Re: Airstreams

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Which " IAQ board " are you talking about?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitat LLC

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> I talked with the guy who modifies Airstreams for MCSers four years

> ago. He agreed that this specialty rebuild is economically out of

> reach for most financially devastated people. They still have a

> plywood floor, so that area still retains unsafe potential, and if you

> want to see just how unsafe - go to a RV wrecking yard and find some

> old, well used rigs and smash the plywood apart. You will be amazed

> at what you find hidden in the glue layers. Not only that, but the

> metal skin of an airstream is highly condensation intensive - more

> than enough to provide interior wood walls with sufficient moisture.

> After looking at all the problems with conventional design, I

> decided that I didn't really trust any of them.

> There are a few companies that come very close, and if they would

> simply change out flooring material and roof caps with non- cellulose,

> I believe they would be quite reliable.

> I thought that the IAQ board would instantly see the benefits of an

> " MCS special " that, if produced in sufficient quantity, need not be

> " top of the line " and so ferociously expensive as a custom modified

> Airstream, and perhaps the group could collectively approach an RV

> manufacturer and propose such a modified design.

> One of the reasons I " slam " the IAQ for pointing out their

> disinterest is that I perceive it as a fundamental lack of

> appreciation for the very real need for such a device.

> It seems to me that anyone who really knows and understands what this

> illness is like would see a proposal like that and instantly say " My

> God. I wish I had something like that! "

> When I point out something that is extremely relevant to my

> survival and others make no comment at all, it leads me to suspect

> that they might not be subsisting at the same Personal Impact Rating

> level of reactivity that I am, or at least they don't understand my

> needs. It's not just that I am trying to 'slam' people when I point

> out a lack of response. It is that I see this as an solid indication

> that they do not understand what I am dealing with. -

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[Guest guest]

erikmoldwarrior <erikmoldwarrior@...> wrote: I talked with the guy

who modifies Airstreams for MCSers four years

ago.

You mention some things I would not know to look for. Is there a particular

brand of travel trailer which is good and then make a few necessary

modifications? Basically , what should we be looking for in a " safe house " .

I get the feeling that TV's are bad about collecting mold and probably other

electrical appliances. What kind of floor should we look for? I don't guess it

is possible to have ceramic tiles installed as flooring for a travel trailer? My

cousin's wife's son is here for Christmas and as usual is unemployed. He has

built mobile homes and gutted them and rebuilt them. If I knew what I was doing,

I could buy a used travel trailer and pay him to rebuild it for me. Might even

consider doing this for other people if I could rely on him to stay and work.

, how much were the safe airstreams the man in Mass. builds?

I supplied a link last night to Dr Rea's safe housing area not far from

dallas. the buildings didn't look like much but they supplied a place to sleep.

when I did a search for " safe houses " , It seemed I read a website about what

this woman did to make her duplex free of smoke and odor from her neighbors.

Putting aluminum foil in places. In fact I remember seeing one of Dr Rea's safe

houses and the whole wall was covered with aluminum foil.

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