question:indoor-air-remediation
question:indoor-air-remediation


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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 » about 3 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 » about 3 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 » about 3 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 » about 6 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 » about 6 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 » about 6 years ago
programmer1200 "For some reason it didnt post my link " | Read more » about 7 years ago
programmer1200 "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study " | Read more » about 7 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 » about 7 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 » over 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 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 » about 8 years ago