Re: Cleaning mold out of attic /any ideas

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" barb1283 " wrote:

> (, I know I should put new roof on or move, but a new roof would

break me financially and then I would be emotionally/mentally ill in

addition to physically ill still. Moving I cannot do now.)

>

Know how you feel.

I spent every penny I had trying to save my house before I crawled out

on my hands and knees.

Judging by your description, I don't think a new roof would solve the

problem anyway.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Try to keep something aside

for the possibility that you might have to just be crazy and get out

at some point.

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Leigh McCall-Alton wrote:

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> --were you that ill that you had to crawl out? if I don't

find a better house soon, I feel as if I may have to be carried

out. seriously. It's not just my house but the whole rotten moldy

neighborhood.. "

Yes, I pushed it too far, relying on doctors who told me that this

was impossible and that mold could be cleaned up with a little

bleach. At the time, there was no mention of toxic mold in the

media, and virtually none of the dozens of doctors I contacted at

Tahoe, Reno, Grass Valley and Sacramento had ever heard of such a

thing.

They all insisted that mold was harmless, so my problem must be

somethinge else. That's why I wound up going ballistic in Dr

s office when I realized that their views simply didn't fit

the facts, and they had no intention of ever examining the facts.

I finally realized that I didn't have to go in my house to get sick.

One time, there was three feet of fresh snow and it was snowing

like crazy. I thought that any spores must surely be buried under

snow and scrubbed out of the air by the intense snowfall.

I was completely wrong and got horribly slammed.

Just passing through the neighborhood was enough, I didn't even have

to stop at the house. That's when I realized that all my efforts

were wasted.

I debated the ethics of selling the house, but I didn't create the

problem, I didn't contaminate the neighborhood, and certainly nobody

helped me in any way, and were willing to fight me to the death

while I was struggling for my life.

Nobody would have believed me anyway, so I sold it and bailed out.

I used the money to buy an RV and started running for my life from

moldy neighborhoods and scattered spore plumes which are everywhere,

no matter whether it is Las Vegas, San Francisco or Tampa.

And that's what I'm still doing.

The downside is not having a home. The upside is that I don't have

to worry about being trapped in a sick region, and can escape

horrible mold symptoms and go hiking or mountain climbing whenever I

choose.

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[Guest guest]

Your questions have answers that can be found in EPA's Mold

Remediation in Schools and Commericial Buildings (free from

www.epa.gov/iaq/molds) and the IICRC S520 Standard and Reference

Guide for Professional Mold Remediation (not free, but perhaps

available from a remediator).

BTW, any of you that want to comment on the in-process revision of

S520 can request to do so by sending and e-mail to Larry at

textilecon@...

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

> I have mold in the attic I have to hire someone to clean but I have

> learned to get some idea of proper way to do it first before talking

> to someone to do it. First there is mold dust on insulation so that

> will have to go but as far as mold on the wood beams itself, should I

> have it scraped off/sanded off and then treat the wood with something

> to kill the what is left, and then seal. This is my idea of how it

> would be done. Any thoughts on this? Does that seem right to others?

> I have to get up there with floodlight to see exactly how much wood

> is involved. It is all the wood, just here and there. I think first

> step would be to remove insulation and seal attic floor so air up

> there while working would not come down into house. Of course if I

> then have mold sanded off wood, that will make mold airbourne after

> putting down new attic floor seal, won't it??? Seems like a really

> hard thing to do, clean the attic without spreading it all over house.

> Maybe I should just seal the floor, put new insulation down and leave

> it at that??? (, I know I should put new roof on or move, but a

> new roof would break me financially and then I would be

> emotionally/mentally ill in addition to physically ill still. Moving

> I cannot do now.)

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[Guest guest]

Barb,

Another idea.. If you can afford this, you should look into DRY ICE

BLASTING as it seems ideal for the kind of work you are describing..

Have it done by professionals..

The dry ice blasts the mold off the wood and at the same time, removes

the contamination down to where the wood is strong.. and then a HEPA

vacummn sucks up the dust that is created, immediately, and exhausts

the CO2 outside the space.. (CO2 can asphixiate you and its also very

cold.. so this is a job for pros..)

But it cleans better than anything else..I have heard..

[Guest guest]

Live Simply,

Thanks for this great idea!

Incidentally do you have a preference for online

name?

--- LiveSimply <quackadillian@...> wrote:

> Barb,

>

> Another idea.. If you can afford this, you

> should look into DRY ICE

> BLASTING as it seems ideal for the kind of work

> you are describing..

> Have it done by professionals..

>

[Guest guest]

No, not really..

Thanks for the compliment! Be careful.. don't do that yourself, it

requires specialized equipment and its dangerous while they are doing

it.. dry ice is very cold and it also generates major CO2, which

drives away oxygen.. you could asphixiate yourself if you didn't know

what you were doing..

But from what I hears, its works better than other methods.. esp. on attics..