[Greenbuilding] A question regarding sealing in VOCs

[RT]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500, Racheli Gai  
<racheli at sonoracohousing.com> wrote:

> my son and daughter in law are buying a house that stinks
> of recent painting job, new carpets, etc. which they'd like to get rid  
> of.)


Racheli;

Rather than add more gunk to the chemical stew of their indoor air  
environment by painting over and sealing stuff, it may be preferable to do  
a "bake-out" to accelerate the off-gassing process -- essentially heating  
the interior to a higher-than-normal temp ( > 35 degC) for > 48 hours  
while simultaneously ventilating the building at a higher-than-normal  
air-change rate.

If you Google using something like " cook off VOCs new building" you  
should find some relevant info WRT specifics and details.


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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada

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