60 households move away from mold
Sixty households in a Côte-des-Neiges retired people’s HLM have had to move as their building turned out to be full of mold.
It costs big bucks to fix this, and I’ll bet the problem is fundamental to the cheap nasty structure of the building. In the long run it would probably be better to nuke the place from orbit and rebuild something technically and environmentally sounder.
willie granger 11:59 on 2012/08/22 Permalink
You just have to dry it out. That other nonsense is stuff the construction baloon budget folks have sold you on.
Ian 12:36 on 2012/08/22 Permalink
@willie – well, yes and no. http://www.cdc.gov/mold/stachy.htm#Q1
Jean Naimard 13:30 on 2012/08/22 Permalink
The problem is leaving it dry afterwards. Granted, you can seal the building to prevent moisture from seeping in from outside, but there are also sources of moisture from the inside.