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Barwon Mould Remediation Help Save our Build. Twice. Part I
So far, the Eco-friendly, Allergy-free House project has been through 2 winters; the first winter, in 2016, before full external lock-up, almost completely disabled, laid flat with exhaustion and headaches, I was living/existing in one of those mouldy rentals from hell; we were behind time with the build; so many things haven't gone as planned; however, disasters have been … [Read more...] about Barwon Mould Remediation Help Save our Build. Twice. Part I
Hydrotherm Hydronic heating for our Eco-friendly, Allergy Free House (Part III)
Hydrotherm's Rough in Process It took two days to complete the 'rough in' process, the plumbers basically ran, from the Bosche boiler, 25 inch pink Rehau piping, into 20 down to 16 into the chrome copper, where it comes out the wall, where it meets chrome and brass pipes going into the walls and outside, ready for the boiler. The black pipe usually used for plumbing can't be … [Read more...] about Hydrotherm Hydronic heating for our Eco-friendly, Allergy Free House (Part III)
A Custom Hardwood House Frame by Calco
The choice for a house frame, breathing-wise, was slim: hardwood or steel. We chose hardwood because it's less volatile than pine, which has different terpenes. I will be getting stuck into a post sharing my research on building with a steel frame, as it seems like the obvious choice for people with MCS/and or CIRS aka mould illness or Lyme. I think I've found some good tips on … [Read more...] about A Custom Hardwood House Frame by Calco
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