“Happy Coincidences” in our House

Actually I don’t think they are “coincidences” at all; I think God helped us.

1. Sheep’s wool insulation. We used Healthy House Building for the New Millennium as a guide. But back when Bower wrote the book, ALL home insulations were toxic in one way or another!!!!! So I thought, how did people keep warm before chemicals? Sure enough, there were (are) at least two wool insulation companies out there. We didn’t find out until way later–after the house was built–that wool is also highly mold-resistant, dries out fast, and even regulates humidity!!!!
2. Plaster walls. I did not want to deal with drywall and even more so: paint. I got scary symptoms even from zero VOC paint. Later we found out plaster also dries VERY fast (after we accidently flooded our bathroom to an inch up every wall), is mold resistant, breathable, and even seems to resist HT/HCCT. As opposed to drywall which is mold food.
3. Clothes washer below a window. New clothes often have formaldehyde and other nasty chemicals. When washing these, it is extremely helpful to have a fan blowing right OUT the window above the washer to take the new-clothes chemicals out the window and air out laundry room often. Works best of course to open another window across the house to let in fresh air and allow the fan to work efficiently.
4. We put my room in the southeast corner of the house. I didn’t realize how much SUN that would give me!!!!! 🙂

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