New Carpet Smell Pregnant

The requirements are tougher on american products than for imported products.

New carpet smell pregnant. I am craving the smell of wood the smell of my bathroom still got the new house smell and sponges but then i love to smell sponges when i m not pregnant. The vocs responsible for new carpet smell are 4 phenylcyclohexene 4 pch and to a lesser extent styrene. I use that weekly and it keeps my house smelling great. The dangers of a new carpet in a nursery.

Ventilation is the best way to eliminate new carpet odor. Within a few days to a few weeks these fumes dissipate and the carpet no longer smells. As a new carpet gradually releases or off gasses chemical residue the chemicals enter the air where we can smell them. If you re buying new carpeting ask the installer to air out the rolls for 24.

Aug 2010 babies new carpet smell and pregnancy. If your baby is already here keep them in another room until that new smell has dissipated. And you re right women have been getting pregnant for ages and have had healthy babies so there is nothing to worry about. Keep these in mind when installing carpet during pregnancy.

For the smell to cause any health problems to you or the fetus the saturation of urine in the carpet would have to be immense so bad that when you spent time in the room. Aug 2010 babies community 171 members new carpet smell and pregnancy baby dian. Hi everyone my work place just installed a new carpet and the smell is driving me crazy. New carpet can emit harmful chemicals from carpet fibers backing material and adhesives dyes and fire retardants.

I would say to vacuum the carpet with the carpet freshener. Make sure it s made in america the united states government has strict epa standards for chemical off gassing. How to have carpet installed while pregnant. So during and after installation open your windows turn on several fans on the high speed setting and point some at the windows to help push the fumes outside.

Airing out the room is the single most effective way to get rid of any unwanted smells in your carpet. There are many different types of vocs but the one related to new carpet odor is 4 phenylcyclohexene 4 pch a by product of the synthetic latex binders used to hold the carpet backing together. I have also loved the smell of my washing especially this week with it being dried on the washing line i smell it when i take it out of the washer cant help myself. Vocs are what create new car smell new carpet smell and the smell that you probably don t enjoy so much after you paint a room.

How bad is this for my pregnancy and if any of you went through.