How Wood Fires and Ducted Heating are Bad for your Health and Why Hydronic Heating can assist in Healing Hydrotherm Heating where instrumental in building an allergy-free, eco-friendly home, especially when what I needed most was a literal breath of fresh air! Cost can be a huge consideration; however, so can health, especially when good health has been missing from your life … [Read more...] about Why Hydrotherm Hydronic Heating is a Breath of Fresh Air (Part II)
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Radiant Heat Fights Allergies with Hydrotherm Hydronic Heating (Part I)
Hydrotherm Hydronic Heating crew came out to the Build And Eco-Friendly, Allergy-Free House (BEAH) project to do stage I of the fit-out for our radiant heating system: All 2 floors. Everything had been planned with the usual military precision and attention to detail: two day busy days! (And to top it off, we had Jacob Maggs, our masterfully-EMF aware electrician on the site … [Read more...] about Radiant Heat Fights Allergies with Hydrotherm Hydronic Heating (Part I)
Cleaning Mouldy Grout and Silicone in the Shower
Today, Labyrinth Press is sharing a video by Nicole Bjlisma from Building Biology.com.au While staying with another person with CIRS, I discovered a routine for keeping a bathroom clean and dry. Well, first it needs to be clean (see video above) and keeping it dry is important also (also see video) but another way is to leave the shower door open after a shower and run a … [Read more...] about Cleaning Mouldy Grout and Silicone in the Shower
How to Check for Mould when Buying a New Home
Full attribution to Mold Inspection Sciences for this graphic. … [Read more...] about How to Check for Mould when Buying a New Home
The Thrill and Stress of Building a Low-Tox House
I am so thankful for those who helped us build our house. It has been a dream come true--a safe place for me to recover. During the process, I was excited and stressed out at the same time. It was wonderful to see it come together, but I felt so many emotions of anxiety, fear, worry and impatience.I wondered if something would go wrong. I desperately wanted the … [Read more...] about The Thrill and Stress of Building a Low-Tox House