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NEW HOUSE SYNDROME

Posted by Indo on February 23, 2006 at 07:48:23:

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Last June we moved into our new build house and since then I have been experiencing problems staying asleep, this has been gradually getting worse during the winter months when the central heating system has been on for longer.

I kept waking up with a very dry throat and mouth and then took steps to correct this by switching off the radiators in the bedrooms in the evening and purchasing a humidifier as I thought there may be a problem with the humidity of the house. This helped a little bit but I still kept waking up with this dry throat and mouth even though the room shows that the humidity level is normal (using an egonometer).

I have become greatly frustrated with this.

I am now in a situation where I don't know what to do. I've seen the doctor and I'm quite sure there is nothing wrong with me. My partner sleeps fine but she is generally a much deeper sleeper than I anyway. I am now looking at the actual air quality of the bedroom itself as I didn't experience anything like this before I moved home (my previous home was quite a bit older). I have learned that new houses are more air-tight and keep everythng in such as heat/ dryness etc.

I have also seen on the Internet certain gases called Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) that are especially prevailant with new carpets. Because it is a new house I'm wondering if any other building materials paint/ plywood etc may be causing the air to become polluted and thus causing me to wake up because of this feeling of dryness.

One last question, have you heard of anything like this happening before? I have heard of the term 'sick homes' or 'new house syndrome', do you think this has anything to do with it?

Any advise will be much appreicated folks

Many thanks
Colin

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