July 1998
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Body Bio Clocks & Electronics - Your concrete
floor slab could be bad for health.
What is this all about I hear you ask. Well it's in regard to
underfloor concrete heating and steel reinforcing in concrete
floor slabs. Very little is known about this subject and it's
probably just another case of the government saying, "lets
not tell the public, they'll only just panic". Since day
one on this planet evolution has designed animal and mammal bodies
so that they purposely go into sleep, not just to rest our body
physically but to allow body to disperse body toxins. As life
has evolved our bodies have developed to keep in time with the
earths magnetic fields. That's the process of everlution. If it
sounds like science fiction it's not. Apparently our bodies need
sleep mostly to rejuvenate and clean out body toxins generated
over the course of a day and it does this in step with what known
as the schuman frequency. Most of us suffer from jet lag and apparently
space travellers suffer as well from the same sort of thing, it
comes from being out of step with this schuman frequency.
It was explained to me a little bit like this. If you imagine
that our body is like a 44 gallon drum and that's the maximum
amount of body toxins our bodies should be aloud to generate or
accumulate before things can start to go wrong within our system.
During the course of the day when we are awake our body may accumulate
say only 33 gallons of toxin and therefore during the course of
our sleep our bodies can easily cope and disperse the toxins back
to a very low level ready for the next day. However if for some
reason the body is unable to properly disperse the toxins and
rejuvenation can not be carried out fully, over a period of time
the 44 gallon drum may fill or even overflow. When this happens
what's known as "free radicles" start to build up in
the body and they are the chaps that can be responsible for abnormal
body cell growth and that's what causes cancer.
So where does this all fit in with concrete floor slabs. Well
it's been proved that the steel reinforcing mesh in the concrete
has an effect of defusing the earths schuman frequency and interfering
with the bodies bio clock and sleeping patten. The reinforcing
steel mesh can also have an effect of magnifying or changing the
schuman frequency to our detriment. I wouldn't go as far as saying
that sleeping over a concrete floor that has steel reinforcing
will cause cancer but it's the sort of thing that can trigger
the process to begin. Thankfully the solution is very simple as
they often are once you are aware of them. There is a relatively
new product on the market called "Fibre Mesh" and the
cost difference between fibre mesh and steel reinforcing mesh
is almost nil. Fibre Mesh is made from fibre glass and comes in
strands and looks a bit like sheep skin wool fibres. Fibre Mesh
is now an approved substitute for steel reinforcing in concrete
floor slabs and we use it quite often. Perimeter foundation steel
reinforcing rods have the same but lesser effect on our bio clock.
I understand that moves have been made to introduce the same technology
to avoid steel rods in footings for domestic use. Steel rods are
being replaced for fibreglass rods. All timber based floor products
like particle board floors or tongue and groove floors are safe.
The character homes that we specialise in tend to suite an elevated
floor and wooden veranda decks so about 90% of the work we do
have timber floors.
By the way, steel reinforcing has the most effect on our body
during sleep, with a much lesser effect on our bodies while we
are awake or in the work place. People who work in a multi storey
building with steel reinforcing surrounding them are placing themselves
at very high risk.
There are other things I'd like to make you aware of that are
most often simple to change or avoid. How much do you enjoy your
electric blanket? Through it out, electric blankets are one of
the worst appliances, even when they are turned off. Do you use
and electric radio alarm clock with blue or green lighting crystals
that show the time? Move it to the other side of the bedroom or
through it out and replace it with a dial face an battery operated.
Does the back of your computer point through a wall on to some
ones bed, maybe a child sleep in the next room? Move your computer.
Micro wave ovens, we should keep well away from them while in
use. I know we don't sleep near micro wave ovens but the are still
dangerous and cover your cell phone with a micro shield. Micro
shields can be purchased from most cell phone shops or they can
get them. We know the people are starting to develop tumours in
their heads from using cell phones.
I'm raising these points to make you aware of what we subject
ourselves to without knowing it. We don't need to panic but just
slowly take the steps to make changes in our life over the next
5 - 10 years. As example the next time you purchase a new bed,
buy one without an electric blanket built in and try to avoid
the inner sprung matrass, the coiled springs in the inner sprung
matrass also effect the schuman frequency. Building a new home
is best time to make slight adjustments to your plans and most
often it won't cost the new home builder any more, it's just knowing
what to do and how to design it.
I mentioned earlier in this article about under slab or concrete
floor heating. Most of us think that under slab heating must be
done with electric cables running through the slab and of course,
like the electric blanket, this type of heating only compounds
the steel reinforcing problem in relation to our sleeping bodies.
The simple solution to this is to use hot water. Similar cost.
In this instance water is heated by a boiler, usually using gas
or electricity, and pumps the hot water through pipes laid in
the concrete although the water pipes should still avoid the sleeping
areas. No steel reinforcing, no electric cables, so simple and
safe.
Of course several months ago I told you the horror storey about
the land agent that tried to sell a young couple about 5 acres
directly under high tension power cable wires. Stay well away
from properties or building sites that have overhead high tension
power cables closer than 75m. Remember I did say that if you ever
want an un-bias opinion on a property you either want to purchase
or build on (obligation free), regardless of where you are in
the country, it would be my pleasure to give you the benefit of
my experience. Who knows, the information I give you could be
very powerful when it comes to negotiating the terms and conditions
of purchasing a property. Or could save you heaps in assisting
you to locate or position your proposed new home on the section
our block you already have. Just phone me or leave a message any
time on 0800 MOSS BROS (66 77 27).
Just one last comment on the dangerous rays that our bodies are
continually bombarded with. Remember the pre-school's in Auckland
that were fighting the countries largest telephone company (10
points for guessing who) to stop them putting up a transmitter
near their kindergarten. The school does have a very strong case.
Unfortunately it's a fact that before the introduction of cell
phones in this country (and in other countries around the world)
the safety levels for transmitting frequencies (like radar, radio,
RT's and television etc) was set at a level by our government
to protect it's citizens from dangerous levels of rays flying
about. Then big business with it's arrogant self interest for
even more hundreds of millions, wanted to introduce the cell phone
but it had one big problem to over come, and you guessed it. Make
the government lower the safety standards or levels. And they
got their way. Frequency levels were increased to include what
was required for cell phones and their transmission. Yes I do
have a cell phone but it is one of the older ones that has a separate
hand set away from the dangerous areas such as round the aerial,
very similar to the car phone set-up. As a sum up, there are easy,
simple and cost effective ways to provide more protection to ourselves
and our loved ones as long as we aware of our options and we want
to do something about it.
Built once but never again. How to avoid the
stress.
Interesting statistics, only one in four people who have a new
home built would do it again. The main reason, to much stress
brought on by a bad experience from the contractor. Why then,
do so many projects turn sour when the idea of building a new
home can be so appealing and exciting. One of the main reasons
that statistics have revealed is the comment," the contractors
performance didn't meet the owners expectations". So if the
expectations of the employer (proposed new home owner) weren't
met, then one of the first questions you must ask yourself as
the person who wants a new home built is, "what sorts of
standards do I expect and where do I find a company that can deliver.
I think it's fair to say that most people don't know very much
at all about the procedures of building a new building or have
the knowledge required to competently complete a new home project,
for if they did there would be no need for companies such as our.
I think we can accept that by remaining employed in the field
we have the most experience in and employing a professional in
the field we require expertise is usually far more cost effective.
Building a new home for most of us is usually one of our largest
purchases and of course it's only natural to want to make our
dollar stretch as far as possible. However most reputable building
companies won't even price or tender a project if there are more
than three companies asked to tender, because if there are more
than three then the tenders are simply being compared against
price and it then becomes a sad but true joke or statement "the
cheapest tender has made the biggest pricing mistake". In
fact there are companies I won't even tender against because I
know that the only thing that makes them happy is providing the
cheapest price. Thankfully most of us can see the cut prices cowboys
in most industry and know how to avoid them.
Prices should moderate and fair. Its always possible to obtain
a cheaper price but it should be obvious that the less you pay
the poorer the quality and service. Look for a company that competes
on quality and service (in particular, after sales service) not
price. The disappointment of poor quality remains long after the
joy of a low price. As young kids, our mothers always told us,
"In life darling, you get what you pay for". As adults,
we know this to be true. In the early days of my company, we use
to dread clients phoning up with complaints after a job was completed.
Because we had competed on supplying the cheapest price we knew
we couldn't afford to fix things, and if we just ignore the complaint,
maybe the client will get sick of being put off and give up. Does
this story sound familiar to you? These days, every 6 - 12 months
after completion of your new home, one of our team will contact
you to make sure you are still totally satisfied and happy.
My tip is, If you are calling for tenders, get three or less
and then only choose your preferred contractor once you have obtained
the names and phone numbers of at least three of the contractors
past clients. Ring them and ask the following tell all questions,
because the answers will help you easily choose the right person
or company.
1. Would you employ them again?
2. Did they keep their promises?
3. Did they repair faults promptly?
4. What was the after sales service like?
It would also be my suggestion that you made the effort to view
any work the contractor has done in the past. It's this type of
home/leg work that will place you in the 25% bracket of happy
and delighted new home owners.
The builder that actually completed (I mean
it's actually finished) his own home
I mentioned in a news letter last year that my wife and I were
in the process of building a new home (and what a superb job the
builders did) over here in Masterton and I'm pleased to inform
you that even though it's a builders home, it has been totally
finished. Most tradesmen or self-employed people have a shocking
reputation for not completing home projects where the chore is
the same as their usual work day employment. You now what I mean,
plumbers have leaking or dripping taps, painters have torn wall
paper and un-painted scotias etc. But I look back it my project
and ask myself and my wife what would have done differently. From
both of our points of view, we didn't pay enough attention to
the location of some of the light switches or electrical fixtures.
It's only now when we are living in the finished product that
positioning of only a few of the light switches could have been
put in more convenient places, but otherwise we're both absolutely
delighted and wouldn't change a thing.
Regards
Julian Moss
PS; I feel that our trading name and the way we answer the telephone
tells an enquirer exactly what we do. And that is design and build
character homes. So gradually we will be changing our literature
to be headed "Character Home Design And Build Specialists"
and we answer the phone, Welcome the character home design and build
specialists, this is Julian Moss speaking, or whoever.
Oh PS: More and more inquires and sales are from beyond the toll
free area of our office. Because of this, for your convenience I
have installed an 0800 Free-Help phone line to our office. So if
you have any questions or queries you can contact me on:
0800 MOSS BROS (6677-2767)
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