang off the front of the radiator, just itching to be bumped into and have the water spill.
Killian Hardware sells what they call an “old fashioned” radiator humidifier that fits in the opening of the radiator formed by the various fins of the radiator. It is a 16” long and about 4” high galvanized sheet metal container that has an opening on the end that you just keep filled with water. During the cold winter months ours (and we have two per radiator throughout the house) need to be filled about once every two days. Since they are galvanized, they won’t rust, but don’t try and clean it with CRB or some other mineral dissolving liquid because once you do that, it will rust (I have the data for that one!). The edges of these can be sharp so should be taped if there are little kids around. And, you need to order them during the summer months when they are not in demand, because the hardware store is almost always out of stock during the winter months.
Stainless Steel Radiator Humidifier $20
