Re: Re: Jeff May...a big thanks///question///the first web site you included ...........

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I agree Jeanine. I've come to the conclusion,

aside from structural problems and maintenance

problems that can occur in ANY home, the reason

there are so many allergies springing up compared

to my parents 'times' I believe due to the

popularity of wall to wall carpeting AND

window/through the wall air conditioners, AND

particularly the combination of the two, even if

otherwise well built and well maintained.

--- who <jeaninem660@...> wrote:

> -seems to me that no matter how old carpet is

> that if mold is in the

> carpet eating whatever is there it would be

> offgasing it. mold needs

> to eat and will eat on anything, it also needs

> moisture. you can have

> your indoor humidity down and still have

> moisture spots somewhere in

> your house, like the padding under carpet. I

> will never own another

> house with carpet in it.one of these days they

> may fiqure out just

> how bad carpet is, a catch all and a feast for

> mold and no dought

> plays a role in allergies.have any of you ever

> seen carpet being took

> out? even in the cleanest of homes there will

> be a layer of dust

> under the padding and there will be places

> where padding is wet from

> a spill long ago,wet foot traffic, things like

> that.pets and carpet

> dont go well together at all, neither do kids

> and carpet.I really

> fell that carpet plays a big role in indoor air

> problems. bug mites

> thrive on dead cells, mold exposure causes more

> sloughing of dead

> cells.roaches and mites thrive on mold,and

> spread mold. they also eat

> on things in carpet. I dont care how good of

> vacumm cleaner you have

> it does not clean the carpet good enough and

> doesn't even touch on

> cleaning the padding and what chemicals are

> left in carpet and

> padding with carpet cleaning? and moisture from

> carpet cleaning goes

> into padding. your carpet may look clean but

> what does the padding

> look like underneath? and whats underneath

> that? even if you buy a

> place with carpet and its not new, who knows

> what chemicals are hid

> there from before.maybe the house was

> fumigated,treated for bugs

> prior to you buying it and the chemicals used

> are in the carpet. --

> In , bbw

> <barb1283@...> wrote:

> >

> > Steve,

> > Only new carpet has a problem with off

> gassing.

> > I believe your carpets were used and so

> already

> > off gassed if they needed to. I already

> posted

> > to you asking what time of year did you bring

> > carpet into house and when did you start to

> feel

> > bad? If you started to feel bad in summer

> then

> > mold is likely as it can go dormant in dry

> cool

> > time of year and be activated by summer

> humidity,

> > any humidity that is over 50%. It could also

> be

> > that they aren't moldy but toxic and your

> body

> > just tolerated the toxins for awhile. Body

> has

> > an ability to withstand a certain amount of

> > toxins but when we get too many accumulated

> over

> > time, our body can't get rid of them anymore

> and

> > we become ill from them. However given your

> > description I would guess moldy and humidity

> of

> > summer activated mold spores to start to

> multiple

> > and also produce toxins, both.

> >

> > --- shybasset <shybasset@...> wrote:

> >

> > > didn't come up////I sure wished you lived

> in my

> > > city! BIG TIME

> > > QUESTION....WHY.....did it take six

> months!!!!

> > > for this carpet or

> > > mold in carpet to start gasing off(liv

> >

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