I wouldn't buy the house, even when healthy. With asthma? No way! Gutting the visible damage leaves the rest of the house that was full of damp and mold. I have no experience with mold remediation whatsoever, but living 24/7 in a home with problems might bring out sensitivities you don't know about yet. Ck. with your physician, just for kicks. Ever had allergy tests?
Sounds like you have all the basics covered with backup plans if you lose power and/or pump fails.........soooooooooooooo.........I would say your good to go!! You might want to have a little chat with your allergist though to be sure any residual dead spores will not effect you in an unpleasant way.......other than that........I would say that you found yourself a good investment .....like stated already.......if replacing everything with new.....and keeping the right environment.....the mold should not return. I wish you much happiness in your new home. Good luck.
Dean
You could be right; that's a complex issue. Using a high-rated HEPA media filter after the UV should hopefully collect the dead critters :-)
Jim
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Sounds like you're getting good advice regarding remediation and I agree with Don too. If the moisture/air movement problems are not fixed, the mold will come back.
Tomsic
For what it worth, we spend 20,000 cleaning up our house from black mold, We hired two top notch pros to clean it up, our house was only 7 years old. This is straight from my doctor that is mold specialist 25% of people are allergic to mold, Being allergic to mold means the mycotoxins/mold that enters your body does not exit your body it keep recirculating because your body does not identify it as a toxin. So you need to be put on medication to carry the mycotoxins out of your body. Black mold poisoning is very serious the symptoms are not be taken lightly. Symptoms :Dizziness, blurred vision, light .sound and movement sensitivity, nausea, weight loss, psychiatric issues, hormonal issues, coma seizure, and heart attack..itchy skin, nose , ear and eyes,, carcinogenic ( cancer causing) and tremendous amount of other issues, since it mold disrupts your body function, and pathways, these pathways start misfiring so you need a specialist to help you figure this whole mess out! .
My fear it this, even if you not allergic yet, I believe you immune system takes a beating because it is aware that something toxic is IN close proximity so it is reacting, this over time I think break down your immune system so when you need it to kick it well it is weakened. My doctor told us that once your sensitized/ allergic to mold think of it like Fukishima there is no going back ! He told us point blank do not go back to the house! Here is why the mycotoxins or mold are invisible, odorless and microscopic is size you cannot get every little piece out of a house .and if you breath in one microscopic mycotoxin and your sensitized you'll get sick I did not believe him I went back to the house became ill moved . Life is hard enough without dealing with this we sold our house buying a mold house
Grace posted for all of us...
And what would they be?
this thread is from 2007
wonder what happened?
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