Dust allergy during building work?

[SRJDIY]

Hi all! I'm soon going to have my kitchen extended by knocking out the external wall. The work will also involve sanding down an artex ceiling (we've checked and there's no asbestos, luckily). However, I have a dust allergy, and I'm worried about dust from the work in the kitchen getting all around the house. Compounding the issue is the fact that there's no kitchen door.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can manage the dust as best as possible please? I can dose up on antihistamines, but they can only do so much when the house is full of dust, and they tend to lose effectiveness after a while anyway.

 

[bernardgreen]

My trick is a large extractor fan (12 inch ) in a sheet of alloy which I tape in place over an open window to blow air and dust out. This clears some dust but more importantly lowers the pressure in the room so there is no movement of dust and air under doors into other rooms. Air flow into the room from other rooms reduces the amount of dust that can get into other rooms The door can even be left slightly ajar to help air flow to clear dust out of the room through the extractor.

But it does then make a mess then outside so it can upset the neighbours.

 

[cdbe]

Just get it skimmed.