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Mold Smell At Night
Well, as a followup, I managed to fix the source of the water leak in
my wall (overflowing sewer pipe that wasn't capped during a botched later-nineties remodel ). Anyway, that leak had caused a nasty mold infestation on my drywall and in the cabinets. So, I figured, with the water leak closed off, and the walls and cabinets scrubbed down and Cloroxed, and, all rotten wood or drywall removed, then treated all of it with Concrobium, that I'd have the mold smell licked. And, I was largely right, until it hit sunset, and the smell came back. As it turns out, the mold smell comes back at night, and then every day, goes away. I'm guessing this is due to the condensation and the night air in my extremely humid (South Louisiana) climate. Sooo: 1. Does that seem to make sense that night air is reigniting my mold? 2. So, what do I need to do? I'll be buying a dehumidifier, but I don't really want to run it 24/7/365. Can I install some sort of moisture barrier between my masonry (concrete block) walls and the drywall/wood bolted to it? Thanks in advance, -Matthew D. Diez |
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