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         Q. Our 50 year old home has an exterior that has asbestos shingles and brick. The north side has turned green progressively over the last 5 years. Early on we had the side power washed yearly but the problem has become worse. Is there anything we can or should do? There is no mold inside the house. [December 17, 2004]
         A.  You can use low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes. The mold will be effectively killed. Then try to wash off as much of the dead mold as you can by adding Borax laundry detergent to your power washer to get the natural mold cleaning power of Borax. You would be wise to re-wash with Borax every month or so to remove airborne mold spores and organic dirt [upon which the mold feeds] from the siding surface. If power washing won't remove the mold, consider hand scrubbing with Borax in warm water to get rid of the mold. While doing any washing or mold treatments of your exterior asbestos shingle-sided home, wear a 3M brand breathing mask [with filters rated for asbestos fiber removal] so that you don't breathe in any loose asbestos fibers which can cause you to contract asbestos-related lung problems. You hope there is no mold contamination inside your home. Use do it yourself mold test kits from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety store. Large quantities of airborne mold spores given off by the exterior siding mold each day can easily travel in air currents to mold cross-contaminate your entire house and its heating/cooling system.  Learn the 25 steps for safe and effective mold remediation.

         Q. We have mold growing on and possibly in our exterior cedar siding? What do we do?  [March 13, 2004]
         A. You can use a low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes and other Mold Killing and Protective Products available at Mold Mart. Then you would scrape, plane, or sand off the mold growth and the mold-ravaged paint coating prior to further mold remediation treatment. Learn the 25 steps for safe and effective Mold Removal .When you probably have mold growing INSIDE cedar siding [and maybe even beneath the siding], you need to replace the siding and install new siding. Of course, when you remove the siding, you should inspect and test for mold contamination in the walls beneath the siding. Because it is very likely that quantities of airborne mold spores from your exterior siding may have traveled in air currents and entered your home through open windows and doors and your fresh air intake of your heating/cooling system, you would be wise to mold test the air of each room, attic, basement, crawl space, and the outward air flow from each heating/cooling duct register for the possible presence of elevated levels of airborne mold spores, in comparison to an outdoor mold control test which you will also do. Use do it yourself mold test kits from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety store.

         Q. Once a year at about this time, the house gets a black coating on top of the paint. The longer it stays the darker it becomes. Have you heard of this before and if so can you tell me what it is and how to treat it? Once removed, I would like to vinyl side the house. If I side the house will the black stuff occur under the siding? Note: We have washed the house down in the past with a bleach based cleanser. Also, washed house down with a product recommended by house paint distributor. [Aug. 18, 2003]
         A. Mold is eating the siding paint itself and organic dirt that has settled on the house paint, and is possibly already spread by growth into the wood itself. To get rid of this mold on siding problem, you will need to: (1) use low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes available at Mold Mart.(2) physically remove the mold growth with such power tools as a planer, wire brush attachment to a grinder, and sander. If you cannot remove enough moldy materials to get to original, uncontaminated wood, you will need to remove and replace the wood siding with outer insulation sheathing and your desired vinyl siding.  Follow the 25 recommended mold remediation steps.

        Q. We had our 25 year old house painted 3 or 4 years ago by brush and shortly afterwards a black area appeared on the north side of the house. It looked as though it was from a person splashing a pail of something against the wood siding. We didn't do anything to try to address it, but a year later this black (apparently mold) started to spread and now covers much of the house's exterior. We can remove it temporarily with a 1 part to 3 bleach/water spray mixture, but it returns after a couple of months (or less this time of year). Last year we put on new plastic eaves and downspouts and it quickly spread to those. [August 18, 2003]
        A. Do not use ineffective bleach. You can use low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes available at Mold Mart. You also need to checking into the wood siding to see if exterior house mold growth has penetrated inward, in which case you would have to physically remove such mold penetration with power planer, power grinder with wire brush attachment, and power sander. Follow the 25 recommended mold remediation steps.  If there has been no exterior home mold growth into the wood, after killing the mold, clean the siding with a solution of 2 cups of Borax laundry detergent per gallon of distilled water. Then seal the exterior of the siding against moisture with a clear plastic coating available from your paint dealer.

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