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rotting floor: A Double Moisture Whammy - 02/06/12 08:27 AM

What does a client do when there is a double moisture whammy in a vacant house?
It's a foreclosure. No appliances left - they were taken. But there is clear evidence that two things have combined in the past to cause a current condition.
It wasn't easy to get to to see.
My tip off was a spongy, bouncy floor around a powder room toilet. That toilet, and that bath's sink, were against a wall where the washing machine's spigots and drain were inside the abutting wall.
In the laundry room, there was no washing machine or drip pan.
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