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Even people who love the character of an old house can be scared by the thought of keeping one thriving in the face of age, weather, and regular wear and tear. Money Pits: 15 Expensive Problems of ...
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In the late 1970s, it was noted that nonspecific symptoms were reported by tenants in newly constructed homes, offices, and nurseries. In media it was called "office illness". The term "sick building syndrome" was coined by the WHO in 1986, when they also estimated that 10–30% of newly built office buildings in the West had indoor air problems.
Old homes may still use older heating and cooling systems or have fewer electrical outlets than you’d like. ... It’s a common perception that older homes are built better and more solidly than ...
The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect. [1]This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.
Inside of a slum house, from Jacob Riis photo collection of New York City (ca 1890). Part of Charles Booth's poverty map showing the Old Nichol, a slum in the East End of London. Published 1889 in Life and Labour of the People in London. The red areas are "middle class, well-to-do", light blue areas are "poor, 18s to 21s a week for a moderate ...
During my 20 years as a professional home inspector I've walked the floorboards of thousands of old houses. By now, I've developed an uncanny ability to predict the home repairs they'll need ...
Doorways of low headroom (less than about 6 ft (1.8 m)) are common in old houses and cottages for example. Rugs/floor surfaces with low friction, causing poor traction and individual instability. All surfaces should have a high friction coefficient with shoe soles. Clothing/footwear poorly fitted, shoes of low friction against floor.