My husband Dan and I are remodeling our new home. Since our three girls are a little older, we decided to change a few things. We always wanted a dining room, but the house did not have one, so after a lot of discussion we decided to make the master bedroom into a dining room. We are converting the master closet into a linen closet, and storage for all of the cleaning supplies.Then  we are going to move the Laundry room into where the previous master bath was, and convert the old laundry room into the pantry of my dreams. All while staying married.

 Yes, I too thought this could never be done, but you should see my new master suite in our daylight basement. My husband installed a propane fire place, tiled the floor, created a huge walk in closet the size of a room, as well a new office, and work out room. We are using the Master bath in Valerie Spaulding's home on Rainier Ct.( sorry for copying Val, it was too cool) as an inspiration for our new master bath. If you want to see it- I provided a link to Valerie's web site. It is amazing!I even have secret areas to hide Christmas presents, and a window seat to read in. I love it. So how can this new endeavor be hard?

We found mold! Dan took out the tiled shower in the old master bath, and the wall and insulation were really moldy. The whole house smells. It about knocked me over when I walked in the door after work yesterday. How did this happen? I don't think a pre-inspection would have picked this up because you could not see it. We have not even used that bathroom for a year, and this a relatively new home.(Spec built in Nov. 2005, and we are the first ones to live there.) We have been bleaching all night and that stubborn stuff is resisting. It smells better, but I am really concerned about how big a deal this may become. Any suggestions?

P.S. Please don't mention this little remodel to the tax assessor:)

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10 Comments on We found mold in our new home!

NOV
08
2008
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I had a client who purchased a home (it was not new) but she gutted the house to remodel, all the studs were moldy, very weird.....not sure how that happens.
4:31pm • #1
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Konnie, we were wondering the same thing. The tile in the bathroom was put right on the sheetrock without a barrier. My husband thought that maybe that had something to do with it. Apparently after the home settled the grout had a few cracks. Who knows. I always look at everything in my home through an Agent's eyes. What if this was my clients home? How can I use this experience to write better contracts, or share this story with my clients to help them avoid this in their home. I know you can always learn something from every experience you have-Dinah Lee
5:25pm • #2
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Dinah - ew!   I have heard of it when someone is doing just as what you guys did!  It's smell was silent until you disturbed it!   I have no idea - I say a call or email to one of our trusty home inspectors!  Yeah that's it !  Let me know if you need the name of some - oh yes there are some here as well on Active RAin.  Let us know what they say and what you find out! You just never know what you will find behind those sort of things!  It doesn't surprise me in a bathroom if there's no barrier but I have no experience on that one!
8:18pm • #3
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Dinah, tile should never be installed on any kind of drywall per recommended installation standards.  This most certainly could be a big part of the problem.  There could be other causes as well related to plumbing and defects related to building science (negative and positive pressures in the house, ventilation, heating, etc)----or combinations of things.  Call me if you would like me to help you with this.
8:20pm • #4
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Thank You Charles. I will probably give you a call Monday, and pick your brain. I hope that we have arrested it at this point. It would be nice to know if I covered all of my bases. I also want to see if there is a way to ensure when I sell a home we have covered this scenario. Thanks again-Dinah Lee
9:48pm • #5
NOV
09
2008
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Dinah, I have a couple of MUST read articles on my website about mold.  Check them out----especially the long opinion by Caoimhín P. Connell (Understanding Mold).
12:42pm • #6
NOV
11
2008
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Dinah, I would recommend not using bleach to clean mold. As Charlie said there can be several different reasons for your problem. You mentioned insulation, I would guess that at least one wall abuts the exterior. That can certainly be part of the problem along with other design issues.
7:20am • #7
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Why is this such a common problem?  I hear the same thing frequently and it irritates me.  How did these builders/designers/contractors not know this was going to happen?  It doesn't make any sense.  Good luck on curing the problem.  I wish I had some tidbits of advice.
7:24am • #8
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Hi Melody, I would like to inject here with a comment. My experience here in CT is they don't know because they aren't required to know or they skimp on materials.

Contractors and builders are not required to be licensed or trained in any way to ply their trade in CT and from my understanding a good number of other States. As such there are not very many knowledgeable builders/contractors. Skimping on materials, like Charles alluded to above, is all too common as well. The architects plans may very well in fact have specified a proper backer for the tile in Dinah's house. The contractor(s) who did the work may have just used what they had, or what was cheaper. Unfortunately that's not all that uncommon.
8:33am • #9
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I am going to read up all I can Thank You for all of the great comments, ideas, and advice-Dinah Lee
9:14am • #10
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