Guest guest Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 We found stachy in bathroom shower knee wall. Aspergillus/penicillim as well and others were behind wall cavity. No idea the stachy until physical test. The remediator didnt find much mold he said.. seeming everything was fine but the knee wall.. I had told him to take out any studs that had mold on them and he leaves the knee wall studs. This guy seemed to know his stuff and I am really perplexed. So we go back home before the inspection because he didnt see much mold and I take a look and see mold all over the knee wall.. which he coated with some miracle cure that has a 20 year warentee.. for got the name of it. So report comes back stachy.. air is great except 7 spores per square meter of stachy in living room. all other air was fine. The bathroom was upstairs, LR main level.. how the heck did the stacy get in teh air in teh LR? Inspector said it could ahve come off of clothing, shoes, etc.. or the new plants I had recently bought from lowes.. I read where plants inproved ari quality... questioing that and also questioning the plants as a source of the stachy... Also the LR air read 4000 aspergillus, penicillum.. all otehr areas we in good range? Any clues as to what was going on? We had first inspection 3 months before remediation. I had already stopped using master bath.. source.. because soemthing didnt feel right.. I am chronically ill and had been getting worse.. Between the time of first inspection and remediation...had shaking attacks several nights and stopped sleeping in master bedroom.. went to hospital with chest pains, tachy.. checked for pulmonary embolism, heart, etc.. nothing. Could not using teh shower.. told my husband probably bette rnot to... the 3 months between teh inspection and the remediation have released more spores? The source of moisture intrusion into the knee wall was improperly sealed tile edges.. should have been caulked.. there was an open seam by this time. Lastly.. our outdoor spore count just a few weeks ago was 9000 spores per swquare meter.. much of which is apergillis penicillum.. we live on 10 acres and are surrounded by 100 acres of deciduous trees.. I grew up in alabama where the closet thing to leaf piles we had were pine needles and I am wondering if its possible for some people not to be able to tolerate this. I do have the shoemaker halotype but so do my husband and my daughter and they are not bedridden or anywhere near it.. my daghter does have chronic candida though.. could it be mold causing this? Sorry so long.. Thank you!!! Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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