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Jeremy England
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Renting after mold remediation

Jeremy England
  • Contractor
  • Pensacola, FL
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So I have a tenant that is very sensitive to mold and she is moving out of my rental.  I went there and sniffed around the area and smelled nothing.  Whether it be physical or psychological, no matter, she was clearly in distress over it, anyway, 2000 remediation later.  Mold is gone, however;  She wanted an air quality test done, so fine.  AQ test revealed the presence of cladosporia and aspergillus, no stachybotrys.  

Now, I had the siding and sheathing removed from half the back of the house and the walls inspected.  There was some mold on the back of a baseboard for about 3 lineal feet in teh bathroom.  The AQ test was done in the living room which is adjacent to the affected bath area.  

Anyways, now what to do.  I neither see nor smell any mold, but an AQ test is saying there is like 3500 spores cubic meter, which is supposedly an indicator of a remediation that is needed.  This was like 2 days after the remediation was complete.  

To rent the place to someone else now, what steps does the board recommend.  Disclosure?  A/C cleaning?  

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Nathan Gesner
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Nathan Gesner
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Why did they pull siding off the house? Unless there's signs of water getting in from the outside, that seems completely unnecessary. Mold on bathroom trim is not unusual because bathrooms have so much extra moisture.

I wouldn't do anything until I got a second opinion. 

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