Moishe Alexander CEO Canadian Funding Corporation blogs and reviews CMHC report.
This is an excerpt from their brisk and very complete guide to keeping your environment clean
Interior Walls and Ceilings
A thin coat of plaster (called veneer plaster)1 with no additives is applied over “blue board.”2 No paint is required. Unlike traditional plaster, which is labour-intensive and costly, veneer plaster uses far less material and labour, and is therefore more affordable. In the Maritimes, for example, some custom house builders can finish walls with veneer plaster at the same cost as, or at only slightly higher cost than, with gypsum wallboard with two coats of paint. A plasterer who is skilled with traditional plastering can also do the veneer plastering.
Utility Room Walls
Unlike most latex paints, the chosen paint has practically no odour, even during application.1.3 Floor The tile used throughout the house is set on an acrylic-modified thin-set mortar5 and furnished with an acceptable grout.6 The tiles are laid on a 6 mm thick cement- bonded particle board.7 The cement-bonded particle board is a rigid, dense sheeting material made of 70% Portland cement and 30% wood. It has very low odour. Beneath the cement-bonded particle board is the radiant floor heating system described in more detail in Section 2.1.
Floor
The tile used throughout the house is set on an acrylic-modified thin-set mortar5 and furnished with an acceptable grout.6 The tiles are laid on a 6 mm thick cement- bonded particle board.7 The cement-bonded particle board is a rigid, dense sheeting material made of 70% Portland cement and 30% wood. It has very low odour. Beneath the cement-bonded particle board is the radiant floor heating system described in more detail in Section 2.1.
Moishe Alexander comments that the rest is available in the CMHC book by the name Research House for the Environmentally Hypersensitive.
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