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Originally Posted by jaringg
How many of you have ever had your house tested for Black Mold or even mold of any kind.
I just had mine done and found out that I have stage one mold in my attic.
One of the problems was found to be that during construction all of the soffits had been blocked by insulation, no air circulation. I had a solar fan installed 10 years but it could no preform as designed because of the blocked soffits. The cooling ducts were leaking and condensation occurred.
today I looked into my neighbors house and it was the same as mine.
Have yours checked black mold in deadly.
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Be careful not to overreact. Before moving to the villages I was a realtor in Ohio and I actually attended a seminar on mold. I was surprised to find out that there are several varieties of mold that are black in appearance. Only one of them is the dangerous variety and it is very rare. A lot of people hire mitigation companies to get rid of a little bit of mold that is not such a big deal and pay a lot of money without having all the proper testing done for the type of mold it is to start with. A lot of times a solution of bleach mixed with water will take care of the problem. Had a friend in Bonita Springs that had some mold that was black in appearance, had a company come in to mitigate it and charged him thousands of dollars. During the process I recommended he have it actually tested to see what variety he had and it turned out it was not the dangerous variety of black mold. It’s easy to get taken advantage of so just be careful! By the way during that seminar the two guys teaching the class said that every house has mold in it. Most of the time it’s of a harmless variety.