I was enjoying this mold stuff until this last kid got on and started talking about Estrella contradicting himself and in the end he said made any sense for the first time that I've run across this it was with him and what he said he made no sense it was pointless
I have watched over 500 informational/training-related videos over the past 3-4 years....most ranging between 10-40 minutes in length (I know, that seems a bit much, but I have "issues")..... and I have never come across as good a video as this. It provides a conceptually clear, top-down view into PIDs, and packs critical contextual information to understand about the strengths/weaknesses of PIDs into just 3 minutes.....the graphics help too. While PIDs may be a bit of an obscure topic, just have your furnace's fuel oil tank leak >5 gallons in NY state and you will of necessity become intimately familiar with them,. And I am grateful to these folks who clearly take pride in their field and delivered a professional product that will help folks get oriented quickly.
Many neighoods in America smell like sewer at night. I often have to close all my widows. I called the city but they only sent a trunk to wash the sewer . The odor always comes back. I am so sick of calling the city that I just give up and close my windows. Don't buy a house in a neighborhood unless you try living in that neighourhood and smell it every night. Don't count on the neighbours to tell you the truth.
Thats what the job security people will say...can not count the problems in the cold Northern US of water trapped inside walls, turning insulations into frozen blocks of ice, create black molds, and rot out framing...the old plaster and lathed walls with rough cut lumber frames have done the best, they breath and let the walls dry out...this plastic has not done well, yet everyone believes it is good..keeps people sicker i guess, more $ for all
@@tenguken847 I built a vacation cabin in NE PA (Zone 5 I believe). I went with T1-11 exterior grade plywood for my siding, open cell spray foam, and no vapor barrier. Air is always moving with my mini split and i maintain low humidity inside. If I were to do it again i'm not sure if id go with spray foam for other reasons but it all seems to be working just fine.
There's also a few other options. 1. Gut the entire inside of the house and get everything treated. 2. Sell your house to a house flipper and get the f-ck outta there.
Taking air samples is like lighting money on fire. I had a company take an air sample in our kitchen after a known water leak. The air sample showed nothing. When we pulled up the hardwoods there was mold under the wood. WASTE OF MONEY.
Try selling this service to a customer, Time explaing the method, the diffrent compounds and then giving them a solutions is a hard to impossible solution, Like a Particle counter, I will put the particle size in a chamber based on size , but you will have to assume the what the particle is based on this size.. I had these tools and the price (over 14K) I all could tell the customer is we need to do lab work. These tools in the toolbox will never be recouped monitary wise,..
I cut some holes in the wall like this video suggested after a roof leak. There is definitely some mold growth behind one wall. There are other walls where I put a camera inside the hole, but there is no visible indication of mold growth, but the holes reek of fungus. What do I do? There's a mold smell, but no visible signs of mold.
Call a Pro for inspection (they have cameras like how they inspect your sewer line). They can also determine *what kind* of mold is in there, including Lab documentation. STRONGLY recommend you not try to save money by doing it yourself. One tiny mistake could leave you/your fam affected by mold spores which can be debilitating or even deadly should you manage to ingest spores. The human body is the perfect combo of moisture and warmth, to support mold growth that could be locked in before you realize you should see a Dr. Good Luck.
He left a few out... 1. Try checking the tack strip under carpet if present. 2. Check the back of base trim for growth/water damage 3. use a sharp object like an ice pick or utility knife and press into an inconspicuous area of the suspect wall area. Sheetrock which has taken on water and then dries out on it's own will harden like a rock. It will take very little effort to penetrate unaffected sheetrock. Water damaged sheetrock will either cut like butter when wet, or it will be hard as a rock when it's dry.
