Black Mold

motionsmith asked:

Our landlord’s idea of fixing a mold problem…? Why paint over it of course!!!

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lubell240 asked:


Can your landlord actually tell you to clean up black mold on your own? well we are not 100% positive it is black mold but it look like the images of black mold we have brought up on the net. I told him about it and he told me to clean it up myself, said testing was to expensive… what can I do? I don’t want to clean it up myself. I have kids 3 in my house under the age of two who are often sick. I can’t wait any longer to get it out of my house. Advice Please!!!!! Thankyou!!
yes, I believe my kids being sick is the mold. I dont want to move, I want it gone. What can I do and who could I call for help. Is it really safe to clean it up yourself?

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TheseImmortalWords asked:


We had Orkin Pest Control come out to our rental home and inspect to tell us how much money it would cost for them to come out and rid us of our bug problem.
The inspector is licensed through the state and legally has to tell us any problems he may find.
He found black mold in the crawl space under our home and also in the attic. crawl space has 2 vents and he said we need 4 more installed. He sunk down into the mud of our crawl space which was very wet/damp no standing water though.
He found camel crickets/spiders by the thousands.
he said they covered the walls.
his meter reader for humidity read 90% through the entire crawl space and it should have been 18%
My husband and I live here with our son, 3 dogs, 1 cat and we also have a room-mate that has 3 children of his own who already have bad allergies.
We have all been constantly sick since moving in..even my dogs have been very sick!!
Our symptoms have been:
diarrhea
constant sneezing
hard to breathe
extreme migraines
He said the vents that are in our bathroom that go into the attic do not have a place to get outside, so we are venting our bathroom humidity into the attic with nowhere for it to go.
We talk to our landlord tomorrow and we are almost positive he will not spend the $3,000.00 that was quoted to fix this problem!!
half of the house has windows you cannot open for air, they are picture windows that dont open.
My questions are:
Can this Black Mold harm us and our animals?
What should we do if he wont fix the problem? (we know he had a similar situation recently in this same home, he had told us the mold problem was fixed, the people that lived here before us were very sick and had to move)
we trusted him and thought it was ok.
What do we do now?
are there any laws in Michigan for this type of mold problem?
the Orkin man said it was in stages 3 and 4 and it was BAD.
PLEASE help!!!!!!
Our symptoms have been:
diarrhea
constant sneezing
hard to breathe
extreme migraines
soar throats
coughing
sluggish/overly tired
stomach pain
He also said there was a large amount of mold along the whole peak of the roof.

Yes the room-mate is on the lease.

We have no secrets from the landlord

he was here recently and had to repair our roof, it was leaking through the light in our laundry room.

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lubell240 asked:


Can your landlord actually tell you to clean up black mold on your own? well we are not 100% positive it is black mold but it look like the images of black mold we have brought up on the net. I told him about it and he told me to clean it up myself, said testing was to expensive… what can I do? I don’t want to clean it up myself. I have kids 3 in my house under the age of two who are often sick. I can’t wait any longer to get it out of my house. Advice Please!!!!! Thankyou!!
yes, I believe my kids being sick is the mold. I dont want to move, I want it gone. What can I do and who could I call for help. Is it really safe to clean it up yourself?

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Anna D asked:


I moved into my apartment last weekend and have since discovered some water damage around the doors and windows and a really yucky black mold growing behind a lot of the molding. I know for a fact that almost the entire place was under water about three years ago but they have since remodeled completely. They claim that the water damage is from an irresponsible niece who left the doors open in the middle of rain storms.

Anyway, since moving in I have been having really bad asthma attacks daily, having to use an inhaler probably 2-3 times a day. I haven’t had to use my inhaler in YEARS! I wheeze almost continually throughout the night. I have contacted the landlord about this but they haven’t done anything yet.

What are my legal rights here? What can I do?

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