Black Mold

Mary Kate = ) asked:


i live in military housing, me and my neighbor (whose houses are connected) both have black mold and water damage we contacted housing and they are saying all they are gonna do is put a dehumidifier to dry up our water damage and spray something on the mold…..my question is is that enough to make our house safe from mold?? because everywhere i have looked it says the walls need to be torn out and cleaned on the inside and not just the surface
i have a respitory infection and my 8 month old son is also coughing and congested my neighbor has 3 kids 2 of which also have respitory infections the mold only started growing we think about 1 1/2 months ago from something leaking in our houses

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vm3115 asked:


I have to babies we all sleep together I’m a single mom. I live in an apartment that i continually complained about mold they never did anything about it. One day when i finally decided to just leave I found a huge sheet of mold that looked like moss behind a shelf.
I profusely told them that I wanted to be there when the regional maintanance person came to see it. They did not let me know Bottom line he came and he just cleaned it. Did he clean properly? I don’t know. Did he really do a test on th mold to make sure it’s not toxic? I don’t know? Can they do this. Are there now millions of spores in my little apartment?

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Sheri G asked:


My husband and I bought a home about a year ago in Bradford County, PA. We have since discovered that the roof leaks….a lot. We are a low income family and receive assistance in the form of food stamps and health insurance for our 2 children. We suspect that there is mold spreading like wildfire. We have all experienced symptoms of toxic mold poisoning. And the leak is located in and next to our 2 year old daughter’s bedroom. We need to get this problem fixed immediately before anyone is seriously harmed, or worse, killed. We can not afford to pay for the repairs and clean up necessary to keep our family safe….and I doubt Ty Pennington is gonna show up for an Extreme Home Makeover. Does anyone know of any agencies we can contact or anything to help us out? Please help us.

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melanie asked:


We recently found black mold in my sons room on the bottom corner of his wall and floor and also in my dining room in a corner. During Hurricane Ike, our insulation under our house got wet. When we were able to get home and access the damage we found that all of the insulation under our double-wide was dripping wet. I was wondering since it didn’t appear the water got inside of my house, was the growth of the mold due to the wetness of the insulation? Also, if I saw the mold in the house is it possible to have it in the walls too? I am concerned about this problem because I am hearing how bad mold is for your health. My kids all have allergies and it seems to be worse now days. Is this due to the mold? I took pictures of all the mold that I can see saw I can show the insurance company, but we are having alot of problems with them. One adjuster came out and barley showed any concern for all of our damages. We need to re-level, roof damage, insulation needs to all be replaced and carpet is all bubbled up. I requested another adjuster to come out, but they are refusing to send me someone else. They also only paid me for a single-wide and not willing to change that. So now we have the mold issue and I really want to clean it up, so what do you think? Will the pictures be enough or should I wait until they decide to send someone out to my house?

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deanne_blondie asked:


I am currently in a rented house. When we moved in the landlord didn’t mention that it had some damp (it looks like cream coloured mould that is powdery) but now it has started showing through the paintwork. I am a little concerned as it is getting bigger and it is on the middle (surrounding the main light switch) of a support wall so I am baffled as to where it has come from.
Since then have also noticed some black mould starting to show through on a wall by my living room window. I am concerned as you hear horror stories about toxic mould in peoples houses and I am asthmatic.

Is this something my landlord should get sorted and could it be detrimental to my health?

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