Tuesday, July 16, 2013

House #1: Uneventful mold inspection

We had our mold inspector, Joel Loving come out to inspect the home before the drywall went up.

Joel went through the house carefully and he found just a few problem boards.  He said it wasn't a big deal at all and these were easy enough to get replaced.

I should note that every black spot one might see does NOT indicate mold.  We had many areas that were simply stained.

I was very pleased with the results of our inspection- we've had HUGE problems in this area in the past and he told me the house looked great. YAY.

He did caution us that a dehumidifier or AC should be run when drywall is up to prevent any new moisture problems. Without power, the new drywall might be affected by rain storms/humidity levels.  However, "provided the moisture content of the drywall remains below 15% throughout any period of non-power" all should be fine.

Luckily the electricity people are hard at work at the site and we should have electricity in a couple of days... :)  We had a bit of a delay with rain- for a day it looked like we had an electrical moat around the house.

Can't wait to see how it looks with the drywall up...

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