Re:Heat people, not spaces (2015)
by woodruffw on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:25PM
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I've spent a lot of time in very old houses with limited to no modern heating, and I've never experienced this. The biggest indicator for mold is moisture trapped between walls (including animals getting stuck in walls and dying). But that's a water and humidity thing, not an ambient temperature thing.
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Re:Heat people, not spaces (2015)
by BenjiWiebe on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:44PM
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I think some very old houses don't have mold issues because they aren't tight enough. You get so much airflow through the walls, they don't really get damp.
Source: lived in a ~100 year old house in the Midwest for 15 years or so. The only place we got mold that I remember was inside the air conditioning unit.
Also survivor bias.
You need a certain amount of wet for mold and mildew. Push the levers too far and you just end up with termites, or a failed foundation, and the whole thing gets replaced with something new.
The houses that have beaten their nemesis, water, are the ones most of us are willing to walk into more than twice.
Re:Heat people, not spaces (2015)
by rootusrootus on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:50PM
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Reminds me of when my mother had her kitchen renovated. When they removed the lathe & plaster, you could see the road clearly, right through all the slats. From outside they look tight, but they are anything but.