[Greenbuilding] A question regarding sealing in VOCs

[Racheli Gai]

Hey Rob,
I remember the baking-out  advice (to hasten the process of outgassing) from a while back, but I thought 
that at a certain point it was discarded as being problematic, although I don't remember the reasoning...  

Best,
Racheli.



On Feb 26, 2012, at 11:05 AM, RT wrote:

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