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westend wrote:
And here we have it, run-way paranoia from a single event in Texas that happened many years ago. The back story: There was a family in Texas that built a custom home, said home had mold infiltration. For whatever reason, the family couldn't live with the house and sued all involved. Since the insurance company paid off the full price plus more for the plaintiff's emotional damages, a rash of mold claims began. This snowballed to the point that now all homeowners get a mold disclaimer clause from their insurance company. Anyone that sees mildew in their living space or even a mild discoloration from water is sure they are bound to die.
FRom the pictures posted, I see no evidence of mold in the OP's situation. Thew fact that they keep gnawing into their camper even after treating with mildicides just because of discoloration reinforces my belief they isn't a problem.
About mold: it needs an adequate surface, the correct temperature and humidity, and a food source. Remove any of these three and mold will not exist. Not all mold is toxic, in fact, very few.
To remove or abate mold: Scrub surface with a soap and mildicide. Ventilate and insure the excessive humidity can't reappear. You're done. I'm old school so I use bleach, or cleaners that have Phenol (carbolic acid) in them. Original Lysol is one. For ticklish situations like fabrics and such where bleach would ruin things, original Listerine also has Phenol. Spray it on and wipe.
One thing you shouldn't do is live in a state of constant anxiety about a little mold. The anxiety is worse for your health than the mold. The other thing unique to this situation is quit demolishing your ceiling because you see some discoloration.
Hope this helps.
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โApr-11-2016 05:37 PM
homestudiomusician wrote:
Hello LifeInTheSnailLane,
I saw your post and wanted to respond as I could tell you are very concerned about the mold problem and I'm getting ready to investigate this, myself, on a 96 Fleetwood Bounder coach that I just purchased and am getting ready to rehab.
What you should do to investigate the "unknown" about whether you have to take off the whole roof area is simply remove the trim panel pieces to ANY roof vents (from inside the coach, easy and underneath the roof vents) and see if the exposed wood has the same mold spores in the wood.
That would be my first step of investigation.
My second step would be to see if you can open any cabinets and find mold spores inside the kitchen cabinets etc?
Then, third, in terms of how to kill the mold you can do so by just using simple kitchen bleach mixed with water to more than a 50/50 ratio and that will kill anything.
Give those items a shot and let me know how it goes!
โApr-11-2016 05:04 PM
homestudiomusician wrote:
Hello LifeInTheSnailLane,
I saw your post and wanted to respond as I could tell you are very concerned about the mold problem and I'm getting ready to investigate this, myself, on a 96 Fleetwood Bounder coach that I just purchased and am getting ready to rehab.
What you should do to investigate the "unknown" about whether you have to take off the whole roof area is simply remove the trim panel pieces to ANY roof vents (from inside the coach, easy and underneath the roof vents) and see if the exposed wood has the same mold spores in the wood.
That would be my first step of investigation.
My second step would be to see if you can open any cabinets and find mold spores inside the kitchen cabinets etc?
Then, third, in terms of how to kill the mold you can do so by just using simple kitchen bleach mixed with water to more than a 50/50 ratio and that will kill anything.
Give those items a shot and let me know how it goes!
โApr-11-2016 04:53 PM