After about 20 minutes in the room where we've had our new carpet
installed about one month ago, my eyes burn and my throat gets a
"little acidy". I start feeling cruddy. I've move my office down there
in the basement and my subliminal reaction is to get the heck out of
the room.

We recently finished our basement about six weeks ago. Very dry with a
dehumidifier running and humidity levels very low and not pets or food
present. We put in a new synthetic Burbur carpet from Home Depot,
about four weeks ago and I've been working there everyday as my office.
My problem is the smell. It's definately a synthetic smell below the
surface. You could desribe it as "thick" or "gamey", like if you wore
the same wool sweater for a month. It's not BO and it's hard to
describe as a chemical smell, but it's not a "natural" smell. We've
kept our windows open for many days and the smell doesn't go away.

Does anybody have any ideas? What would help with the smell?
Shampooing the rug, ripping it out ,trying a new type of carpet. I've
read the controversy about new carpets, but I am not hyper sensitive to
chemicals, I just don't like the smell.

Home Depot seems to have a department that is very familiar with this
type of complaint. They are sending someone over here. How do I deal
with Home Depot? Will they come and clean the carpet? Give me a
different carpet?
What type of tests will they do? How should I pursue this?

Thanks so much for any constructive comments.

I sounds like the smell may be a bit intense for this suggestion, but have
you tried using something like an Ionic Breeze from Sharper Image? I use
one whenever we do construction, or paint a room and it seems to "clean
the air" pretty effectively. It will be interesting to see what the guy
from Home Depot says. That can be really frustrating if you have to work
their everyday.

Mike

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The Ionic Breeze has been rated by Consumer Reports has a hoax and waste
of money. Berber carpet has more chemicals than standard carpet. The
idea is to move as much air though the room to get rid of the odor.
While doing that spray some Frabreeze on the carpet and that will help
with the odor while the ventilation does it's job. Perhaps a large fan
will be needed to move a large volume of air.

J



mikeytag wrote:

I sounds like the smell may be a bit intense for this suggestion, but have
you tried using something like an Ionic Breeze from Sharper Image? I use
one whenever we do construction, or paint a room and it seems to "clean
the air" pretty effectively. It will be interesting to see what the guy
from Home Depot says. That can be really frustrating if you have to work
their everyday.

Mike

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"GRAPE" wrote in message
oups.com...
After about 20 minutes in the room where we've had our new carpet
installed about one month ago, my eyes burn and my throat gets a
"little acidy". I start feeling cruddy. I've move my office down there
in the basement and my subliminal reaction is to get the heck out of
the room.

We recently finished our basement about six weeks ago. Very dry with a
dehumidifier running and humidity levels very low and not pets or food
present. We put in a new synthetic Burbur carpet from Home Depot,
about four weeks ago and I've been working there everyday as my office.
My problem is the smell. It's definately a synthetic smell below the
surface. You could desribe it as "thick" or "gamey", like if you wore
the same wool sweater for a month. It's not BO and it's hard to
describe as a chemical smell, but it's not a "natural" smell. We've
kept our windows open for many days and the smell doesn't go away.

Does anybody have any ideas? What would help with the smell?
Shampooing the rug, ripping it out ,trying a new type of carpet. I've
read the controversy about new carpets, but I am not hyper sensitive to
chemicals, I just don't like the smell.

Home Depot seems to have a department that is very familiar with this
type of complaint. They are sending someone over here. How do I deal
with Home Depot? Will they come and clean the carpet? Give me a
different carpet?
What type of tests will they do? How should I pursue this?

Thanks so much for any constructive comments.


More than likely they will say this is normal and will dissipate in a few
more weeks. It may actually be a defect though. Did you use adhesive to
stick it to the floor or is it streached on carpet tack?

Best advice is to ventilate the basement as much as possible. Washing may
help, the expert should have some advice. I suspect he will just sniff and
go on experience, don't expect any gear or actual tests.

Joey wrote:

The Ionic Breeze has been rated by Consumer Reports has a hoax and waste
of money. Berber carpet has more chemicals than standard carpet. The
idea is to move as much air though the room to get rid of the odor.
While doing that spray some Frabreeze on the carpet and that will help
with the odor while the ventilation does it's job. Perhaps a large fan
will be needed to move a large volume of air.

J

This is of course one of the many examples of why Consumer Reports is
garbage. There is no "hoax" with electrostatic precipitators, they have
been well proven for many decades in commercial and industrial
applications. The Ionic Breeze is a bit cheesy in it's attempt to get
away with not using a fan to move the air however and will be nowhere
near as efficient as a proper fan fed electrostatic precipitator.

Pete C.

Bake the house, run the heat way up for a day or longer to outgas as
much of the chwemicals as you can and then vent it thoroughly.

Have the HD guy lend you one of their "big mother" fans for a week or so, in
the name of "...we can help".

"GRAPE" wrote in message
oups.com...
After about 20 minutes in the room where we've had our new carpet
installed about one month ago, my eyes burn and my throat gets a
"little acidy". I start feeling cruddy. I've move my office down there
in the basement and my subliminal reaction is to get the heck out of
the room.

We recently finished our basement about six weeks ago. Very dry with a
dehumidifier running and humidity levels very low and not pets or food
present. We put in a new synthetic Burbur carpet from Home Depot,
about four weeks ago and I've been working there everyday as my office.
My problem is the smell. It's definately a synthetic smell below the
surface. You could desribe it as "thick" or "gamey", like if you wore
the same wool sweater for a month. It's not BO and it's hard to
describe as a chemical smell, but it's not a "natural" smell. We've
kept our windows open for many days and the smell doesn't go away.

Does anybody have any ideas? What would help with the smell?
Shampooing the rug, ripping it out ,trying a new type of carpet. I've
read the controversy about new carpets, but I am not hyper sensitive to
chemicals, I just don't like the smell.

Home Depot seems to have a department that is very familiar with this
type of complaint. They are sending someone over here. How do I deal
with Home Depot? Will they come and clean the carpet? Give me a
different carpet?
What type of tests will they do? How should I pursue this?

Thanks so much for any constructive comments.