HELP!!! wrote:
I was (and I say was) renovating my basement. I have my walls insulated and
1 wall gyproced. I had some weak spots in my subfloor that I thought I
could patch. I started to rip up one section and realized that most if not
all of the floor is water damaged from years ago. I just bought the house a
year ago. Most of the strapping are rotted badly. I pulled up 1 - half
inch piece of underlay and noticed this weird (could be mould) crystal type
of fuzzy looking stuff. This stuff looks like cotton candy. IS this mould.
I am confused as to what to do. Will this problem (potential mould removal)
be covered by our insurance. Is this extremely dangerous. The basement is
not being used. Our washer and dryer are down there along with a deep
freeze. My wife is due with our first child on Wednesday coming up. Any
advice as to what I should do?

This MAY be confined to one small section, but am not sure. Any advice?
Should I leave it and call our insurance company so they can come over to
take a look? Shoudl I rip up the rest of the floor?

I can take a picture of this white cotton candy crystal looking stuff and
post it if required.

Please advise!!!





To me the crystallization is an indication of moisture seepage and not a
basement flood/ water flow. This happens when water is weeping through
the walls. You can look it up on the internet. It might not be mold
behild the moulding (note spelling) at all but just crystal outgrowth.
Make sure your gutters are working and clear of leaves and that your
house landscape is graded properly.

I wouldn't rip the boards up not for sure. You would just disturb
whatever it is and disperse it into the air. I would expect yoru wife
being pregnant and higher smell sensitivity would be experiencing
problems before the child is born if there were an issue.

Don't mess with it now. Youll be too busy to finish it by next week.
Congratulations as well.

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Thank you,



"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16