Re: seeking safe housing on peninsula in bay area

[Guest guest]

Ho Sue, I can't help with the housong but I understand the problems

with reading books and being on the compiter. white pages cause the

glare that makes the words disappear. however on the compiter you can

go to your display settings and change it to black background and

change writeing to white and experment with different colors on

headings ect. to find something you may be able to tolerate. I

couldn't set all writeing to white because that cause to much glare

also. so I set headers to different dull colors and turned down the

brightness of the screen as much as possible. I so miss being able to

read books. hope you find a safe place soon.

[Guest guest]

woops, sorry, I have problems seeing the letters on my white keyboard,

lol's need a black one with white letters.

>

> Ho Sue, I can't help with the housong but I understand the problems

> with reading books and being on the compiter. white pages cause the

> glare that makes the words disappear. however on the compiter you can

> go to your display settings and change it to black background and

> change writeing to white and experment with different colors on

> headings ect. to find something you may be able to tolerate. I

> couldn't set all writeing to white because that cause to much glare

> also. so I set headers to different dull colors and turned down the

> brightness of the screen as much as possible. I so miss being able to

> read books. hope you find a safe place soon.

>

[Guest guest]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:56:43 -0000, you wrote:

>Hello,

>I have not visited this group in a long time. My main symptom from

>Mold Illness these past 5 years is a very easily fatigued brain --

>and consequent brain pain -- which takes a full day of rest to

>subside. So I spend as little time on the computer as I can;

>reading the computer screen and reading books are the 2 most

>difficult tasks for me.

The two year old house I am living in is all hardwood on the first

floor and carpeting on the second. I don't by any means think I am

cured and would like to take my mold avoidance up another level

sometime in the future but moving to a new house (2 years old) was the

best decision I have made in ten years of illness. I went to

craigslist.com and looked for specifically new houses, with owners

that were willing to take on a roommate. (there are a surprising

number out there). I agree with your statement about living in houses

that are built above the ground with wood floors. My house (that

evicted me) was this way. Not only is the tongue and grove you see a

potential hazard but every layer beneath amplifies this risk. You have

sub flooring which is usually 1x10's and you have the joist's or

structures that support all of this. And you have a crawlspace below

sometimes with poor air movement and condensation problems. It's a

disaster waiting to happen and I wouldn't recommend moving into a

house like this.

Cement foundations are great but can be a problem too in low lying

areas or where water accumulates. Sometimes the pads did not have a

vapor barrier put in to separate it from the damp earth.

New houses more than likely don't have this problem though.

I tried one apartment that was about 20 years old and It was probably

the worst mold experience I had in 10 years. I was their about three

hours and knew I had to get out. It seemed like it took days to

recuperate from this. I think this case of mine was unusual but

fortunately it made it very easy for me to discern that it wasn't

going to be viable.

The converted garage scares me, I had a house that had a stand alone

converted garage I rented out and it had constant moisture problems

with the slab. It was 50 years old and probably long before they had

codes concerning vapor barriers.

>

>Does anyone have any resources to recommend, that might help me find

>safe housing around here?

Sanfransico is so expensive! If your not working why not find a city

with lower housing cost's.

Again, go to craigslist.com to find rentals as well as roommate

situations in every major city in the us.

Best wishes,

[Guest guest]

,

Thank you so much for your helpful reply!

I rarely check this email address, so I'm sorry for the late response...

I have a question about one thing you mentioned -- how did you locate " new

houses " on craigslist?

Thanks again,

Kind regards,

Sue Bozzo

Re: [] seeking safe housing on peninsula in bay area

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:56:43 -0000, you wrote:

>Hello,

>I have not visited this group in a long time. My main symptom from

>Mold Illness these past 5 years is a very easily fatigued brain --

>and consequent brain pain -- which takes a full day of rest to

>subside. So I spend as little time on the computer as I can;

>reading the computer screen and reading books are the 2 most

>difficult tasks for me.

The two year old house I am living in is all hardwood on the first

floor and carpeting on the second. I don't by any means think I am

cured and would like to take my mold avoidance up another level

sometime in the future but moving to a new house (2 years old) was the

best decision I have made in ten years of illness. I went to

craigslist.com and looked for specifically new houses, with owners

that were willing to take on a roommate. (there are a surprising

number out there). I agree with your statement about living in houses

that are built above the ground with wood floors. My house (that

evicted me) was this way. Not only is the tongue and grove you see a

potential hazard but every layer beneath amplifies this risk. You have

sub flooring which is usually 1x10's and you have the joist's or

structures that support all of this. And you have a crawlspace below

sometimes with poor air movement and condensation problems. It's a

disaster waiting to happen and I wouldn't recommend moving into a

house like this.

Cement foundations are great but can be a problem too in low lying

areas or where water accumulates. Sometimes the pads did not have a

vapor barrier put in to separate it from the damp earth.

New houses more than likely don't have this problem though.

I tried one apartment that was about 20 years old and It was probably

the worst mold experience I had in 10 years. I was their about three

hours and knew I had to get out. It seemed like it took days to

recuperate from this. I think this case of mine was unusual but

fortunately it made it very easy for me to discern that it wasn't

going to be viable.

The converted garage scares me, I had a house that had a stand alone

converted garage I rented out and it had constant moisture problems

with the slab. It was 50 years old and probably long before they had

codes concerning vapor barriers.

>

>Does anyone have any resources to recommend, that might help me find

>safe housing around here?

Sanfransico is so expensive! If your not working why not find a city

with lower housing cost's.

Again, go to craigslist.com to find rentals as well as roommate

situations in every major city in the us.

Best wishes,

[Guest guest]

Houses in general and new houses in particular are less likely to be rented

in the Bay Area.

The Bay Area has many multi-unit apartment buildings. Many were built during

the immediate postwar period and were not meant to last that long. But they

are still there and many are deteriorating.

Of course, new construction is not in any way guaranteed to be safe either.

Any building that has a crawlspace (earthen floor below) on the bottom needs

to have a good 'building envelope' that puts that crawlspace area CLEARLY

outside of the interior space. Those boundaries need to be clearly defined.

Most buildings that I have seen in the Bay Area have what is known as

concrete slab construction. Some VERY old buildings have earth floors in

basements or crawlspaces underneath them that are not properly separated

from the living space. I agree with , that is dangerous, it is asking

for trouble.

Studies have shown that particles travel throughout a buildings envelope,

especially small ones. And especially up.

It is dangerous to have damp earth inside of the building envelope.

I think this may be illegal now - if it is not, it should be, but you should

check with your local building department.