The satisfaction of doing your own DIY can be economical as well as immensely rewarding, especially when you get it right!
But there is an important factor that is mainly overlooked in some areas of the world, and this factor also concerns builders too.
But really, this issue is important to say the least, very important to your heath.
We all know what our lungs are for? And we all should know the importance of using our breathing correctly for our general health, but this aside, the factor that I'm talking about is dust'
True, dust is everywhere, there's really no getting away from it, but if your working in an environment that is exceptionally dusty, or if you work in an environment that creates dust, you must take more care of your health.
For example, you may be mixing powdered building materials, or maybe sanding down some woodwork or even cutting wood, the health issues of these tasks are mainly overlooked by most people, and you just get on with the job in hand, ok, many of the hazardous materials have been long since been banned or removed by the manufacturers, and even though you won't feel the miserable pain that prolonged dust can have on your lungs, not yet anyway, but maybe the dangers will show later on in your mature years.
This is only a message to make you more aware. You do have a certain amount of your own defence mechanism already built into your body, breathing through your nose would be much better than through your mouth, hopefully the fine hairs layering your nasal interior will block some of the debris, we also have mucus producing cells in our windpipe, just in case some of this dust isn't caught in our nasal filters, this is usually coughed up and expelled from the mouth, but my point is, many diy' enthusiasts and builders are working on old building material removal' from their woodwork, walls and the like, but then again you may be mixing plaster, texture powder or even wallboard adhesive for instance, and we all know what happens to these materials once water is mixed with them, so imagine fine particles entering the lungs, getting lodged there, then moisture envelopes the area, so please, take head and get down to your diy' store and buy yourself some dust masks, and use them.
Dale Ovenstone 2008
Dale Ovenstone is self taught & has been self employed for over 25 years in the art of Texturing/Artexing, Coving/Cornice work, Plastering, Preparing Interior Surfaces prior to re-decoration, Repairing & Matching in Texture Designs & Patterns besides training individuals on a one to one & group basis in all of the above.
Knowing & understanding the needs of his customers this has encouraged him to create & write his unique range of step by step training 'DIY' books & guides which are attractively priced and available for download
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