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This isn't about RoVing.
It's about Lew's 96Yr old Dad who didn't return
from the West to His Woods this Summer.
Summer '08 in Western Pa was Humid
and his Little House in the Woods Suffered.
Lew and Jan stopped to check on the place on August 12 and found
....Trouble. We returned several times beginning on August 15 with masks, wrecking bars and Adam and emptied the basement.
Yup, that is Black Mold.
Sickens most and
Kills the Old.
Dunno about this White Mold.
Adam, Jan and Lew
donned Surgical Masks
and dealt with it.
Please Pass the Wrecking Bar.
Rot&Mold.
This is [was]
a Douglas Fir 2X8.
Doug Fir is [usually]
resistant to Rot.
Hmm, that amount of
Decay
didn't happen in just
one damp Summer, Eh?
Using a Basement as
living space in Pennsylvania
isn't practical in
the Long Term.
The "Root Cellar/Darkroom"
cleaned out.
The way a basement
should be.
Empty.
Two Clorox applications.
No Mold.
'Nuff Said.
On to the Next Problem....
Not a suitable Heating appliance.
This old Coal Furnace is
a Hazard.
Again, not acceptable.
This Heat Exchanger was
exchanging more Stack Gas
than Heat.
This Furnace needed replaced
10Yrs ago.
A brand new furnace installation commenced Oct 12.
And the next Problem....
Adam, Jan and Lew found
This
in the "Coal Cellar".
What is it??
It made them all
Ill.
And now the Gorilla in the Room....
That is Asbestos backed Vinyl Flooring.
Somehow this must be
Mitigated,
in order that Lew's Dad
might return to his Dear Woods
and not have Visitors
risking their Lives.
Asbestos exposure Kills
some 90,000 Americans
every Year.
Yup, that is Black Mold.
Sickens most and
Kills the Old.
Dunno about this White Mold.
Adam, Jan and Lew
donned Surgical Masks
and dealt with it.
Please Pass the Wrecking Bar.
Rot&Mold.
This is [was]
a Douglas Fir 2X8.
Doug Fir is [usually]
resistant to Rot.
Hmm, that amount of
Decay
didn't happen in just
one damp Summer, Eh?
Using a Basement as
living space in Pennsylvania
isn't practical in
the Long Term.
The "Root Cellar/Darkroom"
cleaned out.
The way a basement
should be.
Empty.
Two Clorox applications.
No Mold.
'Nuff Said.
Not a suitable Heating appliance.
This old Coal Furnace is
a Hazard.
Again, not acceptable.
This Heat Exchanger was
exchanging more Stack Gas
than Heat.
This Furnace needed replaced
10Yrs ago.
Adam, Jan and Lew found
This
in the "Coal Cellar".
What is it??
It made them all
Ill.
That is Asbestos backed Vinyl Flooring.
Somehow this must be
Mitigated,
in order that Lew's Dad
might return to his Dear Woods
and not have Visitors
risking their Lives.
Asbestos exposure Kills
some 90,000 Americans
every Year.
