Re: Building a new mold free home?

[Guest guest]

My husband is a builder. Where are you building & I'll ask him. Loni

Sheila Asleson <sheilaasleson@...> wrote:

We are going to be building a new home this spring. The contractor was a

builder first then got into remediation of moldy homes.

I think I trust him, but when his bid for the home came in it was REALLY high!

About $165.00 per square foot! This includes nice stuff like granite, wood

floors, core bond insulation, spraying the wood with a mold prevention, a dryer

machine to bring the moisture content down in the wood to 7% before the sheet

rock goes on etc.... But now I don't know what to do?

How do I know I am not getting taken. He knows we had problems with another

house and how hard it was for us...

Just seems like everyone concerning mold just wants your $$$$$

money?

I am looking for advise... anyone?

Sheila Asleson

Minnesota

[Guest guest]

Well, I am trying to finish my house, I don't have granite

countertops, or hardwood floors, and I am coming in at 150 a square-

try as I might to buy everything myself cheep. All my money went

into anti-mold measures- radiant heat- mini split airconditioning-

house sprayed before close in, dens-aumor plus sheet rock- extra 3

courses on foundation- mini-basement crawl space- rat slab on 3 " of

gravel on to of poly barrier. No- formaldehide insulation and no

paper where possible. 1 floor- no overhead pipes- extra flashing

around windows. Made allot of mistakes- wish I could do it all over-

but contracting here, in a traditionally cheap area- is up to $200 a

square. Make sure your contract states no visible mold on wood.

-- In , Sheila Asleson

<sheilaasleson@y...> wrote:

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> We are going to be building a new home this spring. The

contractor was a builder first then got into remediation of moldy

homes.

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> I think I trust him, but when his bid for the home came in it

was REALLY high! About $165.00 per square foot! This includes nice

stuff like granite, wood floors, core bond insulation, spraying the

wood with a mold prevention, a dryer machine to bring the moisture

content down in the wood to 7% before the sheet rock goes on etc....

But now I don't know what to do?

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> How do I know I am not getting taken. He knows we had problems

with another house and how hard it was for us...

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> Just seems like everyone concerning mold just wants your $$$$$

> money?

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> I am looking for advise... anyone?

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> Sheila Asleson

> Minnesota

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[Guest guest]

Can you tell me what is the best thing to do for a crawl space under 2

rooms. It's my mom's house and I would feel better having something done and

covering the dirt. There is no moisture problem and it is completely dry.

Thanks!

Well, I am trying to finish my house, I don't have granite

countertops, or hardwood floors, and I am coming in at 150 a square-

try as I might to buy everything myself cheep. All my money went

into anti-mold measures- radiant heat- mini split airconditioning-

house sprayed before close in, dens-aumor plus sheet rock- extra 3

courses on foundation- mini-basement crawl space- rat slab on 3 " of

gravel on to of poly barrier. No- formaldehide insulation and no

[Guest guest]

and Sheila,

I have about a 2,000 sq foot home but I know that only includes

measuring the liveable areas and doesn't include the basement for

example. Would I pay for 2,000 sq ft or would basement be priced out

also. It is same size as other two floors, so sq ft would go up by

50% and that doesn't count the attic which is unfinished, just

rafters.

--- In , " carondeen " <kdeanstudios@v...>

wrote:

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> Well, I am trying to finish my house, I don't have granite

> countertops, or hardwood floors, and I am coming in at 150 a square-

> try as I might to

[Guest guest]

Did you check out the spot for reactivity before construction even

began?

If it's a " Your neighbors spore plume " situation, building the perfect

mold free house doesn't make the slightest bit of difference.

It's a very unhappy fact.

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