Re: Getting Plenty of Fresh Air - good for house or not???

[Guest guest]

I would say that having more fresh air is usually good, because the

outside air is usually much cleaner than indoors, unless you live in

an urban area where particulates are very high.

I know that mold illness for me was reduced substantially by keeping

at least two windows open in my home and blowing air from the cleanest

one in and out of the other one with fans. Its the 'dilution

solution', as I've heard it described.

In my case, my goal was to get a positive air pressure in my apartment

to keep the bad stuff inside the walls. This helped a lot but in the

evenings (stack effect) and on gusty/windy days, it is very hard.

[Guest guest]

Live Simply,

My fresh air intake with filter on it, definately made a huge

difference in my home and I almost immediately felt better and my pet

seemed to even feel better, was more playful and active. I didn't

know he had been feeling affects but when I noticed how perky he was

after adding fresh air, I realized he must have been.

Maybe I have to pay more attention to where I am letting window air

into house. Front of house is north shady and has algae problem, etc.

It's so hard to get a handle on all of this stuff but it is definately

worth the trouble when you realize what a big impact it has on how you

feel.

**What is the stack effect you refer to in the evening though??

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

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> I would say that having more fresh air is usually good, because the

> outside air is usually much cleaner than indoors, unless you live in

> an urban area where particulates are very high.

>

[Guest guest]

Barbara,

As with anything in life there is tradeoffs.

when you run outside air though your house you are increasing the

amount of dust and mold and pollenn, ozone, other pollutants etc. that

travel though the house with it. That is not good.

If your house has mold in it this is your only choice the dilution

soulotion as quack has said.

When I saw an allergist he said that their is less mold and pollen in

closed up clean building with the ac or heat going and with a hepa

filter running.

So optimally what I would like to have is a ac unit that pipes in a

small percentage of freash outside air into a clean structure. This

would create a positive effect indoors and prevent the air from going

stale.

It is always preferable when it's humid outside to run the ac to draw

moisture out of your building. Otherwise even if you don't have a

mold problem you might just be causing one.

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:09:22 +0000, you wrote:

>I thought having lots of fresh air through my house would be good. I

>put a fresh air intake in which helped immensely and there is a Merv

>11 filter on that that I changed frequently. Since that was so

>helpful, wanted more and I decided to open my windows as much as

>weather would allow. I've been doing this for months. The mild

>winter allowed it. Now it is turning warmer and more humid and I

>think my house is smelling musty all over. It was only musty in one

>bedroom before and I was going to investigate and some times in the

>basement. Now it's the whole house. Did I do the wrong thing by

>throwing the windows open so much?? The other possibility is my nose

>is becoming more sensitive. I hope it is that is the case but I

>probably shouldn't count on it.

[Guest guest]

and Quack, musty smell disappeared when after I turned

dehumidifier on in basement. The basement air in my house fully

circulates through the house because it has the same number of vents

as rest of house and only a louvered door between basement and rest of

house, so I have to keep it really clean.

It just amazes me that the house tolerates such little high humidity

before starting to creat a musty smell. I guess the mold (and

bacteria?)are always sitting there just waiting for the right

conditions.

--- In , Christ <antares41-41@...>

wrote:

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> Barbara,

> As with anything in life there is tradeoffs.

> when you run outside air though your house you are increasing the

> amount of dust and mold and pollenn