[KRM0614]

How old was your house in Illinois ? Meaning when was it built ?

[geobet]

We too had our attic and duct work tested with a kit. Result showed there was less mold in those 2 areas than in the outside air. We’re in Florida. Of course there’s mold of all types

[Chitown]

It was built in 1983

[greenflash245]

should be

[Dana1963]

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.

I HAD a friend who was in Mold Mitigation Company. REMEMBER I SAID HAD.
Claiming he used special mitigation chemical all he used was over the counter bleach spray from True Value or Big Box stores nothing special also hired illegals below minimum wage. Just be careful who you hire, Contract, Warranty!

[dbressette1]

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.

Have an ultraviolet light installed in your ac after sealing the duct work, that will take care of any mold in the duct and ac coils in short time

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Mohawksin

They cause the moisture in he attic to condense on their external surface. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the bathroom fans exhaust only into the attic, not all the way to the outside. The code does not require them to exhaust to the outside,the District Offices.

Ours vent to the outside.

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by Mohawksin

The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the bathroom fans exhaust only into the attic, not all the way to the outside. The code does not require them to exhaust to the outside,the District Offices.

Not according to the Florida building code. All homes built since the early 2000's require outside venting.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...ZVZcqMMPGFGMFd

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

There is no such thing as stage one attic mold. It is most likely a generic term used by whomever you paid to check your attic. Why did you choose to have your attic checked in the first place???

I absolutely agree. Someone is trying to sell you something.

If you want to know if you have mold in your home, take a paper towel and reach down and wipe around inside the garbage disposal.

We all live in Florida and it is a very high humidity area and unless we run our air conditioner or heat most of the time, things are going to mold.

[rmd2]

I had my house checked for mold twice after hurricane Irma when I had to replace my roof due to 8 different leaks in my house. There was no mold.

[asiebel]

Who did you have check for the mold?

[collie1228]

I had a dark discoloration appear near two A/C vents, so I took off the cover and found what looked like mold to me . Rather than trust someone to tests it who may or not be acting in my best interest, I purchased a mold detection kit from Amazon and tested it vents myself with sticky tape provided in the kit. It was around $35.00 (five years ago), and I mailed the samples to a lab in an envelope provided. The analysis came back about ten days later and showed a couple kinds of mold present, but not black mold or any other "dangerous" mold. But the lab did say that I should contact a mold abatement company to have it removed. I did so, but I didn't have to worry about a company ripping me off since I already knew what it was. The mold abatement company confirmed what I had, and it cost me about $800.00 to have the entire house treated via the A/C system, they physically cleaned out the vent lines too, and treated the lines and air handler so it wouldn't return. I haven't had a problem since. They gave me a five year warranty, which recently expired. I was happy with the service.

[Ladygolfer93]

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.

Was any line of selling something connected to this ? Frankly, I'd get a LOT of input, maybe even from U. of F. or other public source, before jumping to any conclusions. Having said that, I have no knowledge other than what the average person has read. I built my house 18 years ago now and I probably go to and use my attic more than most. One of the things I have observed is I can definitely see the daylight clearly coming through the eves and I can also "feel" the air circulating when I am there. Don't know if this would help anyone, but one thing I have done on a fairly regular basis when the humidity is high (like it has been this summer ! ) is fold up the stairs but leave the attic entrance OPEN. This does not interfere with our autos or GC at all, and you can certainly feel the air circulation movement.

[Marshaw]

When we bought a used home 7 years ago we pulled up the carpet and found mold throughout the house. We of course had to take care of that clean air ducts etc. what I later found out was that the original air conditioner was oversized to a 3-ton air conditioner. At first glance this didn't make any sense to me until I realized that when the air conditioner was on because it was so powerful it would get the temperature down real quick to the desired level. However, it wouldn't do anything to reduce the humidity because it ran so short. Hence, mold under the carpet. Our new AC unit is smaller runs a little bit longer no mold.