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Basement
Mold Problems
Q. I
finished a basement last year and moved in December. The last few months in
Ohio have been very wet. A wet sour smell started in my wall near the
sliding door. I could not stand the smell. We ran the dehumidifier in the
room all the time, pulling 2 gallons out a day.
I know that when we put up the
insulation in the month of July, we noticed that the vapor wrap around the
door had moisture behind it. I went to the Internet to make sure what we
were doing was the right thing. I was confident enough to go ahead and
continue putting up the vapor wrap. I have since had a 3x3 foot hole cut
into the drywall. The dry wall was very dry. Behind the plastic in-between
the double layer of insulation near the door in the middle was very wet and
the start of mold, but down on the foundation stud was a strange and smelly
pile of mold. I have seen mold grow in a way of looking like spores. This
was really weird to be in a pile about 2 inches with a very wet content. I
was able to just pick the pile up with a bag. It almost looked like a very
large pile of mouse droppings but very moist and it would almost break
apart. At first sight I thought it might be something dead but there were no
bones. I do think that the initial mold on the insulation would be from the
seem around the door. We are going to reseal around the door on the out
side. This other thing has me upside down. I don’t know where to go with it.
Any ideas? [August 18, 2003]
A.
You need to send a
mold sample both
the wet mold and the other discovered mold growths to a mold laboratory
of your choice for
mold lab analysis and mold species identification. There is a serious
possibility that the wet mold is the deadly toxic mold
Stachybotrys which thrives in on-going wet conditions. You also
need to mold test the air of all rooms of your basement, rooms
upstairs, attic, and the outward flow from heating/cooling ducts
for the possible presence of elevated levels of airborne mold
spores, which, if present, are an indication of a possible mold
infestation problem. In the area of the water intrusion around
the sliding door, you need to remove and discard all
affected building materials, seal the area against future water
intrusion [seal from the outside of course]. You can use a
low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes available at Mold
Mart. Follow the
mold
remediation and
mold
abatement tips. Use
do it yourself mold
test kits available from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety
store.
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