With colder weather around the corner, many of you may be thinking about the air quality within those four walls you will soon be confined in. Where are the hidden dangers?
1) Your Attic. If working in your attic consider wearing a dust mask, long sleeves and pants, and shower when you're finished. Because dust builds up through the decades; you may have rodent droppings, which in some cases can carry fatal viruses. Clouds of dust can be easily stirred up while you are up there. Yep, I think I'd wear a mask..... You may consider hiring a company to clean those air conditioner ducts while you are thinking of cleaning out the attic.
2) Crawl space (if you have a pier and beam home) can be the most undesirable as a space in your house . Definitely bathe afterward.
3) Carpets. They are nice to have in the winter months but socks do just fine on wood floors. Personally, I'd do without the carpets. Until you have pulled out old carpets, you don't realise the dirt and decay laying under foot.
4) Lead paint. Before 1978, lead-based paint was widely used. Lead, which disturbs neurological development, is particularly dangerous to children. It also can cause digestive problems and joint pains in adults. Thank goodness for the low and now No VOC Paint available!
5) Wallboard removal. Ripping out sheetrock creates powder like dust that will permeate your home and will keep appearing for days, resettling unless you take precautions to use material to close off doors during removal. Cover everything you can.
6) Mold. Enough already. We have heard it all before. Good old bleach works great on mold. Wear gloves and through them away. Black mold especially can produce toxic spores that can get in your respiratory systems and cause problems for a lifetime. Make sure you know the difference between regular household mold and toxic mold.
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