I can’t count the number of times I have been pulled aside during an inspection to check out "MOLD." Sometimes the first time I hear about it is on the phone----about how there is mold here or mold there----and they want to know how big a problem it is. With these calls I just let them know that I will be sure to check out the area of their concerns when I am at the inspection. Almost invariably the concern evaporates under the light of investigation----as it turns out the suspected offender turns out to be something less sinister. One of the most common types of concerns, that are almost never mold, are the dark stains that form around carpeting in rooms. These stains are from air moving in and out of the building and the carpet is merely acting as a filter----resulting in the visible darkening of the area. Other similar areas that you might see this type of darkening is where air moves under closed doors (of homes with forced air heating/cooling) and at carpeted crawl space hatches. So the answer is no----it ain’t MOLD. 
.JPG)
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