Need a moisture graphic

[James E. Braun, CMI]

There are many problems sealing a house up tight, and the main problem is poor air quality. Trading one problem for another just does not make sense.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by jbraun

There are many problems sealing a house up tight, and the main problem is poor air quality. Trading one problem for another just does not make sense.

There can be many problems if you seal a house without knowing what else you have to do (only knowing the first part of a 2 part solution to energy efficiency and IAQ). This happened over and over in my area in the 1980-1995 period as builders/designers wanted energy efficiency but refused to pay $2000 for a well designed/installed HRV system, opting for cheap, weak code bathroom fans only for house ventilation.

Here's the biggest irony/oxymoron going:

The American Lung Association has been advocating building energy-efficient, AIRTIGHT homes for their suffering members for over a decade now through their "Health House" program. How's that for something to shake/question the "street level" understanding of IAQ.......your sick and suffering; build an airtight home to get better!!! See:

http://www.healthhouse.org/consumer/buildfaq.cfm#faq1

About 1995, folks from the Minneapolis chapter of the Lung Association went up to Winnipeg, Manitoba to see what was happening with Canada's R2000 home program and had their eyes opened with airtight homes actually being healthier than older loose homes plus being much more efficient. By about 1997, the Health House program had begun.

BTW, Joe Lstiburek of Building Science Corporation was co-chair of the technical committee for this program. Damn that Canadian guy who makes us re-think and re-learn what we thought we already knew 100% for sure!!!

[David Garton]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

Heat is a form of energy and contains no moisture. I hear this incorreect phrase all the time in conversations and on TV programs, expecially Little Mikey Holmes:
"When the heat meets the cold, you get condensation" WRONG!!

So why single out Little Mikey Holmes if you hear this incorrect phrase all the time in conversations?

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by dgarton

So why single out Little Mikey Holmes if you hear this incorrect phrase all the time in conversations?

When I overhear this, I usually jump in to explain what is actually happening physically with examples.

With Mike Holmes......no one can talk to him and, as I and others have mentioned in these threads, when you post anything to help/correct/question him, it's not atteneded to or disappears!!

Mike Holmes has a huge audience in many English speaking countries around the world. He can at least be correct in the basic physics of what he claims to know.

Mike Holmes- A creation of Unreality TV- While channel surfing last evening, I happened to catch the end of an episode. Little Mikey actually told the couple how much the renovation would have cost. Do you think he did that out of the goodness of his heart? IMHO......very poor taste.....maybe his true personality is beginning to show through.....an attention hog!!!......."Here's how much money I spent on your house, don't you love me even more now?"

Are you in love with him???

[David Garton]

Are you in love with him???[/QUOTE]

If you are asking me if Mike Holmes is my hero then the answer is NO!