Re: How to predict if mold will grow inside of gypsum wallboard-faced walls

[Guest guest]

Sounds reasonable. Sounds like a test one could do looking for a new

home or apartment.

How would a homeowner test this, putting the tip of a home humidity

guage inside of wall through wall outlet would do the test, using one

of those moisture meters that you press on the wall. Incidentally

I'd like to get one. Does anyone have a recommendation of something

reasonably priced but reliable?

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

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> Barb,

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> This is an interesting paper that does the work of predicting

whether

> stachybotrys mold will grow in a wall or produce mycotoxins inside

the wall

> that accumulate there.

>

[Guest guest]

That's very useful information, Carl, as always, thank you so much.

> > >

> > > Barb,

> > >

> > > This is an interesting paper that does the work of predicting

> > whether

> > > stachybotrys mold will grow in a wall or produce mycotoxins inside

> > the wall

> > > that accumulate there.

> > >

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Carl. I totally understand and it makes sense. Moisture would

have to be high for a long enough period to start mold growth and to

keep it up. It could be high during the night when temperatures drop

but dry out sufficiently during the day when it's hot or inside factors

as well. I also know understand the term 'inflamation'. I thought my

doctor was saying the two could not be present at same time, it was

either infected or inflamed. Got it!

--- In , " Carl E. Grimes " <grimes@...>

wrote:

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> Barb & Jill

>

> Knowing the RH inside the walls, like moisture in the wall itself,

> may be useful but it varies with time and sources of moisture.

[Guest guest]

I'd like to get a hygrometer. I wrote the au's of the relative

humidity/stachy study and that's apparently what they used. Apparently

it is not too expensive. I know nothing is 100% but at least I can try

to help myself a little .

Last night it was extremely cool here for August, I kept the

livingroom window fans on but not my master bedroom. I woke at one

point, went to get some water, and went back into my master bedroom. I

swear there was an ever so slight musty smell. I'm very attuned to

this now and seem to have the nose of a dog, but it upsets me no end.

Because I know the whole apartment is overall, just not very healthy,

and I can't leave right now. (I know " can't " is a relative word to

some, but in any case).

Meanwhile, on a slightly different note, I can now compare the clothed

washed with Seventh Generation soap in my little Avanti-Eco Egg which

I love-----to the larger items such as big thick towels or bathroom

rugs, that I still wash downstairs. And now I'm more aware than ever

of how contaminated all my stuff is getting downstairs. My Avanti

clothes smell clean and just like themselves--the cotton or silk or

whatever they are made of. It's so pleasing and wonderful. The towels

and rug just smell awful to me now, even worse than before, because

now I have a comparison. I hope I can find a suitable portable washer

(used, so it's not offgassing new plastic) that someone used a good

healthy soap like Ecover or 7th Generation, so I can just forget the

laundry room altogether.