Got mold?

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For peace of mind, yes. Cost effectiveness, no. When we are done all of the wood down here will look brand new. The air quality will be better than a hospital and it will be like it never happened. It's a mind thing really.

The waterproofer came by yesterday. To come up with a plan. Total bill when this is done will be $45-$50k.

Lady says you can't put a price on her childhood home.
 
Me too. Personally I would have sold it as is and let someone else deal with it. But I think money is not a problem for this lady.
 
The only way to properly waterproof an existing basement is to dig down all the way to the slab around the outside of the house, clean the walls, and apply the stuff. I hope that is the way it is being done.

The wood down there isn't being replaced?
 
how much of that you think made it upstairs?.... I'm pretty sure the rest of the house has a problem now to
 
Waterproofer wants to dig a channel around the entire basement on the inside and have a pressurized pump system in place.

The floor joist are fine. We removed one wall due to rot. The studs on the wall seen in the pictures have mold, but no rot. They will be wire brushed and sprayed down with a very strong chemical we use. I personally would replace them. But my project manager did not agree with me in my original plans so we are doing it his way.
 
RobMcBee said:
how much of that you think made it upstairs?.... I'm pretty sure the rest of the house has a problem now to
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We have containment set up to separate the basement from the upstairs. We have an air scrubber down here that blows the air out the window. This puts the whole house under negative pressure to prevent contaminating the upstairs. But, there was already some surface mold upstairs due to high humidity levels from the water. So when we finish down here we will have to go upstairs and vacuum every square inch of the house and its contents, then wipe everything down with a damp rag soaked in an anti microbial solution. This was just determined this morning and will be separate from the original cost. That will be an additional $1500-$2000

Folks, please don't ignore a mold issue. It can get out of hand and very costly real quick like!
 
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This is the 6mil plastic in place for containment.
 
77GreenMachine said:
Folks, please don't ignore a mold issue. It can get out of hand and very costly real quick like!
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.... that's exactly why I asked that... LOL I watch too much "Holmes Inspection". We're about to close on a house next week, and I about drove the inspector crazy making sure there was no mold in or under the house. We have an 18 month old son also, so that's one of my biggest fears. Crazy how quick this house got that bad....
 
Yeah that's worthy of double checking. Our headquarters is near you. You can have a tech come out and do an inspection as well if you'd like. Inspection is free with visible mold, $125 if no visible mold and just want to make sure. I think I may look into being a home inspector on the side in the future.
 
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Started spraying our chemicals today. Everything is already looking much better. By Monday you won't even recognize the place.

This stuff foams up and eats away at the mold boiling it out of the structure. Then it drys and we vacuum it again. The apply the anti microbial solution that smells really good and clean.

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Okay, so I have been looking for a freezer. How much for the freezer pictured earlier?
 
77GreenMachine said:
Yeah that's worthy of double checking. Our headquarters is near you. You can have a tech come out and do an inspection as well if you'd like. Inspection is free with visible mold, $125 if no visible mold and just want to make sure. I think I may look into being a home inspector on the side in the future.
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He didn't find any in the house except under the master bath, where the toilet had leaked. I has since been fixed by the seller and cleaned. He was pretty thorough and did a good inspection, but I may still have someone come out for a check in the future. I plan on sealing and conditioning the crawlspace once we buy to help under the house.

I had thought about doing home inspections in the past. From what I understand NC has laxed their laws on becoming one since then, and SC basically is a test n go. I do handyman work now and thought about taking the tests and doing it also.
 
Sealed and conditioned crawl space is the way to go! We share a lot of business with a company called Tarheel basements and PMI. Both do great work. It's so nice and clean in the crawl space when they are done and it pays for itself by the 2nd year in energy savings.
 
77GreenMachine said:
Sealed and conditioned crawl space is the way to go! We share a lot of business with a company called Tarheel basements and PMI. Both do great work. It's so nice and clean in the crawl space when they are done and it pays for itself by the 2nd year in energy savings.
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How much does that usually run on a smaller home?
 
I'm planning on doing it myself and just pricing materials probably less than $500 and a weekend on my stomach under the house...
 
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How much does that usually run on a smaller home?
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I have no idea how much it would cost. They charge by the square ft and it also changes according to how tight the space is, ease of access and what's under there. Doing it yourself would probably save you a ton. But the key is getting everything sealed good at your seems, and running the vapor barrier up the walls and foundation supports. Sealing off the vents on the sides and using a foam block for insulation, then the space becomes conditioned and will only be about 2-3* different from the rest of the house, eliminating the chance of mold and being much more efficient than traditional insulation.
 
Here is the finished basement after we dried it out and clean every inch. We had electrical issues so my pics are not that great. It was dry, clean and smelled great when we left. They have started remodeling now. I will follow up on this job in about a month.
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Amazing what you and your guys were able to do.

I live in an older house that has a walk out basement and I have always wondered if there was mold behind the paneling. Is there a test out there for this?
 
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