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| bhamster | "This comment on a question about wastewater (including sewage) has some info on odors: https://publiclab.org/questions/bhamster/07-28-2021/what-are..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| liz | "I looked up what government agency deals with housing in Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/solve-disagreement-your-landlord-or-tenant : This sta..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| liz | "If it was my house, and no one was listening to me, i'd attempt to create an odor log: https://publiclab.org/wiki/odor. I'd get whatever was ready-..." | Read more » | over 2 years ago | |||
| warren | "Although honestly probably just the whole thing tied up in a cloth bag as I suggested above might be easier to do than rubber banding a filter over..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Actually i wondered re: @nshapiro's note on might risk suspending dust from the growth medium in the air if, and this is weird, but putting a filte..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Just linking in @nshapiro's comment here: @Odie91that's a great question and one that many people ask. I'm concerned that if we don't reverse the ..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| programmer1200 | "For some reason it didnt post my link " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| programmer1200 | "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| programmer1200 | "I dont know if this answers your question but I think it answers some of it . Years ago NASA did a study on plant absorbtion and filtration and the..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "@nshapiro also pointed out that it would be easier to break your pump by flooding it if you used it in the usual "push" mode. Just so I understand,..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| jfrankamp | "I did see one on Amazon the other day and it was more like a mesh bag so it might even let roots go through it. I'm not sure it would do anything s..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, i had another idea -- what about a water-permeable fabric drawstring bag? That'd be pretty easy to put on, but would it impede airflow? Anyhow,..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| jfrankamp | "Re: water level, The commercial version has a low water sensor that shuts the fan off to let it try to survive. It won't resume air circulation unt..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Yes, i also don't know much about this, and if the airflow from the pump is enough to make it a concern... i guess any negative pressure is better ..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| jfrankamp | "Hi! Nice to digitally meet you. I asked Nick about that when I did my build because I had the same thought. The only downside he mentioned was tha..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "@gretchengehrke when push comes to shove would you want the Kitagawa based system to be an activity for assessing the efficacy of the purifier? in ..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| nshapiro | "Those are great answers @gretchengehrke ! I think we should write both of them up as activities to be replicated in the Open Air initiative. The re..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "Yeah, that would totally be an approach (and an affordable one, with ~$20 for kit plus 6 x $7 for tubes), but those tubes are not as formaldehyde-s..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Wouldn't you need matt's setup and the sampling tubes? how much would it cost to run 3 tubes for formaldehyde before, and 3 tubes for formaldehyde..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "One method would be to measure various air quality parameters before starting to use the plant remediation unit and then successively over the cour..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago |