2个月前换的新地毯，现在仍有很浓的气味，肯定不环保。
昨天让卖家来看了，他说是有气味，类似油漆的气味。
但不承认是地毯的，我从未刷过油漆，换地毯前一点气味都没有。
怎么办好？
如何检测气味超标？
昨天让卖家来看了，他说是有气味，类似油漆的气味。
但不承认是地毯的，我从未刷过油漆，换地毯前一点气味都没有。
怎么办好？
如何检测气味超标？
地毯气味
- 主题发起人 frankben
- 发布时间 2015-03-11
找 家园大卫洗洗。
洗完也会有，voc成分复杂
voc是啥？
voc是挥发物
歪楼问一下大卫，如果是旧房子里那股人身上的陈旧气味，洗地毯能去掉多少？还是必须换新？
还有地毯现在出现泡泡的长条鼓起，除了重铺没有更好的办法吗？
还有地毯现在出现泡泡的长条鼓起，除了重铺没有更好的办法吗？
旧房子气味不会因为清洗而减少，最好更换，气泡地毯及时更换，记得是更换
Ask the EcoTeam: My New Carpet is Off-Gassing!
August 5, 2010 by Ecology Center
Dear EcoTeam,
The new carpet in my apartment is off-gassing, and I’m dizzy and nauseous from the fumes. How long will it take to finish this process? Can I speed it up? Is my landlord obligated to do anything? Also, I need a new mattress. After this experience with the carpet, I wonder what I should do, because I’ve heard they can off-gas, too. Can you tell me which products and materials to avoid and how to assess their health impacts? Healthier products are often out of my price range.
—Suffering in Oakland
Dear Sufferer,
Off-gassing is the evaporation of chemicals from a material. Furniture, plastics, vinyl products, paint, new cars, clothing, cosmetics, water bottles, carpet, and mattresses do it, to name just a few. Off-gassing materials emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and small particulate substances throughout the life of the material.
An amazing resource, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable online database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. The CHE points out that more than 80,000 chemicals have been developed, distributed, and discarded into the environment over the past fifty years. Most have not been tested for toxic effects in humans or animals, and some are common in air, water, food, homes, work places, and communities.
Synthetic carpets are made from nylon fibers with a polypropylene backing. Of the chemicals released from carpet, most notable are styrene and 4-phenylcyclohexane (4-PC), both of which come from the latex backing used on 95 percent of carpets. The “new carpet” aroma is the odor of 4-PC off-gassing, which is an eye– and respiratory-tract irritant that may also affect the central nervous system. The adhesive used to affix the carpet to the floor typically contains benzene and toluene, some of the most harmful VOCs.
Each of us reacts differently to the chemical stew we face on a daily basis, and recognizing such health effects may be difficult. Typical reactions to new carpet VOCs include headaches, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, and asthmatic reactions. Longer-term effects are also possible; the CHE lists benzene as having a strong link to leukemia and lymphomas, while styrene is associated with cognitive impairment and hearing loss, among other conditions.
Carpets can emit VOCs for five years or possibly more, although the off-gassing decreases significantly several months after installation. The Environmental Protection Agency advises ventilating well for at least 72 hours after installation by opening windows and using fans that move air directly to the outdoors. Continue to use fans during installation and for several weeks afterward. Another recommendation is to ask the installer to vacuum the new carpet with a HEPA filter vac and clean with a hot water extraction, which can remove a good portion of the VOCs. If possible, take a vacation soon afterward.
When there’s a choice, the best alternative is to rip out wall-to-wall carpet and use area rugs instead. Even the best wall-to-wall carpet is a haven for dust mites, mold spores, and lingering VOCs, and is usually one of the largest hosts of contaminants in our homes. If this isn’t possible, pick a natural fiber carpet such as wool with a natural backing. Pick the least toxic adhesive or, even better, no adhesive.
The healthier choice can be more expensive, but those with asthma, respiratory problems, and environmental illnesses may need to choose it. The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition’s Web site includes some very helpful pointers about new carpet installation. Since you’re a renter, the burden will likely be on you to find and present these healthier options to your landlord, who might be willing to make a change if these products cost the same as conventional carpeting, are easy to procure, and meet their sensibilities.
Now, about that mattress. We spend about a third of our lives in bed. Most standard mattresses are made of polyurethane foam, which can emit toluene and are treated with water-, stain-, and wrinkle-resistant chemicals such as formaldehyde. In California, flame retardants may contribute the biggest chemical load; in the ‘80s, the state began requiring mattresses to be fire-resistant because of concerns about fallen cigarettes. Furniture and mattress manufacturers began using polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, as flame retardants, and this group of chemicals, which are highly bioaccumulative and toxic, became the standard. PBDEs can cause permanent neurological and developmental damage including deficits in learning, memory and hearing, changes in behavior, and delays in sensory-motor development. They are especially dangerous to children, because they accumulate in fatty tissue and are passed on in breast milk.
PBDEs cause ecological harm too. The Environmental Working Group found PBDEs in six kinds of commonly eaten San Francisco Bay fish—worse yet, in every fish sampled. Fish caught in 2002 by local anglers were compared with archived samples from 1997, and PBDE levels had more than doubled in halibut and more than tripled in striped bass—the two most commonly eaten species, and key indicators of overall contamination. Assemblymember Wilma Chan authored legislation that as of 2008 bans some of the most toxic forms of PBDEs.
If you’re shopping for a new bed and money is no object, you’ll find an array of chemical-free wool, organic cotton, and natural latex mattresses. Buy one if you are able. (Search online—wool mattresses from Midwest manufacturers are reasonably priced.) Most natural mattresses cost about the same as a high-end synthetic mattress and box spring; a queen size organic cotton mattress will run around $1,500. For those juggling money, an organic cotton or wool futon might be affordable for $600 or less. Wool futons last a long time and can be a good investment. Buying an organic cotton or wool mattress barrier pad can help cut the toxins for those of us needing a lower-cost option. If you have access to a used mattress that you feel comfortable using, they’re also a good choice in regards to off-gassing.
A few final rules for minimizing VOCs: Buy used goods—the VOCs associated with their production have diminished over time, especially with cars and furniture. Choose options like low-or no-VOC paint, which is now widely available and fairly economical. Always stay away from polyvinyl chloride, which is commonly found in linoleum, upholstery, and shower curtains. If you have breathing problems, allergies, or environmental illness, take special care. Help support the work of groups working to ensure that all people have access to healthy indoor and outdoor air such as the Collaborative on Health and the Healthy Building Network, which advocates for healthier building products. —Beck Cowles
Beck Cowles is the Ecology Center’s information services program manager. [Photo by xjyxjy]
This entry was posted in Blog and tagged carpet, EcoTeam, off-gassing, plastic, vinyl, VOC by Ecology Center.
August 5, 2010 by Ecology Center
Dear EcoTeam,
The new carpet in my apartment is off-gassing, and I’m dizzy and nauseous from the fumes. How long will it take to finish this process? Can I speed it up? Is my landlord obligated to do anything? Also, I need a new mattress. After this experience with the carpet, I wonder what I should do, because I’ve heard they can off-gas, too. Can you tell me which products and materials to avoid and how to assess their health impacts? Healthier products are often out of my price range.
—Suffering in Oakland
Dear Sufferer,
Off-gassing is the evaporation of chemicals from a material. Furniture, plastics, vinyl products, paint, new cars, clothing, cosmetics, water bottles, carpet, and mattresses do it, to name just a few. Off-gassing materials emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and small particulate substances throughout the life of the material.
An amazing resource, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable online database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. The CHE points out that more than 80,000 chemicals have been developed, distributed, and discarded into the environment over the past fifty years. Most have not been tested for toxic effects in humans or animals, and some are common in air, water, food, homes, work places, and communities.
Synthetic carpets are made from nylon fibers with a polypropylene backing. Of the chemicals released from carpet, most notable are styrene and 4-phenylcyclohexane (4-PC), both of which come from the latex backing used on 95 percent of carpets. The “new carpet” aroma is the odor of 4-PC off-gassing, which is an eye– and respiratory-tract irritant that may also affect the central nervous system. The adhesive used to affix the carpet to the floor typically contains benzene and toluene, some of the most harmful VOCs.
Each of us reacts differently to the chemical stew we face on a daily basis, and recognizing such health effects may be difficult. Typical reactions to new carpet VOCs include headaches, nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, and asthmatic reactions. Longer-term effects are also possible; the CHE lists benzene as having a strong link to leukemia and lymphomas, while styrene is associated with cognitive impairment and hearing loss, among other conditions.
Carpets can emit VOCs for five years or possibly more, although the off-gassing decreases significantly several months after installation. The Environmental Protection Agency advises ventilating well for at least 72 hours after installation by opening windows and using fans that move air directly to the outdoors. Continue to use fans during installation and for several weeks afterward. Another recommendation is to ask the installer to vacuum the new carpet with a HEPA filter vac and clean with a hot water extraction, which can remove a good portion of the VOCs. If possible, take a vacation soon afterward.
When there’s a choice, the best alternative is to rip out wall-to-wall carpet and use area rugs instead. Even the best wall-to-wall carpet is a haven for dust mites, mold spores, and lingering VOCs, and is usually one of the largest hosts of contaminants in our homes. If this isn’t possible, pick a natural fiber carpet such as wool with a natural backing. Pick the least toxic adhesive or, even better, no adhesive.
The healthier choice can be more expensive, but those with asthma, respiratory problems, and environmental illnesses may need to choose it. The Children’s Health Environmental Coalition’s Web site includes some very helpful pointers about new carpet installation. Since you’re a renter, the burden will likely be on you to find and present these healthier options to your landlord, who might be willing to make a change if these products cost the same as conventional carpeting, are easy to procure, and meet their sensibilities.
Now, about that mattress. We spend about a third of our lives in bed. Most standard mattresses are made of polyurethane foam, which can emit toluene and are treated with water-, stain-, and wrinkle-resistant chemicals such as formaldehyde. In California, flame retardants may contribute the biggest chemical load; in the ‘80s, the state began requiring mattresses to be fire-resistant because of concerns about fallen cigarettes. Furniture and mattress manufacturers began using polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, as flame retardants, and this group of chemicals, which are highly bioaccumulative and toxic, became the standard. PBDEs can cause permanent neurological and developmental damage including deficits in learning, memory and hearing, changes in behavior, and delays in sensory-motor development. They are especially dangerous to children, because they accumulate in fatty tissue and are passed on in breast milk.
PBDEs cause ecological harm too. The Environmental Working Group found PBDEs in six kinds of commonly eaten San Francisco Bay fish—worse yet, in every fish sampled. Fish caught in 2002 by local anglers were compared with archived samples from 1997, and PBDE levels had more than doubled in halibut and more than tripled in striped bass—the two most commonly eaten species, and key indicators of overall contamination. Assemblymember Wilma Chan authored legislation that as of 2008 bans some of the most toxic forms of PBDEs.
If you’re shopping for a new bed and money is no object, you’ll find an array of chemical-free wool, organic cotton, and natural latex mattresses. Buy one if you are able. (Search online—wool mattresses from Midwest manufacturers are reasonably priced.) Most natural mattresses cost about the same as a high-end synthetic mattress and box spring; a queen size organic cotton mattress will run around $1,500. For those juggling money, an organic cotton or wool futon might be affordable for $600 or less. Wool futons last a long time and can be a good investment. Buying an organic cotton or wool mattress barrier pad can help cut the toxins for those of us needing a lower-cost option. If you have access to a used mattress that you feel comfortable using, they’re also a good choice in regards to off-gassing.
A few final rules for minimizing VOCs: Buy used goods—the VOCs associated with their production have diminished over time, especially with cars and furniture. Choose options like low-or no-VOC paint, which is now widely available and fairly economical. Always stay away from polyvinyl chloride, which is commonly found in linoleum, upholstery, and shower curtains. If you have breathing problems, allergies, or environmental illness, take special care. Help support the work of groups working to ensure that all people have access to healthy indoor and outdoor air such as the Collaborative on Health and the Healthy Building Network, which advocates for healthier building products. —Beck Cowles
Beck Cowles is the Ecology Center’s information services program manager. [Photo by xjyxjy]
This entry was posted in Blog and tagged carpet, EcoTeam, off-gassing, plastic, vinyl, VOC by Ecology Center.
为什么泡起来的地毯，也才5/6年哦， 必须尽早更换？
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What Causes Carpet Rippling & Buckling
Are you wondering just exactly what caused your carpet to start rippling and what you can do about it?
Many times carpet ripples will begin to appear in less than a year after they were initially installed. Carpet rippling will sometimes happen in every room in the entire home while in other cases you will experiencewrinkles in carpet in just one area. To illustrate why carpet buckles, one must understand a little bit more about how carpet’s are installed in the first place.
In our first example we will look atcarpet that is stretched in, thus commonly known as a stretch in carpet installation. First, wooden strips known as tackless-strip which have small “nail like” gripping pins protruding up from their surface at a slight outward angle, are nailed down to the sub-flooring around the edges of the room at a distance of roughly a finger’s width off of the baseboard. These pins penetrate through the backing layer of thecarpet and are what actually holds the carpeting in place. Next, the pad is installed. If the sub-floor is wood, the padding is typically affixed to the floor using staples. In the case of concrete such as in a basement, an adhesive of some sort is generally used. Finally, the carpet is attached to the tack-strip along one wall andstretched and hooked on the tack-strip on the opposing wall. This procedure is continued around the entire perimeter of the room. Traditionally two tools are used forstretching carpeting, knee-kickers and a power-stretchers:
The knee-kicker is a devise about 30” in length. It’s head grips the carpet while the opposite end is equipped with a cushion that is designed to be struck with the knee.Rugs cannot be properly stretchedwith a knee-kicker in a medium or larger sized room. The knee-kicker is primary intended to be used only as a means of positioning the carpet. However, in small carpeted areas such as closets, small hallways, etc. where a power stretcher cannot be used, the knee-kicker is used as astretching tool.
The power-stretcher is basically a lever which braces against one wall and extends the length of a room. At the far wall, a rectangular head grips the surface of the carpet and by pressing down on a handle, there is a lever action applied whichstretches the carpet with great force.
Common Causes of Carpet Rippling on a “Stretched In” Installation
· Improper Stretching: The most common cause of humps in carpeting that has been stretched in is that the carpet was never stretched in properly to begin with. In small area’s the use of a knee-kicker alone may prove to be sufficient. However in medium and larger sized area’s, the use of a power stretcher becomes an absolute necessity. Unfortunately, a common shortcut used by many installers is to use a knee-kicker instead of a power-stretcher. The reason for this is thatcarpet installers get paid by how many yards of carpet they can install per day. Using just a knee-kicker is much faster and a knee-kicker will usually get enough tension to at least get the carpeting to lay flat. The end result though, is that initially your carpet may look great but might start rippling within anywhere from a few weeks to a year or two after installation.
TIP: Within the first year after installation, if you start to see signs that your carpet is rippling, call the company you purchased it from immediately. In many cases you can get them to send the installer back to remove the ripples free of charge.Remember, the Squeaky Wheel Get’s the Oil here !! After the first year however, you will likely be out of luck and are better off hiring a company that specializes in correcting the types of problems that installers typically make. One such reputable company that provides carpet stretching in Bergen county NJ is Clean All of North Jersey. Read their reviews and find out more about carpet cleaning in Bergen county NJ.
Other Causes of Carpet Rippling on a “Stretched In” Type Installation
· High humidity: The humidity isn’t really the cause of the problem here. What’s actually happening is that latex materials used in the backing of the carpet absorb moisture. This causes the latex to expand and can cause carpet buckling if there is not sufficient tension on the carpet. You may have noticed that if you have visible ripples in your carpet they can look worse on humid days or you may gethumps in your carpet that disappear when the humidity returns to normal. Many times steam carpet cleaning, which uses hot water, can cause your carpeting tobuckle severely when you previously didn’t see any sign of a problem. Although the cleaner usually gets blamed for this, they are not at fault (except in the case of improper cleaning leading to excessively long drying time). Once again the cause is insufficient tension on the latex containing carpet backing brought to light by the high levels of moisture present from the cleaning. Usually, once the carpet dries fully, the buckles will settle down again.
Loose, missing or damaged tackless strip: Many times carpet is rippling upbecause there is nothing to hold it in place. It is quite common to find loose tackless strip on concrete sub-floors. Securing the strips to the concrete with nails can be difficult depending upon the quality of the concrete and how the concrete was cured. This can also happen on wood sub-floors if the amount of tension on the tackless strip is to great. In larger rooms and on concrete sub-floors the width of the tackless strip should be doubled to provide a greater surface area to grip on to thus avoiding this problem.
Another common scenario that leads to missing tackless strip is when you have a room adjoining a carpet remodeled and a tile or wood floor installed. It is typical to find missing tackless strip along the adjoining edge because either the installer doesn’t consider it part of the job he is doing to re-secure the carpet or he just simply may not know any better!
Dragging Heavy Furniture: You should make it a point to never drag any heavy furniture across the surface of a carpet. The tackless strip that holds the carpet in place has little nail-like spikes that grip the backing of the carpet. The force excerpted by dragging a heavy object across the surface can easily be enough to rip the carpet right off the tackless strip, damaging the carpet backing or loosening the strip in the process. Also some carpet fiber types such as olefinhave a very low melting point and the heat generated by dragging an object over it can be enough to melt it causing permanent damage in the form of a line across the surface which cannot be removed by carpet cleaning.
Wrong Padding Incorrect pad thickness or density. If the padding is too thick, in some cases it can cause the carpet to disengage from the tackless strip thereby losing tension. A thick, low density pad can cause delamination.
Delamination:This is the process of latex between the primary and secondary backing layers of a carpet breaking down and allowing the top layer where thecarpet fibers are attached to bubble up. Most of the time it is due to a defect in the mixing or application of latex in the manufacturing process.Other causes can be excessively thick, low density padding, heavy equipment being moved frequently over the carpet, improper use of solvent spotters or petroleum bases spills on a carpet such as lamp oil for example. Carpet that remains wet for long periods of time is susceptible to delamination.
Age: Carpet’s can eventually stretch due to normal factors such as the compression of padding in high traffic area’s which allows more flexing of the carpet backing causing it to “Relax” as well as the normal decomposing of the latex in the backing materials with age.
In our next example, there is no tackless-strip and no padding is used, so thecarpet cannot be stretched in. Instead the carpet is glued directly to the sub-floor. This is known as “direct glue down” installation. In both residential and commercial setting’s it is found primarily over concrete sub-flooring such as in a basement area. There are advantages and disadvantages to this installation method. In the case of a flooded basement for example, padding presents a major problem in that it acts like a giant sponge and can hold a tremendous amount of water. This makes for a much more complicated carpet repair. It will be more costly to dry and the chances of mold and mildew problems will increase if the job is not done properly. With the “direct glue down” carpet installation method, since there is no padding involved, the water can be extracted from the carpet and dried much more easily. The downside to this is that padding acts like a shock absorber and without it, the carpet will definitely wear out much faster.
The last type of install we will cover and the least common is known as a “double glue down”. This is where the padding is glued directly to the sub-floor and thecarpet is glued to the surface of the padding. No tackless strip is used and thecarpet is not stretched in.
Causes of Carpet Rippling in Glue Down Installations
Insufficient Adhesive:Ripples that appear in carpet that has been glued down, are usually do to insufficient adhesive being applied to the sub-floor.
High Alkalinity:On a concrete sub-floor, high alkalinity can cause adhesive failure. An Installer should always test the ph of the concrete before gluing carpet down. A ph range of 7-9 is considered acceptable. Anything higher than a ph of 9 can cause adhesion problems.
Improper use of Solvents: improper use of solvent spotters or petroleum bases spills on a carpet such as lamp oil can cause bubbles and ripples in carpet due to delamination of the carpet backing and or adhesive failure.
Water: Glued down carpet that is wet for an extended period of time can cause adhesion failure causing carpet ripples.
所以要不就是潮湿，要不就是安装不良引起泡面。。。。？多谢地毯大卫
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