Something in my house is irritating me and others
Hi,
气候区7，大草原
我担心我老房子里的室内空气质量。每次我在房子里，我的鼻腔段都会刺激。一些访客的鼻子在进入房屋的几分钟内开始运行。（一名女子在10分钟内有强烈的过敏反应，不得不离开房子并使用她的河豚！非常令人不安。）
事实和观察：
——第二个故事wa 1.5故事的房子s gutted and all old insulation (fibreglass and wood chips) removed. A lot of dust had accumulated on the insulation over the 60+years.
- 第二个故事目前正在恢复：膝盖壁和罗西矿棉的阁楼侧的泡沫。用闭孔喷雾泡沫喷涂45个屋顶和棚屋墙壁。（可悲的人似乎在拆除开始之前具有过敏反应。）
-The house does not have insulation in the walls on the main floor – just heavy felt like paper with silver paper attached and thick plaster board.
房子里没有少量闻到 - 除了高湿度夏季的地下室外。我认为霉味是从混凝土地下地板或暖气的湿气偷窥或撞击地下室墙壁。没有可见的水分迹象。地板都是混凝土 - 没有地毯，地板上没有纸箱。地下室春季湿度如何达到约。20-30％，取决于当天。
-Main楼层湿度现在约为。20-38％，取决于当天。有一天我们有很多降水的一天，它会达到38％。
-The shingles were recently replaced and a synthetic runner was used as underlayment. There was previously no underlayment. The wood on the roof is original – long pieces with small gaps between each piece. There were some leaks on the shed dormer. I had all the old wood removed and replaced it with fir plywood. A few of the rafters were dark with mold – not the fuzzy kind of mold. They must have experienced the brunt of the leaks. They are not rotten. I’ve washed them with soap and water and sprayed them with concrobium. I’ve also rented a concrobium mister and misted the upstairs.
-And in general the house does not have a “fresh” feel about it like well constructed new assemblies do. I attribute that to the lack of insulation and age of the house.
I hope I’m not biasing the discussion by seeming to point to mold as the culprit.
我应该聘请一家专业的霉菌修复公司进来还是在楼上的东西上喷洒在禁飞机会上，空气中的模具孢子？
Could it be something other than mold, mold spores? Obviously dust may be an issue.
有没有办法净化空气？我的旧炉也即将被替换。我应该考虑新炉子的东西，以更好地过滤空气吗？
Any thoughts / suggestions?
它令人不安的是不能诊断这个问题。我也在令我改造一个我可能无法舒适的房子的令人不安的人。
Thank you.
Patricia
GBA Detail Library
由气候和房屋部件组织的一千个建筑细节的集合
答复
Patricia,
Two observations:
1. You wrote that "The second story is currently being put back together." In other words, it sounds like you are living in a house that is being renovated. If that's the case -- if you are living in a construction site -- then ordinary construction dust could be causing the reactions you describe.
2. You didn't describe your home's ventilation system. If your house has no ventilation system, it's time to install one. Here are links to two relevant articles:
"Designing a Good Ventilation System"
“重新审视通风”
但愿如此！
Does it make sense to install a ventilation system (hrv or erv) in a leaky house? The rate of air exchange is already pretty high!
If you’re concerned there are airborne contaminants in your house, you may want to hire an environmental consulting company to do some testing. Note that these companies are usually doing commercial work, so they tend to not really advertise. A lot of companies that claim to do this work for residences are not exactly professional operations.
我发现一个有关在这种类型的信誉良好的承包商上获得建议的好地方是来自支付索赔的保险公司（这些人不是正常的保险代理商与客户交谈）。保险公司不喜欢重新审视项目，因此他们倾向于要小心他们信任核实事物已成功完成。打电话给你的代理人，要求与这些人交谈。您应该能够为您所在地区的环境测试公司提供一些良好的建议，以便您可以信任一些室内空气质量测试。这些测试的信息将帮助您识别问题的来源。
You don’t want to filter your indoor air until the test company is done testing.
Bill
Patricia,
我不同意票据/ Zephyr关于测试。有关更多信息，请参阅“室内空气质量测试不应该是第一次移动。”
For my take on indoor air quality, see this article:"All About Indoor Air Quality."
As I was doing our deep energy retrofit of our 100+ year old house room by room over a 12 year period, we lived in the house, including my older daughter who is an asthmatic.
我发现用简单的盒子窗扇抑制我在24/7工作的任何空间，让所有与拆除和施工相关的所有灰尘和气味被限制在我的工作空间内。
Try isolating workspaces before doing anything else.
Peter
Similar to depressurizing the work space is to pressurize the living space. Works well in summer and also reduces contamination from non-work related things (like mold in other walls).
还要考虑HEPA吸尘以消除每次移动时都会激起的现有灰尘。
通常可以更加减轻潜在的污染区域，而不是试图加压相邻区域。原因在于减压区域不会对外部有任何泄漏 - 任何空气泄漏只是吸入受污染区域并出去鼓风机。没有什么能摆脱遏制区域。在专业设置（如石棉减排机组人员）中，用于减压遏制区域的排气鼓风机具有过滤器，使得没有污染物离开该地区。
加压相邻的非污染区域具有无意地将污染物拉入所谓的“安全”区域的风险。
顺便说一句，如果你积极在网站上工作，我会尝试彼得也是如第一步。空气测试更具持续存在的问题，你无法找到它是我最初认为这是什么问题。
Bill