Jeff....Re: Exhaustion Vacuum Outdoors...

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Jeff,

Are you the same Jeff who wrote a book?? Recently my family and I

had to move due to a prowler. Our other home did not have mold but it

was the ONLY home we could find when we fled our moldy " mushroom "

home 4 years ago. But, due to the horrible neighborhood, we had to

move recently. At times, I did not know what was more toxic, the

mold in other homes or someone trying to break into my home all of

the time.

Well, to make a long story short, we looked and looked for a new home

in a good neighborhood. We found nothing but moldy homes! I could

not believe all of the sick homes. FINIALLY, a woman called who we

had applied for a small apt. She said she would not rent us the apt

but she had a log cabin. It was teh kind of log cabin that was built

in the old days, like 100 years ago but was up-dated in the 80's.

Most of the rooms are new, the living room is the only old place. We

looked at it, basement was dry, home had been closed up for 10 years

so there was much airing and cleaning to get it fresh again. later, I

started smelling a urine smell. At first I thought it was dogs

urinating on my bushes outside of the house. I cleaned and cleaned

those steps but the smell was still there. I had ran myself down

during the move through packing and un packing and with so much dust

flying around, I fell very ill. I even lost hearing in one ear as of

late. Well, I went to the library and got 3 books, one was wriiten by

a Mays guy and his wife..is this you??? I still have the books, I

had to renew them. They are very interesting but I have not found

the problem I have as of late in the books...the urine smell. At

first I thought this was mold but could not find the mold in the

attic or basement. I recently found out what it is. There is a

squirrel in my attic and he is peeing every where. I know you all may

be laughing right now but this urine smell is making me sick. How do

I get rid of the sqirrel and the urine smell??? Thanks so much! I am

enjoying your book, if this is your book. I had to take a break

because when I got so ill, I was out of it. I am almost finished

anyway, have about 2 more chapters.

If you or anyone has an answer to this squirrel problem, please write

me.

One guy at the hard ware store said I needed to get several people to

chase him out and kill him with a bb gun. I don't have several

people to chase him. Not only does he need to vacate, I need to find

out how to clean up his mess.

Thanks so much in advance!

Jackie

>

> writes:

>

> Barb,

>

> For possibly moldy or allergenic dust, you're better off standing

or hanging

> the shop vacuum just outside a window and using all the extra hose

indoors

> on the " vacuum " side. If you have a short vacuum hose and a long

> pressurized exhaust hose going across the room and out the window,

the shop

> vac is more likely to leak to the insude. There is usually some

bypass

> around the motor anyway.

>

> The difference is in the hose you buy. You could use any light

gauge dryer

> hose if it is pressurized but if you use the extension on the

vacuum side

> (as I am suggesting) the extension hose must be stiff enough to

keep its

> shape and not be crushed by the atmospheric air pressure; cheap

dryer hose

> would not work. Shop vac extension hose is expensive. Maybe there

is cheap,

> black flexible three-inch drainage hose (not the perforated type

used). Two

> inch hose would be better (easier to adapt) but more expensive.

>

> C. May, M.A., CIAQP

> May Indoor Air Investigations LLC

> 1522 Cambridge Street

> Cambridge, MA 02139

> 617-354-1055

> www.mayindoorair.com

> www.myhouseiskillingme.com

>

> Re: Exhaustion Vacuum Outdoors...how-to-do?

> Posted by: " barb1283 " barb1283@... barb1283

> Date: Tue Jan 2, 2007 8:25 pm ((PST))

>

> I DO have a shop vac that has never come out of the box I could use.

> Is pool hose like a garden hose ??

>

> The radiator is REALLY **FULL** of dust and dirt. When it is

heating

> up apartment, it is cooking this dust and dirt so creating air

> pollution that way...maybe not viable mold spores, but definately

lots

> of stuff, looks like it is a long time accumulation.

> Geez, I'm going around cleaning up all these heating and cooling

> systems at places I'm just staying temporarily. They should pay me

to

> stay awhile at their place. I get all the deep down dirt out. If I

> made a job out of this, cleaning air and heating systems, it would

be

> kind of like modern day chimney sweep.

>