The Stack Effect in North Idaho Homes: How Conditioned Crawl Spaces Improve Indoor Air Quality Stack effect is one of those invisible forces that quietly runs your house whether you like it or not—like gravity, but draftie. And in a cold-dominant, shoulder-season-heavy place like North Idaho, the stack effect becomes even more important because we have long periods of cool outdoor temps, high indoor-outdoor deltas, and lots of houses with vented or poorly detailed crawl space

In our homes, workplaces and communities, exposure to mold (and the mycotoxins it produces) is more common than many of us realise. Yet not everyone develops noticeable symptoms — why is that? A growing body of evidence suggests that individual sensitivity levels differ markedly, and that one key factor shaping that sensitivity is the status of our gut‑microbiome and immune system. In particular, early‑life factors such as delivery mode (cesarean vs vaginal), antibiotic expos

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Welcome to the exciting world of vapor retardants. Last week we started to get a first little glimpse into the measures we can take to...