Vintage Radiator Humidifier

A vintage radiator humidifier can be a popular collector's item in the right circles. Humidifiers for radiators were once a common occurrence before central heating took over the scene and forever changed the landscape of how our homes look. Long before a humidifier was ever a common bedroom appliance in the winter each one served a specific purpose as a humidifier radiator whereby rooms were heated by circulating the warm steam mist created by a now antiquated system of heating water in an effort to heat a home. Humidifiers with cool mist filters didn't come along until some time later. For many folks the images of now nearly obsolete vintage radiator humidifiers conjure of memories of a bygone era when life and times were simpler.


Locating a vintage radiator like the one below is not always an easy tasks because many of the pieces have been scraped along the years as room has been made for more state of the art innovations that are more reliable, better performing, and safer. It should come as no surprise that there is are people are out there looking for these vintage pieces even as we speak. A lot of people who are remodeling homes and want to preserve a vintage look are searching for pieces like the one pictured below. In many instances the people searching to buy these items don't even intend to hook them up to serve there original purpose. The focus for most modern shoppers of vintage radiator humidifiers is to locate pieces for purely ornamental reasons. If a consumer is looking exclusively for aesthetic purposes they will likely have more selection when it comes to search online on sites like Craigslist and visiting local antique shops looking for the perfect piece. If all else fails there is always the option to pay someone to create a replica. This option can work more often than not when the piece does not need to be functional. Of course if you pursue this option the vintage radiator humidifier won't have the same amount of character that if otherwise would.