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06-04-2018, 11:18 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cowtown, Kansas
Gender: Male
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My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
We knew the house had some water damage and when we toured the place two different times, we knew there was a little mold. Well, the weather turned rainy, causing more basement water and the weather then turned hot and humid. Now we have a HazMat cleanup situation. I'm going in today to spray all the moldy areas with vinegar and then follow that up after it dries a day or so later with a spraying of a baking soda solution. Then I am going to start upstairs carpet removal by spraying the carpets with disinfectant (generic Febreze) both to deodorize and to wet down any mold spores. I will then remove the carpet in 3 foot wide strips, and also the pad, and place in the back of my truck until the dumpster I'm calling for this morning arrives. I will be wearing protective gear during this operation. I am also calling professionals in, but since this is Bumtuckyville and the professionals all seem to be concentrated in major cities, it may take a few weeks. In the meantime, some old family friends have a guest house in the area that is not currently occupied. So, our furniture, which is being moved June 13th will be put in storage and we will live out of suitcases until the house is habitable.
Edit: If this vinegar followed by baking soda treatment even halfway works, I will start demolition of every goddamned piece of wood and carpet in that stupid basement, so I can waterproof the sumbitch with hydraulic cement and DryLok concrete penetrating waterproof paint.
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06-04-2018, 11:19 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cowtown, Kansas
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
Gawd, I wish I could afford to buy a place in Colorado. Even a trailerhouse again.
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Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.--W.C. Fields
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06-04-2018, 01:25 PM
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Solipsist
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kolmannessa kerroksessa
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingfod
I am also calling professionals in, but since this is Bumtuckyville and the professionals all seem to be concentrated in major cities, it may take a few weeks.
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Don't they have cars?
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06-04-2018, 02:55 PM
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ChuckF's sock
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Gender: Female
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
So, there were no other houses to choose from?
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06-07-2018, 03:45 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cowtown, Kansas
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
Not that I could afford.
That said, the mold remediation estimate came in at $4275. I ran a mold control chemical fogger for two days this week. It knocked the fuck out of the mold, but we're still having the mold remediation done. It is affordable after we close on our Oklahoma home. I meet the foundation and basement dewatering specialist tomorrow morning. Today, I got all the carpet and pad out of the house. A plumber gave me an estimate of $600 to install a sump and sump pump to remove water both from the basement and from the ground beneath the basement floor. This is going to work. Glory hallelujah, amen!
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Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.--W.C. Fields
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06-07-2018, 08:08 AM
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Solipsist
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kolmannessa kerroksessa
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
Have you considered just nuking the place from orbit?
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06-07-2018, 03:25 PM
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Flyover Hillbilly
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Juggalonia
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
It is, after all, the only way to be sure.
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06-08-2018, 03:32 AM
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This is the title that appears beneath your name on your posts.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
Hydrogen peroxide does wonders. Removes odors and kills anything that lives, but it doesn't mess with your mucous membranes like chlorine bleach, it just releases oxygen.
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06-08-2018, 01:28 PM
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Stoic Derelict... The cup is empty
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: The Dustbin of History
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
I propose an indoor pool filled with H2O2.
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06-09-2018, 04:51 AM
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Dogehlaugher -Scrutari
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Northwest
Gender: Female
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
Hydrogen Peroxide is also good for blood stains....
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06-14-2018, 08:31 PM
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Bow down before me ... or not.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Nebraska
Gender: Male
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Re: My New House ~or~ Toto, there's no place like homelessness!
If you paint, start with this.
Mold Killing Primer
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