Re: What to do short of moving again?

[Guest guest]

nne,

Do you smell mold elsewhere or just at the entrance? Are you okay in your unit

if you don't breath the air when you go through the entrance?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

(fm my Blackberry)

[] What to do short of moving again?

I`am in a large affordable housing

complex thats quite nice. I`am currently being recertified again for the

upcoming year.

I live on disability and not much else. I`ve little to go on to move

around and find someplace else to live. My apartment is mold free but

last year after all the spring rains, I smell mold in the front entrance of my

bldg. I have brought it up to management a few times.

They could care less and would rather see me leave than cause a problem. The

waiting list to get into this place a mile long.

Any suggestions? Now that the weather is colder, windows shut, I can

really smell it if my nose isn`t blocked. I try to remember to always block my

nose and not talk as I pass by that entryway all of less than 60 seconds

long...

After I`am recertified , if I`am recertified, should I call Board of Health and

show then the mold test kit I took?

Don`t get me wrong, I do have my eyes looking if something were to come up

elsewhere, I`d go as fast as my slow body would carry me...

Any sugguestions appreciated..

[Guest guest]

Yes Carl, in my unit it seems to be fine. Its in The front entrance

and I have to stand there and wait for the elevator. Not sure exactly

where its coming from but I sure can smell it.

Doc`s told me my body is full of toxins I hate to be breathing in more

as I`am trying to rid myself of this crap. Right now I`am just holding my breath

as I wait.

nne~

>

> nne,

>

> Do you smell mold elsewhere or just at the entrance? Are you okay in your unit

if you don't breath the air when you go through the entrance?

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

> (fm my Blackberry)

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much Carl.. Unfortunately, I`am alone with this one.

I`am highly sensitized to the smell and I haven`t found anyone other

than my grandaughter who also is sensitive to mold (7 yrs. old) that

smells it either.

I did purchase one of those Home Depot kits and it filled up the container. Big

deal if no one else but me can smell it...

I`am trying so hard to get this crap out of me, I`ve been sick for sooo many

years. I just hate to think I`am adding insult to injury.

I did buy one of those " now I can breathe " masks. You should see the looks I get

from the other tenants when I walk by..

>

> nne,

>

> It sounds like you need to protect yourself only in the front

> entrance. Depending on the construction of the elevator shaft the

> smell (whether mold, bacteria, or something else) could be on

> any of the floors or even from the basement. As the elevator

> moves up and down it pushes and pulls air through the shaft.

>

> So, the question is, do you also smell the odor at the elevator on

> your floor? If not then the odor souce is most likely limited to the

> entrance and you only have to worry about it when you are in the

> entrance.

>

> Because you are not reacting in your unit you are NOT cross-

> contaminating your unit. Which is a clue that it is not mold spores

> or fragments but more likely the chemical emantions from mold

> growth that you are smelling. Assuming it actually is mold and not

> any of the other baker's dozen possible pollutants.

>

> That's the good news. The " bad " news is because it is very limited

> there is even less chance the management will do anything.

>

> Does anybody else have problems? If there are sufficient

> numbers who will notify management then maybe they will do

> something. Hopefully it will be more than hiring a " pump jockey "

> pulling a few samples and reading the history of the world in the

> mold spores (like tea leaves).

>

> Sorry for the sarcasm but I do mean this seriously. Based on the

> information you've posted this is not a major issue for you as your

> exposure is so limited that it is likely of little significance. And the

> mystery won't be solved by a few spore measuring samples.

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC