Max Thanks for the web site. The paneling is over a block wall. This is our mountain house, and it was vacant a lot this year, since I was at a couple of blind centers and at the guide dog school. Also our air conditioning died this spring, so the dehumidifying feature of air conditioning was not present. Just got it fixed a month ago.
John http://WhiteCane.org http://BlindWoodWorker.com http://HolyTeaClub.comcom\whitecane http://anellos.ws ----- Original Message ----- From: vetsline To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Mold on Wood Paneling John, Try this web site out. It is the EPA (National Environmental Health). Lots of information on there about remediation. I haven't read all the details on this site, but I think that if you go to the "Commercial / Schools Site and get into the brochure there, it will give you some guidence and also the residential mold site as well. Might take a little bit of time and some manuvering, but there is good basic information there.. Cleaning the mold up is the easy part. The tricky part is figuring out where the "water intrusion" is coming from. Is it a leak? Is it a moisture problem from the basement wall? Is it a cold space where the cold will cause the humidity to condence on a smooth hard surface such as the finished paneling? They say, and I believe it, that 95% of all mold and mildew problems come from "water intrusion" Correct the water or moisture problem and clean up the mold / mildew and it shouldn't come back. Actually, something as simple as turning the heat and air off for an extended period of time and the chronic intrusion of the outside humidity can be a problem. For instance, the schools used to turn their HVAC off in classrooms only to have to come in before school opening and clean up the "green powder" off of all surfaces! It's not like we can completely get rid of the mold and mildew permanently. It's like insects or rats, you know. We have to exist with it and we always will have it. BUT, if we can control it by not giving it all the things it needs to grow and reproduce, then we have it made! http://www.epa.gov/mold/cleanupguidelines.html Best, Max --- On Thu, 12/10/09, John Sherrer <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Sherrer <[email protected]> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Mold on Wood Paneling To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 3:17 PM Hi folks I have a bedroom in the basement that has no windows, and one wall has mold on it. This is a daylight basement, but the room is opposite the windows. The wall is wood ppaneling. Any ideas on how to remove the mold without damaging the wall? What can be done to keelp mold from returning? We do have a dehumidifier set to 60% humidity. John http://WhiteCane. org http://BlindWoodWor ker.com http://HolyTeaClub. comcom\whitecane http://anellos. ws [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
