Can't find the mold part 2

[Guest guest]

So I did find the mold in my kitchen but when the guy put the wall back he used

some kind of deadly toxic spackle (which never ever bothered me before) and now

I can't use the kitchen-I have a metallic taste in my mouth all the time and the

kitchen smells bad and my eyes hurt.

I have sucked up my pride and called him again to take the cabinets out AGAIN

and do something to the wall. Here's my question:

Besides painting with non-toxic paint what else could I do? I cannot do this

over and over again I need to do this correctly this time. Any non-toxic wall

coverings? Some kind of super seal paint? Any suggestions would be greatly

appreciated. Right now I'm feeling like a loser and a fool and of course not

thinking clearly at all.

Thanks for all your help, Surella

PS-forgive me if you read this post elsewhere-I am asking everybody on every

site!

[Guest guest]

Surella,

It's not your fault so don't feel like a fool. Your reaction is

common and I've never understood how or why it happens to my

clients and even myself. I think it has something to do with why

we often wait so long to acknowledge something is affecting us,

or how our " different " experience has been treated by others in

the past. Like it's all our fault - because others don't have a clue

and could care less. So it must be our fault.

The remedy of removing what was just done triggers the

insecurities of the worker. So theirs is okay while we dare not

have any? Go figure!

One way to reduce the risk of the " fix " causing new problems is to

rebuild one step at a time, being sure it's okay before allowing the

next step to proceed. Also, personally check each material before

it is installed. The contractor will hate that also but it's better than

him/her having to suffer the embarrassment of tearing out what

they just finished.

The purpose of what you had done was not to please the

contractor. The purpose was to stop the harm to you. YOUR

needs are primary. Not theirs.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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So I did find the mold in my kitchen but when the guy put the wall back

he used some kind of deadly toxic spackle (which never ever bothered me

before) and now I can't use the kitchen-I have a metallic taste in my

mouth all the time and the kitchen smells bad and my eyes hurt.

I have sucked up my pride and called him again to take the cabinets out

AGAIN and do something to the wall. Here's my question:

Besides painting with non-toxic paint what else could I do? I cannot do

this over and over again I need to do this correctly this time. Any non-

toxic wall coverings? Some kind of super seal paint? Any suggestions

would be greatly appreciated. Right now I'm feeling like a loser and a fool

and of course not thinking clearly at all.

Thanks for all your help, Surella

PS-forgive me if you read this post elsewhere-I am asking everybody on

every site!

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[Guest guest]

Thanks-I do realize that letting the guy put back the cabinets before I knew the

spackle would be ok was a BIG mistake but truthfully when he was doing the work

I was there all by myself and I was really sick with a migraine because of the

kitchen. Yeah sure, somebody should have been there to help me but there isn't

anybody and that's just the way it is.

So while I was in the back throwing up because of my migraine whatever the

contractor asked me I just said yeah sure do it. Learning experience I guess.

VERY expensive learning experience.

>

> Surella,

>

> It's not your fault so don't feel like a fool. Your reaction is

> common and I've never understood how or why it happens to my

> clients and even myself. I think it has something to do with why

> we often wait so long to acknowledge something is affecting us,

> or how our " different " experience has been treated by others in

> the past. Like it's all our fault - because others don't have a clue

> and could care less. So it must be our fault.

>

> The remedy of removing what was just done triggers the

> insecurities of the worker. So theirs is okay while we dare not

> have any? Go figure!

>

> One way to reduce the risk of the " fix " causing new problems is to

> rebuild one step at a time, being sure it's okay before allowing the

> next step to proceed. Also, personally check each material before

> it is installed. The contractor will hate that also but it's better than

> him/her having to suffer the embarrassment of tearing out what

> they just finished.

>

> The purpose of what you had done was not to please the

> contractor. The purpose was to stop the harm to you. YOUR

> needs are primary. Not theirs.

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

>

> -----

>

[Guest guest]

Is there any chance that finding the mold and removing it, spread some toxins

that are bothering you, and not something in the work? Could you go somewhere

else and put air cleaner in room with charcoal filter in it, they are available,

Austin Air has one model, and let it suck up the chemical to the point you would

be okay with things the way they are? I think almost everything needed for

building has chemicals that could leave residue behind and you may just, as you

say, want to do it over and over again and never find *anything* that has no

chemical residue, no spackle or caulk or glue, etc.

>

> So I did find the mold in my kitchen but when the guy put the wall back he

used some kind of deadly toxic spackle (which never ever bothered me before) and

now I can't use the kitchen-I have a metallic taste in my mouth all the time and

the kitchen smells bad and my eyes hurt.

> I have sucked up my pride and called him again to take the cabinets out AGAIN

and do something to the wall. Here's my question:

> Besides painting with non-toxic paint what else could I do? I cannot do this

over and over again I need to do this correctly this time. Any non-toxic wall

coverings? Some kind of super seal paint? Any suggestions would be greatly

appreciated. Right now I'm feeling like a loser and a fool and of course not

thinking clearly at all.

> Thanks for all your help, Surella

>

> PS-forgive me if you read this post elsewhere-I am asking everybody on every

site!

>

[Guest guest]

Barb I can definitely answer your questions with a no. Mold affects me in a very

singular way-I get depressed, feel like crying when I enter the room, lose my

appetite, etc. Those feelings are gone now, 100% so I KNOW the mold is gone. I

am never wrong about the presence of mold because my feelings are very specific

and intense.

I have been running an excellent air cleaner in the kitchen but it's been over a

month and honestly, even though it may one day off gas, how long can I wait? I

can't cook or use the kitchen at all-that's insane.

So I will try again.

Thanks for your suggestions! Surella

>

> Is there any chance that finding the mold and removing it, spread some toxins

that are bothering you, and not something in the work? Could you go somewhere

else and put air cleaner in room with charcoal filter in it, they are available,

Austin Air has one model, and let it suck up the chemical to the point you would

be okay with things the way they are? I think almost everything needed for

building has chemicals that could leave residue behind and you may just, as you

say, want to do it over and over again and never find *anything* that has no

chemical residue, no spackle or caulk or glue, etc.

>

>