RE: Re: Dust Mites /HEAT TREATMENT

[Guest guest]

and Barb,

The answer to your dilemma – it depends:

Generally, in an old lathe

and plaster building one can find multiple layers of paint, wallpaper and more

paint. I have used heat drying in several old buildings having this finish

scenario with varying degrees of success.

Mitigating old water

damaged wet buildings where the options of structurally drying are limited can

produce interesting effects.

In your situation where

there is “not” a water damage, I would first

rely on direct cleaning and sanitizing methods. I can’t remember the

manufacturer, but there are several products on the market that remove bed bugs,

dust mites and neutralize their antigens. (Wait a moment while I do an internet

search.) MasterBlend is the chemical manufacturer and Groseclose is

president. He writes articles in ICS magazine. Yes, on their website they have

a product for dust mites that apparently does what I

said. If you want information about the company and product and whether it can

be used to meet your requirements consider going to: http://www.masterblend.net/info/respcare.cfm

Moffett

From: iequality [mailto:iequality ] On Behalf Of Geyer

Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006

9:40 AM

To: iequality

Subject: Re: Re: Dust

Mites /HEAT TREATMENT

Barb:

I’ve heat treated a number of old, historic homes, but I can’t

recall if they had wallpaper. My gut feeling is that the high temperature

may affect the wallpaper’s adhesion to the plaster wall’s surface,

and it my begin to peel. But I am not sure. A test room may be necessary

before proceeding on a larger scale.

--

Geyer, PE, CIH, CSP

President

KERNTEC Industries, Inc.

Bakersfield, California

www.kerntecindustries.com

On 11/10/06 6:25 AM, " barb1283 " <barb1283>

wrote:

Regarding: Heat Treating House

I have old plaster house but all the plaster is wall papered. I assume

the wall paper also being old wouldn't fair well. Do you know if

wallpaper goes through this system okay? If not, I guess it can all

be scraped off and walls painted. Some of it is flocked so probably

holding dust mites anyway. Thanks, barb

>

> Bob:

>

> A great way to kill dust mites is to raise the temperature to 140F

and hold