Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The joys of being an owner of the house

So we have been finding just stupid, stupid things that the previous owners of this house have done. Not a big deal usually just dumb stuff that's easily fixed. Well the shower downstairs has been leaking. Wayne tried to seal it up with caulking, it still seemed to be leaking, so I went over it again and did it "properly"...hehehe... I don't know if it has been fixed because Wayne hasn't checked where it was leaking (I don't know where it leaks from). Anyways, we noticed a little bit of mold under one of the baseboards, I pulled off another baseboard today and it looks like the water has been leaking behind the drywall and we might have a BIG problem on our hands. We have decided that we are going to stop pulling off stuff because if it is Stachybotrys Chartarum (a type of toxic black mold which is VERY dangerous) we don't want to get it airborne. So we are probably going to have to hire people to come in and check and see what type of mold it is which can be SOOO expensive.

I have NEVER been more worried in my life. I am very scared about our health right now because if it is the dangerous mold then we need to get it taken care of now and as safely as we possibly can. From everything that we have read and studied about this mold as long as we don't bother it right now we should be fine but as soon as we start moving stuff that's when we could be getting into trouble. So until we get someone in here we will no longer be using the downstairs bathroom.

Anyways, enough with my rant... send your prayers because we are REALLY hoping thatthe mold isn't all throughout our bathroom and that it will be a relatively easy fix. If you have any advice or know someone that does this type of stuff, please let me know because we know noone.

1 comment:

adrienne said...

That sucks!! Have you had anyone come look at it yet?

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