Re: Intro - I'm sick and I think my house is too.

[Guest guest]

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It must be very hard to pick up and move. I got sick from work ,now I am so sick I have asthma, housebound with hepa filter aircleaners and a mask out in an old building. I dont know how to tell you to get well staying there. I have moved three times. Its a tough thing.Im a single mom. Just please take care of yourself.There are detoxing remedies in a healthfood stire. Im so bad I cant use them. I have to go slowly.White Vinegar to kill mold. Drains and stuuff I know nothing about. Lemon in water is another anti fungal. I cant do that either.

Take care and God Bless you,

Janet

In a message dated 9/16/03 10:57:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, michelle@... writes:

I am not making excuses here, but moving just is not an option. I

feel like I am allergic to my house, but I'm bound by the mortgage

for three more years and simply can not move for at least that

amount of time.

Is my health worth more than that? Yes, but my current debt load,

two cats, dog, and current state of repairs in the house make it

impossible.

I need some help with at least alleiveating the symptoms if not

curing the problem. The hurricane that is on the way for Friday is

going to be nightmarish if I can't figure out something for that

drain clean out before then.....

In any case, I absolutely could NOT sell the house knowing that it

has made me this sick. What if someone with children moved in?

[Guest guest]

If the back pressure from the main drain is so great that it resists

plugging and there is mold in the sewer, you could raze, burn, bulldoze,

rebuild and still be right back in mold infested hell.

I went nuts trying to get all the mold out of a house until I

discovered that I felt bad outside, even when I was upwind of the house.

I finally correlated my symptoms with wind direction and it pointed

right at the sewer.

There wasn't much I could do about that but move.

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[Guest guest]

I am not making excuses here, but moving just is not an option. I

feel like I am allergic to my house, but I'm bound by the mortgage

for three more years and simply can not move for at least that

amount of time.

Is my health worth more than that? Yes, but my current debt load,

two cats, dog, and current state of repairs in the house make it

impossible.

I need some help with at least alleiveating the symptoms if not

curing the problem. The hurricane that is on the way for Friday is

going to be nightmarish if I can't figure out something for that

drain clean out before then.....

In any case, I absolutely could NOT sell the house knowing that it

has made me this sick. What if someone with children moved in?

[Guest guest]

Have had similar problem with sewer backup, and residual under a

frame house. As it dries out a garden spayer with dry powder garden

lime makes a good sanitizer and once neutralized the dry material can

be vacumed or removed for disposal. Not a cure, but helps put the

decomposition process in check for removal. Protection is required

as it will burn the eyes, skin and lungs if inhaled. It does however

do wonders with removing that awful raw sewage smell. Flies are

don't care what the origin of the smell as they can put the product

to good use. Think safe, be wise, and follow up with a good cleanup.

[Guest guest]

House update:

Due to the approach of Isabel I decided to give in and direct vent

the sewer cleanout. I ran 2 inch PVC up to ceiling height and to the

wall of the house, and then a 1 inch pipe through my sill plate to

the outside.

I tried to drill the cement in the drains, but after 8 inches there

was no break through, so there is probably 8 feet of cement.

There was a marked improvement in the basement smell overnight.

Tonight we're cementing over the dirt area of the floor.

I have found brown/black dry mold on the walls and yellow mold on

some boxes. No slimy mold found. Besides getting rid of the boxes,

what do I do about the walls? I have an industrial cleaner that is

supposed to kill bacteria and viruses, but I'm not sure what it does

for mold.