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Never mind that we've lost more than 30 percent the value of our house since we bought 4 years ago.
Fresh off losing our basement to a flood, we discovered mold on the ceiling of our bathroom on the upper floor (not from the flood). We have a rooftop deck and we checked it out after it rains. It's not pitched properly so the water pools and there must have been a hole.
Anyways, servepro came out and said it would be like 550 bucks to take the ceiling and about 2 feet of dry wall on the three walls and kill the mold. They said mold spores can fly all around and spread or something during the demo so they seal the room off and use some special vaccum to kill it all.
It's next to the little guy room and will be his bathroom when he gets older so I want the pros to do it but the wife said we can do it ourselves.
I know shit about mold. Should we do it ourselves or is it better to let the pro's handle it???? She tear the dry wall down and use bleach on the wood.
We're still doing the basement, Have all the dry wall and carpet out and have most of the dry wall in. Doing plastering now and primer next week. Plus we'll have to get the roof resealed now. And yesterday the air conditioner started blowing just warm air.
F all this shit. Shoulda stayed in my one bedroom condo.
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If you are gonna do it your self....Don't use bleach. Bleach can actually cause certain types of mold to release more bad stuff.
Edited By: SILKY JOHNSON Aug 15th, 2011 at 12:03 AM
1) Contain the area. You can create a negative air containment zone to stop spread of spores. Set up dehumidifier to dry the area out.
2) Remove all the porous materials like drywall that are damaged.
3) Make sure you have the source of the water stoped.
4) Clean the area. You can sand down materials like wood, etc. HEPA Vac everything and wipe down with soap and water.
5) Verify the area is clean and dry. (You can get a test done to verify.)
6) Reconstruct.
Mold is natural and everywhere. The water causes it to grow and create high levels of spores.
$550.00 seams cheap, ServPro usually rapes for a lot more than that. They obv arn't including a clearance test, that alone runs from $350 -$600 depending on samples/. -
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You may need to contact the the Center for Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, State and Local Health Departments and the state indoor Air Quality Control office. Try the Federal Emergency Management Agency too. You might even get some federal aid if there was a disaster that caused your mold.
It's great country that can provide no less than 7 government agencies to help you. You might want to be careful though once they know you have mold and you know you have mold, your exposure in a legal, not mold, sense goes way up. You may have problems if you don't remediate properly. Think about the disclosures you will have to make when you sell. Don't fuck with the mold. -
550 is CHEAP! Hire a damn professional for this and tell the wife to STFU on this one.
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im a do it yourselfer 98% of the time including replacing an air conditioner or the basement stuff you mentioned.
but i would prolly fix the problems that caused the leak that created the mold and also fix where its collecting and either build a drain or repitch it so it flow away from the house. but the interior cleaning work of the mold id leave to the pros. i may see if i could replace the drywall my self but the cleaning and stripping of the mold infected area i would definately leave to the pros especially considering the fact you have a baby -
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This , silky knows !!Originally Posted by SILKY JOHNSON
If you are gonna do it your self....Don't use bleach. Bleach can actually cause certain types of mold to release more bad stuff.
1) Contain the area. You can create a negative air containment zone to stop spread of spores. Set up dehumidifier to dry the area out.
2) Remove all the porous materials like drywall that are damaged.
3) Make sure you have the source of the water stoped.
4) Clean the area. You can sand down materials like wood, etc. HEPA Vac everything and wipe down with soap and water.
5) Verify the area is clean and dry. (You can get a test done to verify.)
6) Reconstruct.
Mold is natural and everywhere. The water causes it to grow and create high levels of spores.
$550.00 seams cheap, ServPro usually rapes for a lot more than that. They obv arn't including a clearance test, that alone runs from $350 -$600 depending on samples/. -
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Edited By: bluefront Aug 15th, 2011 at 12:46 AM
couldnt help but think of you during these commercials. flood and now this, glgl -
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don't fuck with mold around the little guy bro. can be serious and for $550 let em do it!
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the hits just keep on coming. The compressor on the air conditioner is broke. Luckily it's under warranty but it's going to be 600 for labor and 72 bucks to look at it.
Then the guy up on the roof from the air conditioning company tells me there's a hole it the roof. The shingles are pushed up. You can actually put your whole hand in the hole and feel the insulation. It rained yesterday and the insulation isn't wet. I wonder if somehow the air conditioning guy did it. But I guess the roof shouldn't cave in just from walking on it anyways. The hole isn't even what caused whatever mold is on the ceiling of the bathroom. That's in a different spot.
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The hole is probably related to the storms somehow. We've had a couple attic ductwork repairs where branches and shit actually went through the roof and damaged the ducts in the attic. These heavy winds in the Chicago area can do some crazy stuff the last couple years.
Sucks about the compressor. $600 is legit it's a lot of work to replace a compressor and also they need to refill the system which isn't cheap.
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Shouldn't have bought a lemon
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Just spend the .25 oz. Imo
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Originally Posted by Popperhead
Shouldn't have bought a lemon
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Even worse new home construction is very shoddy these days and the material they use is sub-standard. Shitty bounce dolphin hope you can get out of the downward spiral you seem to be in. hope it starts turning around for you
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Sounds like you might have a warranty or construction defect issue with the builder.Originally Posted by dolphin13
It's a new house
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Originally Posted by Willywoo
Sounds like you might have a warranty or construction defect issue with the builder.
The builder went bankrupt. I found the warranty we got when we bought it and it's a one year builder warranty.
Maybe this is because my wife stopped going to church. She went every week but hasn't been much since she had the little guy.
We've had so many big problems in a month that aren't related when we hadn't had any problems in the previous four years
Flooded basement (new furnace water heater and carpet and dry wall needed. Lost lot of furniture and other stuff)
Hole in roof
Hole in deck that caused mold in bathroom (deck isn't pitched properly so water pools)
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All that shit is Bush's fault.
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hostile used to shower in a bathroom with black mold on top of the shower. Its pretty shocking that he's still alive
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Watch a ton of "this old house" and bob villa that shit! Contractors rape on charges, just like mechanics. F mechanics....But if your going to be a homeowner its worth its weight in gold to know a few things about home repair. $550 seems really cheap, will probably be double/triple when they find those "hidden" problems that contractors looooove to find.
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Structural defects are covered for 10 years.Originally Posted by dolphin13
The builder went bankrupt. I found the warranty we got when we bought it and it's a one year builder warranty.
Maybe this is because my wife stopped going to church. She went every week but hasn't been much since she had the little guy.
We've had so many big problems in a month that aren't related when we hadn't had any problems in the previous four years
Flooded basement (new furnace water heater and carpet and dry wall needed. Lost lot of furniture and other stuff)
Hole in roof
Hole in deck that caused mold in bathroom (deck isn't pitched properly so water pools)
Compressor on AC blows -
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How do you know whether or not it was a structural defect and how do you go after a home builder if he's bankrupt?
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you don't. you are screwed. let the pros do it. bye at least 3 oz of gold.
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The deck sounds like a structural problem. I don't know what recourse you have if they are out of business. They most likely had General Liability Insurance and you might be able to put a claim in. I have friends that have been included in lawsuits for structural defects. It is rampant in the high end homes. Someone will buy a house and bring in a deconstructive inspector and piece of shit lawyer. They will then start a lawsuit against the General Contractor and include every sub that worked on the project. Then the general liability insurance companies of all the contractors end up settling to forgo lawsuit costs and the scum bag lawyers and the client get paid. Quite a racket. I am just waiting for my first lawsuit like this. Only a matter of time...Originally Posted by dolphin13
How do you know whether or not it was a structural defect and how do you go after a home builder if he's bankrupt?
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Care less
Awwwwwww somebody got butt hurt.
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I just ripped out the sheet rock in a corner of my family room that got wet from the gutters getting clogged or some shit from all the recent rain. Ceilings are a whole other issue. Working over your head for hours on end isn't fun.
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