Guest guest Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 felice <anupath14@...> wrote: > > thank you erik for sharing your " hope. " Universal Reactor, eh? That's how I feel some times. > > So, I need some Product suggestions. > > 1. What can I use on the walls of my basement for water resistance?? > > 2. What kind of wood can I use on the CEILING of my basement to contain any musty smells from rising and what can I use to " fix " it to the ceiling? Is Plywood ok?? > > 3. What kind of Wood can I use to fill in the large gaps in the steps above the basement? (no wonder they smell) Is PINE ok?? > > Think that's it for now. Thank you all. > > Yesterday, someone reminded me to " live in the solution instead of the problem. " It's very difficult to do this when your head isn't working too well, filled with the toxins of the world, but i'm going to try again today. > take care yawl!! Felice > Wow. I'm not sure that's what they meant, but when I found out that my house was located in a spore plume, and that if the whole thing was burned to the ground and bulldozed out of existence, it STILL wouldn't have made any difference to how I felt there, my solution was to obtain a " Movable Environmental Control Unit " , or " Mobile Mold Decon Device " as I like to call it. So I guess that I'm really " living in the solution " instead of the problem. If the ultimate source of the mold cannot be resolved, a susceptible person who has been " primed " is probably wasting their money, time, and precious remaining health trying to block these toxins. Even if the source CAN be resolved, if the environment has built up an accumulation of adsorbed toxins, it will STILL keep a primed person ill for years before the toxins denature. Making that decision to leave has to take so many factors into account that what must be done arises from your own individual circumstances. A person less reactive will consider it unthinkable to crawl outside in the snow and pitch a tent. A person at a greater level of desperation wouldn't think of doing anything less. The only way I see to help enable people to find out just how concerted their efforts need to be is to let them experience a taste of what life would be like if there was no mold. From then on, it's a matter of their own efforts at balancing how bad the circumstances are against what can possibly be done with the resources they have. If your environment is beyond something that you can handle, either economically and/or physically, although it is difficult, painful and cruel, evacuation of the premises and abandonment of possessions still puts you far ahead of what happens by remaining there. But you won't hear this from the hopeful messages of people who have not yet been driven to such extremes, but are still headed there. All of us who were pushed out in the cold were once in a stage where we did our very best to ignore the fact that we were still getting worse, despite our best efforts and throwing all our money at this problem. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 felice <anupath14@...> wrote: > So, I need some Product suggestions. > > 1. What can I use on the walls of my basement for water resistance?? > > 2. What kind of wood can I use on the CEILING of my basement to contain any musty smells from rising and what can I use to " fix " it to the ceiling? Is Plywood ok?? > > 3. What kind of Wood can I use to fill in the large gaps in the steps above the basement? (no wonder they smell) Is PINE ok?? > What are the walls made of? Are they below ground level? Is the ground wet? The danger in below-ground basements is external hydraulic pressure that will force sealants off. The ground would have to be dried before sealing can be predictably successful. Nothing will prevent musty smells from rising. Even if the ceiling was impermeable, they'd just go around. As far as I know, pine and plywood is fine, as long as the environment is not " at risk " . If you see mold growing in a place that isn't really " mold friendly " , just as with Carl's example of finding Stachy on a radiator, it's a good bet it's coming from somewhere else, and if you got rid of the mother colony - these places would probably cease to be a problem. If you don't find the main source, you'll go nuts putting out " spot fires " . - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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