Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Jeanine, fruit and other things DO go go bad faster in moldy home. I know people who can leave fruit out for very long periods and never get moldy and I had similar problem to you. I also have the problem outside as I live a very short distance from a heavy wooded area and we have three huge shade trees that create deep shade around house, two in the front and one in the back (along with the woods). First of all the yard is so buggy, I won't go out there unless I have long sleeves and long pants on no matter how hot it is and also have sprayed myself with something to repell the bugs, otherwise I get all bitten up. Secondly everything gets moldy outside. I try to go outside for a breath of fresh air and pretty soon realized there was none around my home. I go out about once a year and clean the concrete with algaecide now. I removed one tree from the front yard to get some sun on front of the house and went out this week to enjoy the sun on the front porch and realized I was face down in moldy cement (black and green)(towel between us), so it's everywhere around here. I thought the sun would knock it out but I guess so many years of deep shade and the mold and algae spores are deep into the concrete. When I clean it with algaecide, I only clean off the top apparently. I bought some bamboo chimes to hand outdoors and in no time...moldy, so it's a moldy environment here period. NOW, I feel better INSIDE the house than OUTSIDE since I have fixed the inside of the house (except for attic). I even noticed that when I am at work is only time I have sneezing trouble. I don't at home, so I've improved things in house. My house is getting to be better air for me than work. I used to feel sick at home and better at work, so improvements made. I buy kleenix and take it to work but don't need it here. I don't think significant problem at work because aside from sneezing more, I feel okay. --- who <jeaninem660@...> wrote: > I know how mold grows, and I also know how to > pick a fresh loaf of > bread. I also know that the bread can be > contaminated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 yes, I had hummingbird feeders on the porches of the second home that kept getting covered with mold from this house,there wasn't even a shade problem there, the place was just infested. get rid of the mold in this house and you will be looking at a clean landscape. but I do understand what your saying about timber, I rented a place for a short time that was surrounded by timber,and found that I can no longer tolerate it. > > > I know how mold grows, and I also know how to > > pick a fresh loaf of > > bread. I also know that the bread can be > > contaminated > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Jeanine, deep shade around the house can affect moldiness of home. My doctor asked me age of house and did it sit in deep shade. I had already noted before that alot of algae on bark of tree all the way up tree on one side and mold and algae on concrete porch and walkway and figured it was due to no sunlight in front yard. Two huge 100 year old Maples in small front yard (actually they caused foundation problems that led to indoor mold also and their roots got up in clay sewer line and busted it up and caused sewer line backups so they have created alot of the moisture problems inside and moldiness of things outside also. Some shade is nice but front of house is north exposure mainly and then the two huge trees, so hardly ever got sun at any time during the day. --- who <jeaninem660@...> wrote: > yes, I had hummingbird feeders on the porches > of the second home > that kept getting covered with mold from this > house,there wasn't even > a shade problem there, the place was just > infested. get rid of the > mold in this house and you will be looking at a > clean landscape. but > I do understand what your saying about timber, > I rented a place for a > short time that was surrounded by timber,and > found that I can no > longer tolerate > it. > > > > > > > > > I know how mold grows, and I also know how > to > > > pick a fresh loaf of > > > bread. I also know that the bread can be > > > contaminated > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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