Re: Re: Question: Mold coming through bathroom tiles and

[Guest guest]

Rhonda, Yes the HVAC system was tested. Aspergillus, pencillium, amongst other

molds and yeasts were found in the supply and return ducts. Kitchen cabinets

were taken out and replaced. The only remediation that was completed on the

ducts was by the maintenance man. He opened the living room duct and the

bedroom duct and ripped out with his bare hands the insulation at the top and

sides, and put in little pieces of new insulation. That was the remediation,

and then they told me my problem was solved. I know, it is a joke but I am not

laughing. Yes everything has been confirmed, I am very sick from the molds, and

now breath with oxygen. I am trying to get out of here as best as I can before

it literally kills me, which can happen. My doctor has said if they try to do

any other repairs while I am here and if I continue to stay here, I will end up

with the prognosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and cancer, etc. if I dont

all ready have it. I have an appointment

with the cancer clinic Friday, and seeing the pulmonologist next week, for

more tests. Yes, there are others showing symptoms, and have reported this

to management. What happens the majority of the time, they send in maintenance

and the cleaning people to wash off walls, then paint over them. Hide Hide

Hide, especially before the board of health comes in. What they dont see they

don't report (the board of health that is). They totally ignored the mycologist

report that I gave to them months ago, said it was out of their realm of

expertise. This is just a small portion of what I am dealing with. Darlene

iluvbunnies5262 <iluvbunnies5262@...> wrote:

Penicillium and Aspergillus are usually the first two molds that grow

with water intrusion. Usually if you have one of these growing you have

the other. They are both produce mycotoxins and yes dangerous. You do

not want any type of mold growing in your home and HVAC. Thre are many

types of toxic molds. Only the correct testing will identify genus and

species of mold but as I was told last year, any mold you have needs to

be removed period! You can't really tell by color the genus or

species. I'll let other post more. Sounds like you will need to have

some remediation work done and it needs to be done correct also to not

spread the spores and mycotoxins all over the place. I bet behind those

bathroom tiles will be very bad if it's coming thru them.

Was anything done to remediate the HVAC and ducts yet? My HVAC was

contaminated also and I had to do some major remediating to correct a

damp crawl space and replace the hvac/ducts and detox everything in my

house that I could. You can see pics under the photos on this group,

Rhonda's pics.

Are you or anyone in that apartment complex showing symptoms from mold

illness? Did the mycologist identify the mold? When you say cabinets,

are talking about kitchen cabinets or bathroom or both? Have you

thought about moving out of that apartment?

Rhonda

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> I thought I was seeing things. I have black spots coming through my

> tiles on the wall behind the tub. I knew that I had the mold around

> the caulking of the tub for a long time, but now am seeing black

> coming through the shower tiled wall. I am an end apartment, so no

> one is on either side of me. The original molds were found by the

> mycologist in the cabinets and the HVAC systems supply and return

> ducts. My question is: I am seeing black, so I am assuming that it is

> mold that I am seeing come out of my tiled wall on the back side of

> the tub. Is this also a dangerous mold? I know that other tenants

> say it is mold on their tiles. Darlene

>

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[Guest guest]

OMG Darlene, I had no idea you are this ill. My heart goes out to you, I

hope you can find a new place soon.

Please please please keep us all posted on your progress. Do you have a

digital camera you can use to document the situation in your apartment

building? You need to connect up with your neighbors and get everyone

together, if you pay rent, you deserve a habitable place to live.

[Guest guest]

Darlene's experience has been a nightmare for her but its not unusual to

hear stories like hers here.

[Guest guest]

DUDE

I dont want to scare you or anything but LEAVE TONIGHT

I just got out of house with the same problem little black spots everywhere

and if yoy only could see the big part is ugly ugly

Luckily my fiance a carpet layer went to take go tile out bath tub and

underneath the vinyl siding stuff it was pure black ohh the remediation went on

for weeks all the walls torn out to the beams the floor hald the back wall in

the other room my landlord only would pay 1000 so basicly it cost us everything

and we still had to move. I have been so sick I have lost 60 lbs due to problems

swallowing this has only been in last 4 months. We just moved into new place and

it is so much better I must admit I am paranoid

BUT LISTEN my mom had cancer a little tiny tumor which was shrinking she had

COPD which wasn't to bad she wasn't even on oxy except at night but she got

aspergillus ball in her lounge and she went plummiting down hill this was 2

years ago and before I knew anything about mold she all of a sudden started

going into little comas she would be non responsive and then after a day out of

her house she would be better they would send her home, she went to hospice

house and they had to kick hero out she was up painting her nails and feeling

good enough to kick me out they sent her home and after 4 days of being home she

went into another little coma and died. She had her house tested for mold the

last month, I thought she was losing it aspergillus is everywhere right. her air

in her house turned up negative supposively. Well to make long story short my

fiance was hired to change carpet in vinyl in her rental after her death and the

whole kitchen floor was covered in mold under

the vinyl the fridge was leaking it was completely wroughting out. It was the

same black specks we found in our rental underneath the floor and in walls. AND

I WISH to god I would have known then I would have taken my mom right out of

there she still would have died but probably not for a few more years. So PLease

get out no matter what they arent going to be able to fix it. TRUST me just

leave I know its hard

Mia

iluvbunnies5262 <iluvbunnies5262@...> wrote:

That is a Joke what the maitenance guy did and I bet he didn't wear

protective gear and respirator either. He just made toxins fly all

over the place including right in his lungs. Do get out of there

ASAP if you can and you know you will have to detox everything you

own. I still have a few things left I need to do and been a year

since remediation. Nobody helped me physically do any of this

detoxing either. I'm glad I found this group last year b/c without

them I'd be totally insane and everyone has helped with all your post

and still helping. So does that mean the airhandler was not

replaced? Actually, sounds like the apartment complex needs to be

gutted and decontaminated and rebuilt. So many buildings/housing are

contaminated it is a major crisis that is being ignored. I hope the

future will change soon about this and more people/physicicans

educated about toxic mold and what it can do. Rhonda

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> > I thought I was seeing things. I have black spots coming

through my

> > tiles on the wall behind the tub. I knew that I had the mold

around

> > the caulking of the tub for a long time, but now am seeing black

> > coming through the shower tiled wall. I am an end apartment, so

no

> > one is on either side of me. The original molds were found by

the

> > mycologist in the cabinets and the HVAC systems supply and return

> > ducts. My question is: I am seeing black, so I am assuming that

it is

> > mold that I am seeing come out of my tiled wall on the back side

of

> > the tub. Is this also a dangerous mold? I know that other

tenants

> > say it is mold on their tiles. Darlene

> >

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[Guest guest]

I'm sorry, but I think people like Darlene and the rest of us deserve better

than this.

This is 'the richest country in the world'.

I know we don't own the buildings but we do pay rent...

On 2/6/07, sea <jackiebreeze@...> wrote:

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> I wish Darlene could move but she does not have anywhere to go. I

> wish we could all pull together and build us a mold free commune, you

> know, like hippies use to have!

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> --- In <%40>,

> MIA KNIPPEL <windigo5150@...>

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