Adding salt to your window sill can help combat this common seasonal problem

Adding salt to your window sill can help combat this common seasonal problem

Whether you're trying to enhance the flavour of your food or need better traction on a slippery surface, salt is a versatile solution.

Now, people have discovered a new use for salt by placing a bowl of it on their window sills.

The idea behind it?

As the outside temperatures drop, the cold air meets the warm air from inside your home at your windows, especially if there's a radiator underneath.

Nathan Coleman: Salt on window sill helps with fog, condensation
Nathan Coleman: Salt on window sill helps with fog, condensation

Adding a bowl of salt to your window sill can help reduce condensation. (Nathan Coleman/The Weather Network)

This creates condensation and can even lead to mould growth—something you definitely want to avoid breathing in.

Enter the bowl of salt. By naturally absorbing moisture from the air, it's plausible that it could help reduce condensation around your windows if a bowl is left out on the sill.

Why not give it a try and let us know the results?