Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="Greedo, post: 4018733, member: 9992"]
The house was built in 1960.  The bulk of that cost is taking care of the attic, which is a huge issue.  I'm not tearing out the cabinet myself because it requires proper remediation to not get spores everywhere. I had the mold in the cabinet tested, and it's black mold, cladosporum, which you don't want to mess with.  They'll use proper PPE to make sure it doesn't get all over my house.  I'm going to rebuild myself.  There is another unfinished workshop in the basement that requires essentially the same level of remediation that the attic does.

They said tearing out the carpet is not necessary because there is active moisture in the cabinet, indicating that the issue is right there and is not covering the entire basement.  I had samples taken from the open air in the basement, with normal spore levels, which also indicates the issue does not extend beyond the cabinet.  The carpet in the basement is glued down, and may be glued on top of asbestos tile.  It's easier just to put down a vapor barrier on top of the carpet and put floating vinyl or similar on top of it, which is what they recommended and what I will do myself.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

First name of men's bb coach