Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: marmoleum and hard wood

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 11/27/02 3:45 PM, "Lynn Nadeau" <welcome [at] olympus.net> wrote:

> Our biggest floor challenge started out as a good idea. We floored our
> 15x30 rec room with floor boards rescued from a demolition site. They
> were scrubbed with a bleach solution before installation, since they had
> a lot of moldy crud in the grooves. And the multi-colored Harlequin
> effect of the variously-painted boards is sort of fun. But the mold in
> the air in that room is such that several of us with respiratory
> sensitivities can't use the room at all

A Living Air machine may help. I was able to live in Florida with all the
mold in the world when I set up a Living Air machine. I still use it. It's
worth a try. They also work in garlic factories (should you be thinking of
starting a home business). Leaving the lights on may also help since most
molds like dark places.

In Washington DC, pollen capital of the world, I use 3M ultra-allergenic
filters at home and run the fan continuously. We also use the
micro-allergenic in the commonhouse.

Sharon
-- 
Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org



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