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Q.
Our 50 year old home has an exterior that has asbestos shingles and
brick. The north side has turned green progressively over the last 5
years. Early on we had the side power washed yearly but the problem has
become worse. Is there anything we can or should do? There is no mold
inside the house. [December 17, 2004]
A. You can use low-cost
Mold Home Remedy Recipes.
The mold will be effectively killed. Then try to wash off as much of the
dead mold as you can by adding Borax laundry detergent to your power
washer to get the natural mold cleaning power of Borax. You would be
wise to re-wash with Borax every month or so to remove airborne mold
spores and organic dirt [upon which the mold feeds] from the siding
surface. If power washing won't remove the mold, consider hand scrubbing
with Borax in warm water to get rid of the mold. While doing any washing
or mold treatments of your exterior asbestos shingle-sided home, wear a
3M brand breathing mask [with filters rated for asbestos fiber removal]
so that you don't breathe in any loose asbestos fibers which can cause
you to contract asbestos-related lung problems. You hope there is no
mold contamination inside your home.
Use do it yourself mold
test kits from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety store. Large
quantities of airborne
mold spores given off by the exterior siding mold each day can
easily travel in air currents to mold cross-contaminate your entire
house and its heating/cooling system. Learn the 25 steps for safe and
effective
mold remediation.
Q. We have mold
growing on and possibly in our exterior cedar siding? What do we do?
[March 13, 2004]
A.
You can use a low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes and other Mold
Killing and Protective Products available at
Mold Mart.
Then you would scrape, plane, or sand off the mold growth and the
mold-ravaged paint coating prior to further
mold remediation treatment. Learn the 25 steps for safe and
effective
Mold Removal
.When you probably have mold growing INSIDE cedar
siding [and maybe even beneath the siding], you need to replace the
siding and install new siding. Of course, when you remove the siding,
you should inspect and test for mold contamination in the walls beneath
the siding. Because it is very likely that quantities of airborne
mold spores from your
exterior siding may have traveled in air currents and entered your home
through open windows and doors and your fresh air intake of your
heating/cooling system, you would be wise to mold test the air of each
room, attic, basement, crawl space, and the outward air flow from each
heating/cooling duct register for the possible presence of elevated
levels of airborne mold spores, in comparison to an outdoor mold control
test which you will also do.
Use do it yourself mold
test kits from a large hardware, home improvement, or safety store.
Q.
Once a year at about this time, the house gets a black coating on top
of the paint. The longer it stays the darker it becomes. Have you heard of
this before and if so can you tell me what it is and how to treat it? Once
removed, I would like to vinyl side the house. If I side the house will
the black stuff occur under the siding? Note: We have washed the house down
in the past with a bleach based cleanser. Also, washed house down with a
product recommended by house paint distributor. [Aug. 18, 2003]
A.
Mold is eating the siding paint itself and organic dirt that has settled
on the house paint, and is possibly already spread by growth into the wood
itself. To get rid of this mold on siding problem, you will need to: (1)
use low-cost Mold Home Remedy Recipes available at Mold
Mart.(2) physically remove the mold growth with such power tools as a
planer, wire brush attachment to a grinder, and sander. If you cannot
remove enough moldy materials to get to original, uncontaminated wood, you
will need to remove and replace the wood siding with outer insulation
sheathing and your desired vinyl siding. Follow the 25 recommended
mold remediation steps.
Q. We had our 25 year old
house painted 3 or 4 years ago by brush and shortly afterwards a black
area appeared on the north side of the house. It looked as though it was
from a person splashing a pail of something against the wood siding. We
didn't do anything to try to address it, but a year later this black
(apparently mold) started to spread and now covers much of the house's
exterior. We can remove it temporarily with a 1 part to 3 bleach/water
spray mixture, but it returns after a couple of months (or less this time
of year). Last year we put on new plastic eaves and downspouts and it
quickly spread to those. [August 18, 2003]
A. Do not use ineffective bleach.
You can use low-cost
Mold Home Remedy Recipes available at
Mold Mart. You also need to checking into the wood
siding to see if exterior house mold growth has penetrated inward, in
which case you would have to physically remove such mold penetration
with power planer, power grinder with wire brush attachment, and power
sander. Follow the 25 recommended
mold remediation steps. If there has been no
exterior home mold growth into the wood, after killing the mold, clean
the siding with a solution of 2 cups of Borax laundry detergent per
gallon of distilled water. Then seal the exterior of the siding against
moisture with a clear plastic coating available from your paint dealer.
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