I recently received the following letter, and little does Frank realize, he’s sitting on a ticking time bomb that’s just waiting to go off.
If this situation isn’t dealt with, and I mean pronto, he’s gonna be looking at a major mold problem.
Here’s the letter…
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Hi Kevin:
Thank you very much for the wealth of information about black mold provided both on your web site and via personal Email. You are truly an exceptional, caring person.
Saludos !!!
I have a house in a very dry climate with known water exposure. The kitchen-laundry room was flooded at one time (at least) and at another time, a swamp cooler soaked the floor where it was located. The swamp cooler and floor furnace were replaced with central heat and air conditioning. The floors are wood and above a crawl space. The clothes dryer is vented into the crawl space under the laundry room.
Since toxic mold requires a humid environment, ours would be very hostile for it. Thus, I must conclude that we shouldn’t have a mold problem. I have had seasonal allergy problems during our winters (also our rainy season when the humidity would be high), but we really get very little rain here (San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles ). On the other hand, my wife has had no allergy symptoms.
I’d appreciate your considered opinion. Should I check it out for mold or just leave it be?
All the best,
Frank
Hi Frank,
You failed to mention what was done in order to remedy the previous two water intrusions you spoke of.
I’m hoping that you did a thorough inspection to check for trapped moisture, and if found, you took the steps necessary to dry (or replace) all affected building materials.
If not, you may have a hidden mold problem at this very moment.
But what concerns me even more is the situation with your clothes dryer, and the fact that it’s vented into the crawlspace underneath your home.
This is a ticking time bomb that’s just waiting to go off!
Let me relate a personal story so you’ll know what I’m talking about.
My mom passed away back in 1997 and a couple years later my brother and I decided to sell her home.
In preparing the home for sale, we hired a home inspector, and he made a startling discovery.
Little did we know, but my mom had her clothes dryer vented into the crawlspace underneath her home (and had done so since she moved into the home back in 1974).
When the inspector went underneath the home, he found a HUGE pile of dryer lint, unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.
But that’s not the worst part.
As you can imagine, there was also a major mold problem under the home.
After all, this situation had gone unchecked for more than 22 years.
By the time we found out what was going on, a lot of structural damage had been done to the home.
To make a long story short, it cost a little over $10,000 to get the problem taken care of so we could put the home on the market.
And even though we did the job right, we had to disclose the whole situation to every potential buyer, which of course made it a little more difficult to sell the home.
So…
What I’m trying to say is this. Get the clothes dryer vented to the outside of the home, and do it right away.
Hopefully you don’t have a similar situation on your hands.
Well, that’s it for this week.
Here’s to your success,
Kevin Thompson
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