Mold infested cottage cleanup help

[777777]

Hi,

You can get some good reference material from the CMHC site

Search Results | CMHC

and many people have some success with asking these types of questions in the Mike Holmes forums.

http://www.mikeholmesfanforum.com/phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=4f405be751a6ec3b3c5d09c687e3a54c

Would also think that some U.S. govt sites would have lots of info on this topic that would help you out.

Good luck with it. Big job.

 

[ericher69]

I'd do the "gut" part of step 6 first, then do your mold remediation. Why would you remove mold from materials you're just going to throw out? Throw it all in a big pile and burn everything when the wind is blowing away from humans. I wouldn't spray everything, I'd do a damp wipe. I think the whole mold thing is over hyped. Yeah it's a problem but it's not like Ebola.

I was thinking of spraying and let air dry to get rid of most mold before beginning

Burn pile; I figure (hope) that it will be mostly sheet rock and insulation

I agree; I think most of this mold remediation is just a big money maker for contractors and another excuse for insurance companies not to pay! They sure like us to pay our premiums

 

[riptides]

I gutted a single story 1000 square foot builing about 7 years ago.

I took everything out inside, down to dirt.

I spent about 50k.

We wore protective equipment during the process.

 

[ericher69]

I gutted a single story 1000 square foot builing about 7 years ago.

I took everything out inside, down to dirt.

I spent about 50k.

We wore protective equipment during the process.

Thanks for the "estimate"

 

[riptides]

We did not burn, either.

It was disposed of properly. I am a burn person, but somethings just don't feel right.

 

[tcartwri]

Dont forget the duct work will be garbage as well.

 

[Mousefield]

I gutted a single story 1000 square foot builing about 7 years ago.

I took everything out inside, down to dirt.

I spent about 50k.
We wore protective equipment during the process.

Wow 50K and ericher69 is looking at buying the house and 5 acres for $40,000. May be cheaper to insure it and have an accidental fire.

 

[woodlandfarms]

We had mold remediation done on our LA house when, well, it s a long story but it cost some cash..

The reason it is expensive is the risk. Employees have high insurance issues (Like asbestos removal) and they have a lot of rules they have to follow in the states that make the work slow and tedious.

Procedure was to enclose the house, get proper filtrated air going, send some guys in with full whites and facemasks and demo. Then come in with bleach (they called it something else but it was bleach) and paint all the exposed wood and floor with it.

In the end it is not that expensive to do yourself, but you do want to be careful. Opening a window might just put the mold on your window sill and the outside of the house, assuming that it is a bad mold.

I guess that is the one thing to wonder, how mold sensitive are you and what type of mold are you dealing with. Our house in Washington is held together with mold. Musty sometimes but no health issues. Not worth our money to fix as we plan tobuild in the near future.

 

[Otto Syracuse]

I'd do the "gut" part of step 6 first, then do your mold remediation. Why would you remove mold from materials you're just going to throw out?.

Because when you do remove the material you expose the mold spores to other parts of the building that are not removed, thereby spreading the problem beyond where it is now. That is also the reason to tape off doors and windows and create negative air pressure to exhaust any remaining spores.

 

[ericher69]

Wow 50K and ericher69 is looking at buying the house and 5 acres for $40,000. May be cheaper to insure it and have an accidental fire.

Would look good on a professional firefighter!

90k in all said and done would still be very good for a house and property of this size pretty much anywhere!

I know a lot of people are into insurance fraud but I am not one of them!

Even though I believe these big companies really rip us off