Posted On: May 4, 2004, 3:08 pm CDT

Posted By: Jerry V. Cheesman

Last winter I met with a representative from Farmers and recommended he consider and submit to his company the following proposal. Recommend Farmers support the development of a new building system which uses materials which will not support mold development. I have observed builders doing major construction right in the middle of the rainiest periods of the year. This use of wood which allready contains mold prior to beginning construction, then allowig it to stand in the rain for months prior to being dried in allows the mold to get an advantage and establish itself. After dry in, the mold begins to come under stress and begins to produce mold spores and mycotoxins just as the drywall/insulation is being installed, etc. My proposal was to design the building using vacuum modular design so as to exclude, wood, insulation and drywall in the building design and construction. I recommended the use of aluminized steel which will last many times longer than wood and will not support mold. I have plans to design the vacuum seals into the modules in a factory setting which itself is modular and transportable to the field where the buildings are being assembled. This will reduce shipping costs and allow the quality control program to be focused in on each individual housing start, just in time. This will allow the major investment to occur just before the materials are put into the structure. Design plans could include; geodesic design where the vacuum modules are all identical and interchangable, conventional type structures which might include 4 X 8 or 4 X 10 modules assembled on site and the vacuum pulled and verified just prior to installation as the home or office is built. I am especially interested in paticipating in the construction of such a structure, as our family was exposed to toxic structural mold and mycotoxins and we have been ill for an extended period. I am now extremely sensative to mold and wish to build such a structure. If anyone who reads this is able to make a decision in this area or knows some one who can make such a decision, please, E-mail them this and give them my name.
Jerry V, Cheesman
solaraccess@msn.com