Airstreams

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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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