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Post Time: 04/11/2007 15:05:34 |
mcfitzgerald
Total Forum Posts: 12 |
Hi all,
I recently bought some of your shielding paint (YShield HSF54) following hiring your pro meter & buying the MW1 electrosmog meter which indicated various problems in my house. The most important worst effected area seems to be in the main bedroom (no wonder I suffer insomnia!) and I have now started painting the walls with YShield. I also intend to hang the bobbinet material I bought from you as net curtains.
I am just wondering about the details of using the paint. The main problem seems to be eminating from my adjoining neighbour (wi-fi, DECT phone, baby monitor etc). Do I need to cover everything on the joining wall eg radiator, coving, skirting? If I have an airing cupboard backing onto the joining wall, am I best to paint the door, architrave etc of the cupboard too if I have no access to that part of the joining wall?
Also, having made a start in the bedroom it seems from the MW1 that some of the strongest microwaves are coming through the bedroom floor. Below this is a small hallway with the fusebox, a halogen striplight and a hard-wired smoke alarm (all of which do set the meter off when in the hallway). Are these likely to be the cause in the bedroom and, if so, do I need to remove the bedroom laminate floor to paint the chipboard floor beneath?
I realise that it's difficult to give me specific answers to such questions in these unseen situations but would appreciate any advice you may be able to provide as the paint is extremely expensive and I can't afford to paint areas unnecessarily.
Many thanks for your help.
Michael Fitzgerald
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Post Time: 05/11/2007 10:40:05 |
alasdairP
Total Forum Posts: 173 |
Hi Michael
The best way to see what areas are best to shield with the paint are to temporarily cover them with good quality kitchen aluminium foil, held in place using bluetack or similar. This is cheap and easy to do, but foil is ugly and easy to tear so is not good in the longer term. Continue covering areas until you have the room "electrosmog quiet". You can put the foil on the floor, using sticky tape rather than bluetack and cover it with newspaper (or similar) to help prevent it tearing when you walk on it. Once the room is "EM quiet", you can try removing different areas of foil in order to see which are the key areas to shield.
If you need to screen the floor, then the best solution (if you CAN lift the laminate - some don't take kindly to being taken apart) would be to re-lay it on top of a good layer of aluminium cooking foil (MUCH cheaper that paint for this purpose). The cooking foil should be "earthed" in at least one place to a metal waterpipe or the mains electricity safety earth (available at every plug) - use one of our leads or make one of your own) www.emfields.org/screening/overview.asp This prevents increasing the levels of power-frequency electric fields in the room that would otherwise occur.
I expect your comment ("set the meter off") refers to electric field measurements (and possibly magnetic field close to the item) made with the PRO meter. The Electrosmog detector should not respond to any of the three items you mention (well, maybe a TINY amount if held against the glass of the striplight). Do you mean halogen striplight, or Compact Fluorescent (CFL)? I was not aware that you could get halogen striplights. I would not worry about these in the hall, unless you had high levels (above about 0.05 microtesla) of power-frequency magnetic fields in the bedroom.
I hope this helps.
Alasdair Philips
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Post Time: 08/11/2007 18:55:15 |
mcfitzgerald
Total Forum Posts: 12 |
Thanks for your reply Alistair. That was very much appreciated.
I seem to have actually solved the problem now without having to resort to your kind suggestions. It's incredible how this microwave radiation seems to bounce around and take every possible route to get where it wants to go. The remaining problems in the bedroom seemingly coming through the floor as indicated by the electrosmog meter have now been solved after painting the joining wall going up the stairs and by the downstairs hallway even through this was not directly under the bedroom!! In addition, this has also solved the MW1 noises in the hallway which, did infact, appear to be coming from the smoke alarm and lights! The lounge, also, is now much improved with the MW1 readings.
I must say, the YShield paint is a fabulous product and, although expensive, is well worth it in my opinion. It 'felt' different in the lounge immediately after painting the joining wall and my sleeping has improved already. I am also chemically sensitive and cannot tolerate any paints so I was also impressed with YShield in this respect as it seemed to cause me no problems in this regard. I fully intend to complete the interior painting of the rest of my house now by buying a little YShield when I can afford it.
Many thanks for your wonderful website, products and relentless work in this important area. It is very much appreciated!
All the best,
Michael Fitzgerald |
