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Black Mold....Maybe?
We are looking at purchasing a house (HUD) and a pipe froze and broke
last winter (Jan 2006), the mortgage company had the pipe ffixed, but my concern is possible mold behind the walls. It's been almost a year and the house has been vacant this entire time and there is still no visible mold. Would Mold show up by now? The walls are plaster and they have the normal yellow stains from water damage. The walls are all solid too, and it doest smell musty or earthy. I have pictures for those who are interested. Thanks. |
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"Lair" writes:
We are looking at purchasing a house (HUD) and a pipe froze and broke last winter (Jan 2006), the mortgage company had the pipe ffixed, but my concern is possible mold behind the walls. It's been almost a year and the house has been vacant this entire time and there is still no visible mold. Would Mold show up by now? The walls are plaster and they have the normal yellow stains from water damage. The walls are all solid too, and it doest smell musty or earthy. I have pictures for those who are interested. Doesn't mold require a continuous supply of mositure to remain active? Active or not, there may well be some ugly staining behind the wall. If future sellers get any hint of mold and get back there and freak, you may have a mess on your hands. I might ask the realtor about adding a contingency to the offer to get a licensed mold specialist in there to check things out in addition to the usual home inspection stuff. What I don't know though is how such a person would inspect, and if they need authorization to tear into anything to have a look around. Such authorization may be very hard to get from the seller since if you don't go through with the sale based on the results of such an inspeciton, then they not only have a hole in their wall, they also have a mold problem they're required to disclose because they now officially know about it. -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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Lair wrote:
We are looking at purchasing a house (HUD) and a pipe froze and broke last winter (Jan 2006), the mortgage company had the pipe ffixed, but my concern is possible mold behind the walls. It's been almost a year and the house has been vacant this entire time and there is still no visible mold. Would Mold show up by now? The walls are plaster and they have the normal yellow stains from water damage. The walls are all solid too, and it doest smell musty or earthy. I have pictures for those who are interested. Thanks. You can bring in the guys who do testing. Be forewarned that they tend to find things that are not always a problem. Let them test and get the actual results (numbers, not something like You got lots of mold.) Have them test the air outside, which they should be doing as a control. If you are not higher, you are fine. -- Joseph Meehan Dia duit |
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Black Mold....Maybe?
mold gets tracked in from the dirt in your backyard. if you water it it
grows. see: http://www.cdc.gov/health/mold.html Lair wrote: We are looking at purchasing a house (HUD) and a pipe froze and broke last winter (Jan 2006), the mortgage company had the pipe ffixed, but my concern is possible mold behind the walls. It's been almost a year and the house has been vacant this entire time and there is still no visible mold. Would Mold show up by now? The walls are plaster and they have the normal yellow stains from water damage. The walls are all solid too, and it doest smell musty or earthy. I have pictures for those who are interested. Thanks. |
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If you dont smell anything I dought there is an issue, just because mold
is black does not mean its stachybotrus or the dangerous black mold. |
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Doesn't mold require a continuous supply of mositure to remain active? When I faced this problem in my apartment, I believe my research showed that once established, mold could extract enough moisture from the air to remain viable. Also, if the mold goes into dormancy it can re-activate when moisture returns. I apologize that I don't have the links handy to provide them to you directly. However, OSHA has a pamphlet that I just found by Googling "OSHA mold" http://www.osha.gov/Publications/preventing_mold.pdf , and you will find a lot of information with your local and state health departments. It can be a pretty serious business, so do your homework. And good luck. Jacque |
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Black Mold....Maybe?
On 11 Oct 2006 14:29:45 -0700, "Lair" wrote:
We are looking at purchasing a house (HUD) and a pipe froze and broke last winter (Jan 2006), the mortgage company had the pipe ffixed, but my concern is possible mold behind the walls. It's been almost a year and the house has been vacant this entire time and there is still no visible mold. Would Mold show up by now? The walls are plaster and they have the normal yellow stains from water damage. The walls are all solid too, and it doest smell musty or earthy. I have pictures for those who are interested. Thanks. IMHO: I would like to see the photos please. I like pictures. You can hire a home inspector, that is certiifed in mold inspections. Have a spore check done. Plus they will help guide you with a certification of a clean house, or how to get clean. Some things I was told, relative humity is a driving force for mold. 0-50% usually mold isn't possible. 51-60% mold can be a problem. 60%+ you have mold issues, if there is food for mold. Now for water leaks that is a whole other nightmare, make sure all leaks are fixed. So a sealed home would scare me, if no ac, or dehumifying equipment was running. Remember I'm not a mold expert, so seek professional help. later, tom @ www.NoCostAds.com |
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