Selling you your fear The first thing that needs to be discussed, are some facts about Mold. “Black Mold” is a scary description, and of course you care about your health and your families health so you take it seriously. Salesmen (and woman for that matter) take advantage of this innate concern in order to get you to write a check or sign a contract. Mold can not be identified by the naked eye, it must be examined under a microscope. This however, does not change our concern about Mold. IF you find that a salesmen is pushing the Mold issue it is more likely a “closing” technique rather than any kind of expertise. This, of course, is a fine line. What if you do have a Mold problem? The answer to this dilemma is to do your own research and educate yourself. The last thing a salesmen is going to expect is that you know more about something than he does. There is a lot of good information on the internet (at reputable sources) about Mold and the health affects. Mold can be a serious problem, so do yourself a favor and learn about it so that you can protect yourself from the “sales
Read more →Solving the mystery odor Crawl space encapsulation is gaining ground in popularity across the United States and Canada. Even with its new popularity some people have shown caution by waiting to see if this new technology really works before investing into the thousands of dollars it takes to complete this home improvement. The good news is most of the bumps have been ironed out. We have yet to find a way to stop price gouging and contractors installing it improperly, but everything else is improving. One of the bumps that has been fixed, most recently, is a mystery odor that appears after the encapsulation, somewhere between 30 to 60 days after. It was a mystery for obvious reasons, the encapsulation was suppose to stop the odor problems. So when it turned out that it seemed to create a new one, well customers nationwide were a bit more than upset. This problem first hit my desk in the spring of 2009 and the call was coming from Memphis TN. One of our contractors there was having a problem with an odor in a crawl space he encapsulated with the DrySpace™ brand vapor barrier. This house was a new home and the
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