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inside air quality Mook Johnson 03-27-2007
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Posted by Mook Johnson on March 27, 2007, 8:07 am


I have a 3 year old house and I'm starting to question the inside air
quality. The house in in Houston TX and as typical its wall to wall carpet.
No pets, no smokers.

I'm noticing that during the day time my wife and I are fine while at work,
when we get home and get ready to go to sleep, our throats get slightly
chapped. Just enough to cause a cough.

My first thought is the humidity is too low so I bought a humidity meter
form home depot. It bottoms out at 30-35% at night. Is that too low? How
do I get the humidity higher automatically whithout using a protable
humidifier.

I was thinking it was caused by a post nasal drip, but we visited a friends
house and neither of us had this problem while sleeping over there
(Lafayette LA).

We have aired the house out several times with no change.

What sort of air quality testing should I do to determine if I have some
kind of air problem.

dust?, mold? humidity too low?





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Posted by KLS on March 27, 2007, 8:33 am


wrote:

>I have a 3 year old house and I'm starting to question the inside air
>quality. The house in in Houston TX and as typical its wall to wall carpet.
>No pets, no smokers.
>
>I'm noticing that during the day time my wife and I are fine while at work,
>when we get home and get ready to go to sleep, our throats get slightly
>chapped. Just enough to cause a cough.

You could be reacting to something in the carpet.

Posted by Josh on March 27, 2007, 9:15 am


| My first thought is the humidity is too low so I bought a humidity meter
| form home depot. It bottoms out at 30-35% at night. Is that too low? How
| do I get the humidity higher automatically whithout using a protable
| humidifier.

that's on the lower side of acceptable.


| I was thinking it was caused by a post nasal drip, but we visited a
friends
| house and neither of us had this problem while sleeping over there
| (Lafayette LA).
|
| We have aired the house out several times with no change.
|
| What sort of air quality testing should I do to determine if I have some
| kind of air problem.
|
| dust?, mold? humidity too low?

well, there's some simple things you could do to test each of those.
1. Give your friends the humidity meter, and see what their humidity level
is.
2. buy a $30 cool mist evaporative humidifier and use it for a week. I know
you said this isn't a solution, but it can be used to diagnose the problem.
3. buy a $30 hepa air purifier and try that for a week.

If any of the above make your symptoms go away, it should direct you to the
appropriate long term solution.

j



Posted by Art on March 27, 2007, 9:48 am



>| My first thought is the humidity is too low so I bought a humidity meter
> | form home depot. It bottoms out at 30-35% at night. Is that too low?
> How
> | do I get the humidity higher automatically whithout using a protable
> | humidifier.
>
> that's on the lower side of acceptable.
>
>
> | I was thinking it was caused by a post nasal drip, but we visited a
> friends
> | house and neither of us had this problem while sleeping over there
> | (Lafayette LA).
> |
> | We have aired the house out several times with no change.
> |
> | What sort of air quality testing should I do to determine if I have some
> | kind of air problem.
> |
> | dust?, mold? humidity too low?
>
> well, there's some simple things you could do to test each of those.
> 1. Give your friends the humidity meter, and see what their humidity level
> is.
> 2. buy a $30 cool mist evaporative humidifier and use it for a week. I
> know
> you said this isn't a solution, but it can be used to diagnose the
> problem.
> 3. buy a $30 hepa air purifier and try that for a week.
>
> If any of the above make your symptoms go away, it should direct you to
> the
> appropriate long term solution.
>
> j
>
>

Good suggestions. Also try the top 3M filtrete furnace return filter to see
if that does anything.



Posted by Mook Johnson on March 27, 2007, 7:21 pm


I've done tht with the 3m 1500 filtair super duper $30 jobbies. no change.

Is there some kind of air quality tester or service I can have to tell me
what the air guality is in the house?

Surely something can measure dust, mold or pollen particle count,
outgassing, etc etc.




>
>>| My first thought is the humidity is too low so I bought a humidity meter
>> | form home depot. It bottoms out at 30-35% at night. Is that too low?
>> How
>> | do I get the humidity higher automatically whithout using a protable
>> | humidifier.
>>
>> that's on the lower side of acceptable.
>>
>>
>> | I was thinking it was caused by a post nasal drip, but we visited a
>> friends
>> | house and neither of us had this problem while sleeping over there
>> | (Lafayette LA).
>> |
>> | We have aired the house out several times with no change.
>> |
>> | What sort of air quality testing should I do to determine if I have
>> some
>> | kind of air problem.
>> |
>> | dust?, mold? humidity too low?
>>
>> well, there's some simple things you could do to test each of those.
>> 1. Give your friends the humidity meter, and see what their humidity
>> level
>> is.
>> 2. buy a $30 cool mist evaporative humidifier and use it for a week. I
>> know
>> you said this isn't a solution, but it can be used to diagnose the
>> problem.
>> 3. buy a $30 hepa air purifier and try that for a week.
>>
>> If any of the above make your symptoms go away, it should direct you to
>> the
>> appropriate long term solution.
>>
>> j
>>
>>
>
> Good suggestions. Also try the top 3M filtrete furnace return filter to
> see if that does anything.
>



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