If your home is toxic (and it likely is!), you’re NOT likely to be healthy! It’s time -- in fact, way past time -- to have a serious look at the toxic influence of your home. Making sure the water, air, textiles, paints, cleaning products, EMFs (and more) aren’t adding to your toxic load is one of the MOST responsible things you can do for yourself and your … [Read more...] about The Toxic Home Transformation Summit
Building Materials
An Allergy-Free House Frame, Expertly Installed by Pristine Carpentry
Due to my personal symptoms with mould and terpenes, especially pine terpenes, we chose to have a hardwood frame. I know of other people who've built houses over 20 years ago and they have allergy-free homes made using hardwood for the frame. So, you think it would be easy to source new, kiln-dried hardwood for a house frame, right? Well, it wasn't! With a great stroke of … [Read more...] about An Allergy-Free House Frame, Expertly Installed by Pristine Carpentry
How Proclima, and Laros Fixed Our Slab/Frame Overhang
The Slab Overhang Issue How did this happen? Is slab overhang a common happening? How do you avoid a mess like this? Well, the Surveyor, contracted out by the builders, came out twice (over a six month period) to measure up, placing painted sticks and ties about the property for both house designs. We can't work out what happened exactly. Except maybe... ...the kangaroos … [Read more...] about How Proclima, and Laros Fixed Our Slab/Frame Overhang
How to Avoid Slab Moisture Ingress
Slab moisture ingress can cause indoor mould growth because it not only adds moisture and humidity to the indoor air environment but it can also cause the house to act as a petri dish where mould will grow, spreading spores around the house. This can happen if it hasn't cured properly, of if there are gardens with soil covering the weep holes—small rectangular spaces left … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Slab Moisture Ingress
Building Products/Tradespeople Reviews
Hey there! Just a short post to let you know that all the services and building products I use that work out for me and don't impact on my health will be reviewed on this blog. So far, I've had some positive experiences with tradespeople and businesses that I'm so grateful for that I feel it's only right to pass their names and details on. There's my wonderful, thoughtful … [Read more...] about Building Products/Tradespeople Reviews