Have someone certified in that industry test for the type of mold. Black mold is known to be dangerous whilst regular household mold wouldn't be too uncommon in a basement. At least that's the way it is here in Texas.
On 1/7/06, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... we just got our inspection report back. The house was built in the > 60's so there's a lot of known issues (many outlets should be GFCI and many > are two prong - but some of the them have been updated to grounded outlets). > There are several other minor electrical issues, but nothing that can't be > fixed easily. > > An air-conditioning duct is disconnected (probably vibrations from the > system) but it looks easy to fix. > > He mentions that the roofing (shingles) look to be 15-20 years old and that > we might expect to replace them within the next five years. Several > shingles are missing from the roof that will need to patched but there are > no leaks. > > He mentions that the hot water heater is about 8 years old will probably > need to be replaced in the next 1-4 years. > > All of that is okay - it's an older house and this is expected. None of it > was alarming or surprising (or am I being naive?) > > The thing that did raise an eyebrow was that in the three finished basement > rooms (all carpeted with wood planking walls) he found small patches of mold > on the wooden walls near the floor and at least a coupla water stains. > > There's no evidence of actual flooding... but of course he couldn't see > behind the paneling or under the carpet. > > If anybody's interested I uploaded the reports here (they're the PDF files): > > ftp://ftp.depressedpress.com/ > > The file "Davis Photos 06-1488.pdf" has some decent pictures of where he > found the mold. > > The current owner had a dehumidifier down there but we're not sure if he > just put it in (having found the mold himself when packing up) or if it's > been there a while and just not helping much. > > So... what do you guys think? Is mold a fact of life that has to be dealt > with in Basement rooms or is this a reason to run and run fast from this > house? > > My biggest fear right now is that the mold we see is just the tip of the > iceberg and that all of those wooden walls are coated from top to bottom on > the backside. > > Jim Davis > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191052 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
