Ok, so I did submit a post about mold already, but wanted to submit a new one with more info.
We are in SC had about 18-20 inches of rain in 48 hours in October. We had no water come into our home....however, I believe we are now seeing the aftermath of moisture (I think?).
We found mold in 2 cabinets in the home. Then, we found mold on one entire side of the attic (the 2 sides of the attic are not connected). We then found mold in all different areas of the house (closet on clothes, linen closet, corner under china cabinet, under the couch, on candles in our fireplace (but didn't see any up the chimney flue), a book bag in the corner of a room upstairs)...it just keeps popping up! I feel like it is taking over our home. It is very dusty and powdery, not really wet and raised mold.
We did take a humidity reading when we started noticing it and it was at 77%. Since then, we have been using 2 dehumidifiers (one for upstairs, one for down) and they have been running constantly and have brought the humidity down to anywhere from 45-65%
We are having a company come in and take care of the attic and the cabinet area since it seems to be the most strong in those areas. We are also installing a vapor barrier in our crawl space. The mold company said the crawl space was damp, but was not too concerning.
We are literally at our wits end at this point.....I have no idea what to do. We clean the mold and toss things as we find them. I am terrified it is going to come back and/or we'll keep finding it.
Since it is throughout the house...any guesses on what is going on? Would high humidity really be the cause of it? I have no other guesses!!
We are in SC had about 18-20 inches of rain in 48 hours in October. We had no water come into our home....however, I believe we are now seeing the aftermath of moisture (I think?).
We found mold in 2 cabinets in the home. Then, we found mold on one entire side of the attic (the 2 sides of the attic are not connected). We then found mold in all different areas of the house (closet on clothes, linen closet, corner under china cabinet, under the couch, on candles in our fireplace (but didn't see any up the chimney flue), a book bag in the corner of a room upstairs)...it just keeps popping up! I feel like it is taking over our home. It is very dusty and powdery, not really wet and raised mold.
We did take a humidity reading when we started noticing it and it was at 77%. Since then, we have been using 2 dehumidifiers (one for upstairs, one for down) and they have been running constantly and have brought the humidity down to anywhere from 45-65%
We are having a company come in and take care of the attic and the cabinet area since it seems to be the most strong in those areas. We are also installing a vapor barrier in our crawl space. The mold company said the crawl space was damp, but was not too concerning.
We are literally at our wits end at this point.....I have no idea what to do. We clean the mold and toss things as we find them. I am terrified it is going to come back and/or we'll keep finding it.
Since it is throughout the house...any guesses on what is going on? Would high humidity really be the cause of it? I have no other guesses!!