The air in our house is so dry!

Do you have those type of electric pots that you use to put the liquid incense, fragrance in? This would put some moisture into the air. Even if you didn't have one of those a small crock pot filled with water would work too! I don't have that problem, since for one, I don't have carpeting in my home.

I have steam heat with radiators, so I put pots of water on them. In my bedroom I have an aquarium, which helps the humidity in that room.

boil a pan of water or a kettle in the room and let the steem dampen the air works here anyway blessed be

The place I am stayig at has baseboard heat. It is a hot water system with no forced air. The humidity levels are fine and no static electricity. I can't believe the difference. Last year, with a natural gas furnace, I was getting shock after shock from the rugs and wearing slippers. That is how I think I fried my old computer. The safest thing to do is add a humidifier to the furnace or buy a seperate portable unit.

Here's a concoction that I made up myself that helps with the static in carpet... 1oz of liquid fabric softener, any fragrance, and pour into a spray bottle. Then fill with water. Put cap on and shake to mix. Then just spray it all over carpets till lightly damp. It works for us. No more shocks whenever I'm petting my animals.

Estherlou, I have lived in the arid west all my life and would suggest getting a "cool" mist humidifier for the bedrooms. The humidifiers aren't very expensive and will do a much better and healthier job than simmering water on the stove or furnace.

I damp dry my laundry then put it on hangers. I try to remember to water the houseplants more. I put a kettle on, like you said. I use aloe gel on my hair. Anything that I can let air dry, like dishes, I do. Some people resort to simply spraying a fine water mist into the air from time to time.

We do not do anything except drink lots of water. Winnipeg is close by a lake so we do not have to worry. When we lived in Saskatoon, it was drier and I was bothered by static electricity and we had a humidifier attached to our furnace, but we do not need one here. I do get bothered by static electricity when I touch anything metal like door handles, so I usually use a scarf or wear my mittens when I open the doors or touch them. It does give me quite a shock.

Maybe its the climate where you live.I live here in the Texas area and we have a wet climate, so we do not get it so dry in our house, but the wetness has its draw backs too.I have central heat, and it does not have the static electricity that you have, however we all suffer from sinus and when it is cold it is a wet cold that seems to go to the bone, so that would probably drive you nuts too, it does me for sure...I remember when i was a child that mother use to do that,put a pot on the heater to keep moisture in the air but knowing me , i would forget it and burn the place down.I did have that problem at one time when i used space heaters...

This is always a problem in the winter.I have seen humidifiers that will add some moisture in the air. They are not real expensive and some can be moved from room to room.Heaters always seem to cause dry air.

I used to do the same, a pot of water on the stove. I grew up with this, the pot of water on the stove or furnace vent or on the radiator. Now I do it only when I am cooking or baking. Then it gets turned off. We have a humidifier/dehumidifier on our furnace but the hose got clogged and he replaced the one but not the other before he had his surgery so now he can't for awhile. We try to touch something else before touching each other now. And I use a lot of hair spray after damping my hair in the morning before fixing it up.

I use to keep a pan of water on the woodstove with orange peelings or something like that in it. When the spices get stronger you know they are burning and it would remind me to add more water befrore I would burn up the pan. You can get a humidifier that you run when one gets a cold that always works and turns itself when it runs out of water. I hope that helps

You need a humidifier in your house. If you can't afford one, they cost around $300, you can get away with a few vapourizers. Put one in your bedroom and one in your livingroom. They won't burn anything up if they run out of water, they just turn off. Or if that is unafforable for you, do as your mom did and put a pot of water in each room, over the heat register. I have had to do this before and it really works. Be careful when you use a vapourizer in your bedroom, leave the door open or you will get too much humidity and then you will get a sore throat at night.

We put a humidifier in the room that helps with the moister or even a tea pot on the stove could help you out. Good luck.

the same as you but just water in a pan no heat for I tend to burn them too lol