A simple Experiment

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The way mold explodes out of sheetrock in multiple sealed walls made

me believe that the mold is actually incorporated into the sheetrock.

Using poor quality decomposed wood contaminated with mold to make the

paper on sheetrock would give the mold ample water to sporulate and

lie dormant until it gets a consistent water supply. My sensitivity

convinced me that I could sense mold behind a shower so much to the

horror of the owner of the house, I cut a square out of the green

board and sure enough, there it was. This is a 3 year old house in

perfect visible condition so the contracter couldn't believe it until

I showed it to him. His response was " Holy Shit! " All the new houses

I see are built with the sink and shower tiles glued directly to green

board. I took a plastic bag and some water to a new house where the

sheetrock has just been nailed up and took some samples and put them

directly in a plastic bag with some water (to prevent cross

contamination). Within a week the backing on the GREEN BOARD was

covered with mold. The standard sheetrock looks OK. Since the green

board is the one that will be in contact with water shoud the tile

grout fail, the incorporation of mold is the worst possible scenario.

It's a simple experiment, find a house under construction and do it

yourself. -