Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Mold on house framing lumber

A guy called from Canada where he is having a house built. Some of the framing lumber has black mold growing on it. He is very sensitive to mold and is worried about possibly reactions once the house is completed. He wondered if he could wash the affected lumber with a bleach solution.

I advised him to go ahead with the bleach wash treatment - it will help kill and remove mold on the surface. The bleach treatment will not prevent mold in the future but, once the wood has dried out, no more mold will grow.

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