My sister is now asking advice from me about MOLD

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I never knew she had huge water intrusion problems. Pipes leaking

under house and knee deep water at times. Geez.............But she

doesn't want to really hear what I'm telling her. She has seen what

my outcome is but she always thinks nothing can happen to her. She

doesn't have allergies. Ha Ha.....you know....

I told her if she gets a new air handler and air ducts it will just

get mold in it eventually if not water proofed ETC. She also does

not get the CLOSE the vents in crawl space to not let more humidity

in. Building codes here in NC suppose to have been changed b/c they

now know open vents let in heat and humidity that causes

condensation which leads to MOLD. She says she's ask some building

contractors and they know nothing about this. Not sure when the

Code will be enforced. I've always known that adds to the flame and

had arguments with my dad about it. Well, now he gets it. Told her

also that she needs mold remediation whether she thinks it's hurting

her or not b/c it will keep growing and growing, monster... They

might have it worse than mine was.

Will update later on my sister's case but she's not going to

listen. She said why bother about the mold when they aren't

affected by it. I told her mold is sneaky and she may get health

problems she doesn't even relate that mycotoxins caused it. They

have money so why not waterproof like I did and mold remediate then

get new ducts and airhandler. Gross, and I have to visit there

sometimes.....

I told her I thought insurance would help them b/c of a pipe leaking

and this has been going on for a long time and I didn't know about

it. Guess I have them thinking a bit now but they still think they

can't be affected by it. My sis is thinking about it more than her

husband. He said he's not worrying about it but sis is calling hvac

people and asking me what to do. Can I be the only one in the

family that gets poisoned by mycotoxins??? That would be strange but

can happen.

No word from tape testing from my work place yet.

Rhonda

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Talked to my sister today and she was wondering about having new

carpet put in house if they had the ducts/air handler replaced. I

told her she needs to close all vents and wrap in plastic as I was

told t do and use painters tape and do the return grill too while

any work being done in crawlspace. She had asked her husband about

this and he just responded like she was crazy. She's listening

some but not enough. They had the pipe leaks fixed and now they

plan to let the crawl space dry out then have the air handler and

ducts looked at. She said some of her metal air vents inside are

rusted so that says a lot. Mine weren't even rusted but I replaced

all of them. She plans to replace all hers too.

She also said today that " I think the MOLD has done this to me " so

she still doesn't really get it. I KNOW the MOLD gave me

neuro/health problems and very in my face obvious. I still can't

believe how people live in denial. I have tried to educate them

about mold and what it can do. Told her it can be a silent killer

and people don't even connect when they get health issues that

mold/mycotoxins caused it. From what she has told me, they have to

have mold and I'm sure the air handler and ducts are contaminated.

All family members may not be affected but if I have the genetics to

be poisoned then so could some of them. I told her animals are

affected also and they have animals. I think I have her thinking

more but her husband doesn't get it at all. He also is in the fire

sprinklers business so he thinks he knows about water.

I told her they have to pull up the plastic vapor barrier to let the

dirt dry out. Strange they had this problem and I never heard much

about it.

I told her if the ducts are replaced to not let them drag the new

ones across the yard like my hvac guy did. She thought that extreme

but if you drag across wet grass and get dirt on them that sets up

for the ducts to start growing mold on them. I doubt they will ever

shut the crawl space vents. I think I should just stop giving

advice and they think nothing can ever happen to them from mold.

Will post when air handler is checked out at my sister's house.

They have lived there for 18 years with this pipe leaking problem

starting year one I've been told. Some kind of faulty pipes that

were recalled. Told her again to call and check in to an insurance

claim but they won't even do that and pipe leaks are covered. They

think the insurance company will drop them which is stupid b/c they

haven't ever filed a homeowners claim. I know my brother-in-law is

telling my sis to stop talking to me. If they leave any mold in

crawl space, just going to infect the new air handler/ducts. Sis

says " We don't even know if we have mold " . How could they not have

mold with all that water....

She also told me today that I need to get out of my work place

before it drives me INSANE. Like not for health reasons and it's

all in my head...

Rhonda

>

> I never knew she had huge water intrusion problems. Pipes leaking

> under house and knee deep water at times. Geez.............But

she

> doesn't want to really hear what I'm telling her. She has seen

what

> my outcome is but she always thinks nothing can happen to her.

She

> doesn't have allergies. Ha Ha.....you know....

> I told her if she gets a new air handler and air ducts it will

just

> get mold in it eventually if not water proofed ETC. She also does

> not get the CLOSE the vents in crawl space to not let more

humidity

> in. Building codes here in NC suppose to have been changed b/c

they

> now know open vents let in heat and humidity that causes

> condensation which leads to MOLD. She says she's ask some

building

> contractors and they know nothing about this. Not sure when the

> Code will be enforced. I've always known that adds to the flame

and

> had arguments with my dad about it. Well, now he gets it. Told

her

> also that she needs mold remediation whether she thinks it's

hurting

> her or not b/c it will keep growing and growing, monster... They

> might have it worse than mine was.

>

> Will update later on my sister's case but she's not going to

> listen. She said why bother about the mold when they aren't

> affected by it. I told her mold is sneaky and she may get health

> problems she doesn't even relate that mycotoxins caused it. They

> have money so why not waterproof like I did and mold remediate

then

> get new ducts and airhandler. Gross, and I have to visit there

> sometimes.....

> I told her I thought insurance would help them b/c of a pipe

leaking

> and this has been going on for a long time and I didn't know about

> it. Guess I have them thinking a bit now but they still think

they

> can't be affected by it. My sis is thinking about it more than

her

> husband. He said he's not worrying about it but sis is calling

hvac

> people and asking me what to do. Can I be the only one in the

> family that gets poisoned by mycotoxins??? That would be strange

but

> can happen.

>

> No word from tape testing from my work place yet.

>

> Rhonda

>