Howdy, If you don't see or can't smell any mold, I'd just have my basement walls painted with water-proofing paint and buy a dehumidifier. Simple but inexpensive insurance. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: testing for mold, more
Thanks Tom, My son has seen an allergist who is board certified, and he did not test positive for mold. As far as the visual aspect, no one has seen anything around our walls, and I certainly don't feel anything but the concrete. I don't know what constitutes standing water for a long period!\ When our bastement had the water damage, it was all a nightmarish blur, so I don't recall how long the water was there, before it began receeding. Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: blindHandyMan Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: testing for mold, more I asked our tech who is a landlord and very practical. He says if you have a place where water has stayed a lot and there is no heat or air movement mold can become a real mess, but you can see, smell, and even feel it on walls etc. Any sighted person should be able to see if there is green or black stuff where it shouldn't be. Just a bit around windows that aren't opened too often is probably no big deal. My guess is that if you're place was clean after the water damage cleanup and you have any reasonable amount of warmth and air movement, you're probably fine again, last thing to do is go to a mold removal and testing company cause they will find it whether it's there or not. Also don't go to doctors who specialize in mold or allergy testing unless they are board certified allergologists Tom Fowle __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5199 (20100615) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]