A lot of people look at the extra volume in an encapsulated attic but the heating and cooling loads on a house are based mostly on the surface areas.
After being in the attic i have a cough.
Mold in crawlspaces is extremely common and may impact one in three crawlspaces in the united states according to mold remediation specialist jim dobbins.
It may feel like you have a tickle in the back of your throat triggering your cough reflex giving you hacking coughs.
Odds are you are coughing due to dust in the attic more than the fiberglass.
Take one teaspoon of raw onion juice and one teaspoon of honey in the morning and evening.
You may get cough and irritation in your throat after exposure to fiberglass dust in lungs.
The cough is the body s natural response to forcing dirt and debris out of the airways and lungs.
It may remain for a week or a month.
This is known as a non productive cough most conditions that may cause a cough will present as a dry cough in the early stages.
Spray foam can work well but you re right.
The amount of contact a typical homeowner would be exposed to in their lifetime is not likely something to lose too much sleep over.
Beginning as a dry cough the lungs work against the debris and uses mucus to attempt to force the dirt and particles out.
While you are doing all this think about the dust.
A dry cough is a cough where no mucus or very little mucus is expectorated coughed up.
Bat guano poo carries fungal spores that can cause a lung disease known as histoplasmosis says pelshaw.
Some of those illnesses can actually be caused by exposure to mold such as bronchitis and pneumonia though of course mold is not the only cause of those conditions.
Expect to cough and encourage it.
For future reference however a cheap 3m dust mask is a good idea the next time you re up in the attic.
It s good to have a building science pro involved too.
It s a fungus that people can get from breathing in spores in the air outdoor or inside.
If it was from asbestos any other unidentified building insulant sawdust or any insoluble mineral dust such as from mica stone cutting or metallic dust go to your nearest hospital immediately.
Contractors really have to know what they re doing.
As the disease progresses the productive nature of the cough will become evident.
Of course a cough can be caused by many things other than exposure to mold including a cold or other respiratory virus influenza the flu seasonal allergies bronchitis and pneumonia.
In such a case onion helps to liquefy the phlegm and helps to throw out the tiny dust particles of fiberglass from the lungs.
A dry cough is a cough that doesn t bring up mucus.
