Where could house dust be coming from?
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Comments (5)You might take a large cardboard box and cut out large windows on each side, and essentially just make a frame. Cover the cutouts with the clear acetate, and either use Christmas wrapping paper to cover the box or paint the box and place your "GBH" inside. You could even make the cardboard box look like a GBH and have a GBH inside a GBH, LOL You might also check thrift stores for glass topped side tables. Then you could just set it over the GBH on the coffee table and wrap the acetate around the outside legs of the tables. Buy several same sized picture frames at a thrift store, (just the glass size needs to match) and use clear packing tape to put together a glass box for your house. You could use three 10 X 13 frames and two 8x10 frames. Then you could use two of the 10 X 13 glass panes for the long sides of the box, the 8 X 10 panes for the ends of the box and the last 10 X 13 pane for the top. You box would be 10" high by 13" long by 8" wide. Large terrariums could also be an option for you. Hope you get an idea that works for you. Candy...See MoreAny ideas for protecting house from construction dust by NOON?
Comments (9)I love the idea of the damp blanket to catch dust! I think it will definitely be worth a try. I've almost given up on the house ever being clean again after this remodel! It doesn't help that my husband is the one at home (works from home) while everything is going on, however either doesn't think of covering anything or doesn't think it's important!!! So far we've gotten through the plumbers making a huge mess in multiple rooms due to needing to cut through walls, as well as people constantly tracking through the entire house due to no easy way to access all needed areas. The primary issue is that the remodel involves a 3 level addition so no one area of the existing house is off-limits to contractors. The thing I am most thankful for is that since the new kitchen is an addition and does not include the old, hopefully it will not have to be completely demolished until the very end :) We do have a tiny kitchen in the basement including sink, stove, fridge, but it will not be pleasant due to contractors continuously going through and getting the area dirty/dusty. Oh well, anyway, I'm honestly more afraid of the drywall dust than anything else right now, after hearing horror stories. We started mid-Sept. and am hoping (keeping fingers crossed!) to be finished by at least March. Although it's difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Any tips for cleaning the house AFTER the remodel is completely finished?? We were thinking of possibly just hiring a cleaning company to clean everything once it's done - probably expensive, but I'm sure it would be well worth it!...See MoreWhere is this water coming from??? Pipe on side of house gushes water.
Comments (4)Do you have any idea on how I could slope or pitch the hose down more? it's so low to the ground I'm afraid it will freeze in the winter or flow back into the house. Water does not completely drain out of the hose because the grade of the yard points back toward the house....See MoreMystery Dust - Where is it coming from?
Comments (70)In the desert southwest, there's long been a problem of dust in the air (although the massive dust storms in places like Phoenix AZ that are so huge that day looks like night until it has passed...those are relatively new in size/frequency and science data indicates the region's dust inundation is worse than what was seen in the central/southern plains Dust Bowl period of the 1930's). It's a matter of prolonged severe drought killing plant life with even the deepest of roots in the ground, leaving nothing to keep the soil from being blown away by the winds. It's next to impossible for a house to be 100% air-tight, and dust can get in through the tiniest of cracks and crevices, not to mention any time you open a door to the outside. How often do you vacuum and dust the entire home? I know it's not terribly fun to clean, but those of us who lack the funds to pay someone to clean our house (or simply have decided to use them for other budget priorities instead of paying someone to clean our house) are responsible for doing the various tasks involved in cleaning our home(s). It may only seem like the accumulation of dust is limited to the kitchen, while soft surfaces such as carpet and upholstered furniture gather just as much if not more - accumulating dust that something as normal as walking around the room can grind down into the carpet fibers, so there's that possibility. A vacuum (even a Dyson if you don't regularly rinse the machine's 'on board' filters and allow them to fully dry before putting them back into the vacuum) will lose it's suction capabilities over time, and manufacturers don't make them to last forever anymore - they need people to buy a new one more often if they're going to stay in business! If you recently replaced your carpet, that can also be adding to the dust circulating through the house. We had water damage in our basement and had to replace the bottom 24" (give or take) of drywall plus the insulation behind it that the water remediation company cut out to prevent the water absorption by these materials from reaching any higher up the wall. In the process of putting in new drywall, mudding and sanding it, etc...there was SO MUCH fine white drywall dust that the central a/c-furnace filter was caked with it and it was all over the house. Because drywall dust is so fine it would have damaged my vacuum in the process of using it to clean that dust myself, the workers had to bring in their own heavy duty vac unit to clean everything up and of course replace the filter plus clean all the ductwork. The dust and pollens that are blown indoors after the area farmers have finished the harvest...those are an altogether different (and seasonal-ish) problem but at least I can vacuum that stuff off the floors and upholstery!...See Moredebodun
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