| Kay Bscherer 2005-05-02, 10:48 pm |
| In a message dated 5/2/2005 4:25:01 P.M. Central Standard Time,
hesapa@my180.net writes:
Getting away from the mold is amazing -- is your basement concrete? If it
is, if you own the place (even if you don't) and it is old enough, this
temperature differential driven dewpoint condensation/mold production can
be remediated by insulating the outside of the concrete foundation (if you
rent, your landlord may be interested). I personally think there should be
tax credits given building owners who use this building remediation to
bring their properties into healthy indoor environment status. Breathing
activated mold is a burden on everyone's health, just because we're the
gasping canaries doesn't mean we're the only ones effected. The process is
not a quick fix like slapping on some kind of sealer, that absolutely will
not work. The earth has to be excavated away from the foundation, then
specially designed rigid foam insulation panels are "glued" to the
foundation with polyurethane foam, then the panels are covered with
specially designed panels (vinyl? metal?) which go up under the last bit of
siding on the house and down below grade to protect the foam from UV
damage. Then the earth is put back, and the poor flowers or whatever.
Yes, It is our own home. We stripped off all the paneling and totally
stripped the totally remodeled basement . We did the thing with the waterproof
painting but I will have to talk to my husband about digging up the whole
basement !
I do like our home and yet I would rather live in a small appt and have it
be healthy (but my husband does not agree yet) His feeling is that when he
retires (4 more years) we can move.
We have a HEPA air filter in our bedroom and have been thinking about
getting the HEPA vac. cleaner. I leave the room when it is cleaned for hours with
the air cleaner blasting and it is a big air cleaner.
It would be so nice to have some kind of a tax credit. Milwaukee gives those
with housing assistance help with insulation and new furnaces and even
outside doors. I think it is going to be a number of years before MOLD is
understood for the risk it is (and even then, with hurricanes and flooding in so
many parts of the USA , I am sure the costs for help to rid of mold would be
huge!
Thank you for the mold info and Fed Park info too ;o)
Blessings ,
kay from WI
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