Re: Pressed Particle board in Construction - still legal?

January 13, 2008

Funny that you should mention that. While driving yesterday I passed

a half built home on someone's property. It had a floor and walls;

but no roof. I could see it was all particle board. " It's a disaster

waiting to happen. "

January 13, 2008

It was made illegal in Europe as of a few months ago but I don't know

if the law has taken effect yet. Its still legal here.

Many more buildings in the US use the various forms of fiberboard than

in Europe. When I first saw it I thought it was a trend

that would not last but I have seen it more and more, in fact I have

even seen them using it on the outside of houses

which terrifies me. Yes, I've also seen the rain pouring in on it and

they don't seem to care as there doesn't seem to be any laws against

that!

I went to one of the web sites for the manufacturers yesterday and in

small print they said that their fiberboard products emitted

less than 1/10 of the Federal standards for formaldehyde whatever that

means. I would think that the more you have, the more gas it could

emit and that perhaps you might have a lot more than 1/10 if you had a

whole house full of it.

This is ANOTHER reason why ventilation is more and more important. In

my opinion, the less of that stuff you have in your home, the better.

On Jan 13, 2008 11:54 AM, ginloi <ginloi@...> wrote:

> I have seen this exterior building material locally in use. Isn't it

> dangerous when rained on and then enclosed? I thought it had the

> formaldehyde problem, but also the mold issue.

>

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