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#2
There are no eave vents. So, the attics become very toxic because they are unable to breath or release any pollution, smog, smoke, or dust - they only collect more pollution, smog, smoke, and dust, daily. Creating even a worse condition because the Forced Air Units are sucking all of this into the homes.
#5 Any exterior slab (flat work) adjoining a foundation must be inspected for slope and drainage and sealed with a butyl sealer.
Many homes are built with defective roof designs. These homes, with little roofs over the entryways and roofs that slope toward the entryways are creating a situation where all or many of the roofs on the front of the house are draining rain water straight into the entryways that are saturating and staining the stucco, and sidewalks (flat work). Same situation as problem #4
No vented hoods/ranges; Carbon filters don't do much but blow the cooking fumes, grease, and oil, all over the kitchen and throughout the house, via the ac ducts. The problem with cooking oils is, it's from food, and most foods are acidic. Years down the road, try to cover these oil/grease soaked slabs with laminated flooring and you find yourself in real trouble.
I have been looking to buy a home in this town that is not greased out, blown out, dusted out, stinky, and nasty, and haven't been unable to find one - unless they are new.
We have completed two owner builders, and everyone has been very helpful. I have dealt with other cities and counties on projects, and the attitude and willingness to help is just like going to the MVD. I can not say enough about how everyone from the civil engineers to the counter to the inspectors go out of their way to help. So thankful!!!
#4 All kitchen ranges must have vented hoods - through the roofs - not through the walls.
Don't buy a home in this town before inspecting them for the following issues.
#6 Builders must design homes with roof structures that drain rain water away from the entryways and not into the entryways - or provide gutters with subgrade drains.
#3 All homes must have an efficient amount of eave vents that work.
#3
#2 All Forced Air Units must be inspected for leaks and come with a guarantee.
The citizens of this community need to stand up, and speak out, let your local town council members and building department officials know that this is an unnecessary scourge on our society and is completely unacceptable, and that we expect better from them. Demand they create new building standards so this does not continue.
THE WORLD IS A GHETTO
Many homes that have exterior concrete slabs (flat work) that are poured up against the foundation that don't drain, or drain the wrong way, into the foundation. This creates an environment for black mold to grow and eventually the water will create voids under the foundation, where, every time it rains, the water will run under the foundation, adding to the existing toxic mold under the slab, and along the edge of the slab, and then the concrete will draw this black mold into the living areas through capillary action and start gassing the home.
Can you imagine your young children playing on these filthy floors or laying down on these filthy floors. How about your new baby crawling in scum and filth, I can't. I certainly don't want this filth in my life.
#1 No Forced Air Units allowed to be installed in attics.
Roofs with no gutters or short overhangs will splash rain water into the gap where these slabs meet and create the same situation. It's a total disaster
HORRIBLE HOMES
Forced Air Units are being installed in attics that are not sealed. These Forced Air Units are sucking attic dust, possibly, fiberglass insulation, vermiculite, blown cellulose, and many other toxins into the homes through the duct work, via unsealed plenums, unsealed or loose ducts, unsealed knockouts, and unsealed blower doors.
The solutions to these problems are listed below.
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#4
You've heard the song, and our local building departments have allowed just that to happen. All in the name of greed, many builders have decided not to spend the $200.00 to vent the kitchen hoods to the outside and to install the Forced Air Units in the attics to maximize their bottom line - all at your expense. Now we have communities full of homes that are greased out, stinky, dirty, dusty, nasty, and absolutely disgusting - it's completely unacceptable.
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